Virginia Kneeland Frantz

Virginia Kneeland Frantz (November 13, 1896 – August 23, 1967) was a pathologist and educator credited with a series of discoveries in the study of thyroid, breast and pancreatic tumors. From 1924 to 1962 she taught surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, becoming a full professor in 1951.

Virginia Kneeland Franz, pathologist and educator

Her major achievements include:

Biography

A 1922 graduate of Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Frantz attended Bryn Mawr College class of 1918. Frantz graduated from the Brearley School in 1914.[2][3]

Awards and honors
  • Army-Navy Certificate of Appreciation for Civilian Service, 1948
  • Janeway Medal, 1962
  • Columbia University, Bicentennial Silver Medal, 1967
  • Student of Arthur Purdy Stout, noted alumnae of Brearley School, Columbia named award after her and presented to Rita Charon
  • Virginia Kneeland Franz Society

Select publications
  • Franz, V. K., Forsythe, R., Hanford, J. M., & Rogers, W. M. (1942). Lateral aberrant thyroid. Ann. Surg, 115, 161–183.
  • Franz, M.D., Virginia Kneeland & Harvey, M.D., Harold Doric. (1946). Introduction to Surgery. New York and London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press.
  • Franz, V. (1959). Papillary tumors of the pancreas: benign or malignant. Frantz VK. Atlas of tumor pathology. Washington DC: US Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 32–3.

References
  1. Franz, V. (1959). Papillary tumors of the pancreas: benign or malignant. Frantz, V.K. Atlas of tumor pathology. Washington DC: US Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 32-3.
  2. About Virginia Kneeland Frantz
  3. In Memoriam


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