Louis Wolff

Louis Wolff (1898 in Boston, Massachusetts – 28 January 1972[1]) was an American cardiologist. He described the eponymously named Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with Doctors John Parkinson (1885–1976) and Paul Dudley White (1886–1973).[2]

For the Wisconsin politician, see Louis Wolf.

Biography

Personal life

Wolff married Alice Muscanto, a flute player born in Vilnius who played with her sisters and brothers in a touring musical ensemble. Louis was a concert-quality violinist who enjoyed accompanying his wife and her siblings in their apartment in Brookline, Massachusetts. Louis and Alice had two children, Lea (b. July 1, 1921; d. December 1, 2007), a French teacher for many years in Boston public schools, and Richard (born August 20, 1923; d. February 14, 2009), also a cardiologist. Louis remarried after Alice's death, to Phyllis Raftell-Wolff, and together they had two more children, Sarah (b. 1954), an elementary school teacher, and Charles (b. 1959), a physician.

Education and career

Wolff graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Medical School; and he was a past president of the New England Cardiovascular Society. He was a clinical professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Death

Wolff died on January 28, 1972.[1]

Published works
  • Wolff, Louis; Parkinson, John; White, Paul D. (August 1930). "Bundle-Branch Block with Short P-R Interval in Healthy Young People Prone to Paroxysmal tachycardia". The American Heart Journal. 5 (6): 685–705. doi:10.1111/j.1542-474X.2006.00127.x. PMC 6932258. PMID 17040283.

Associated eponyms

References
  1. "Dr. Louis Wolff, Professor And Noted Heart Specialist". The New York Times. January 30, 1972. p. 52.
  2. Kurland, G. S. (May 1989). "Louis Wolff: 1898-1972". Clinical Cardiology. 12 (5): 301–302. doi:10.1002/clc.4960120514. S2CID 71948059.


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