Background
Moschowitz was born in Gralt, Hungary.
Moschowitz was born in Gralt, Hungary.
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
He is also known for having an early role in the development of psychosomatic medicine. Moschcowitz received a medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He spent much of his career as a pathologist at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, and was later was later medical director of Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan) and Professor of Clinical Medicne at Columbia.
He was also a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
In 1925 Moschcowitz described the autopsy pathology of a young female patient who died of a disease that first caused petechiae, pallor, paralysis, and coma. Her blood vessels were largely filled with platelets.
Modern reports still occasionally refer to TTP as "Moschowitz disease" or "Moschowitz syndrome". After Capablanca died the next morning, Moschkowitz was one of the three doctors who performed the full autopsy.
Moschkowitz was a member of the Manhattan Club.