Paul Szanto

Background

Paul Szanto was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1905.

Education

Szanto completed his medical degree in 1929 and did his residency in both Berlin and Vienna.

Career

Szanto"s wartime service was covered in Michael J. Lepore"s book Life of the Clinician. Szanto was one of the pioneering researchers at the Hektoen Institute. Doctor Szanto was the head of the Pathology Department at Cook County Hospital for 26 years.

At the time it was the largest pathology department in the world.

Paul Szanto was also head of pathology at the Chicago Medical School. Szanto authored more than 200 articles in medical journals.

Szanto was one of the leading liver pathologists in the world and helped identify the mechanism that leads to this.hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) in alcoholics. Paul Szanto was also a major force behind the Chicago Medical School"s growth and expansion.

Paul Szanto"s wife, Amalia, died in 1979.

Szanto married Harriet Mazel Szanto in 1983.

Achievements

• Doctor Szanto won numerous awards for his teaching and research.