{{Short description|Russian Empire-born Polish-American pathologist}} '''Jacob Churg''' ({{IPAc-en|tʃ|ɜːr|g}}; 16 July 1910, Daŭhinava, Russian Empire – 27 July 2005, New York City) was a Jewish-American pathologist. He was born in a shtetl in modern day Belarus.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Emmett |first=Michael |date=2007-12-01 |title=On Wegener and the ACCP |url=https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(15)52511-7/fulltext |journal=Chest |language=English |volume=132 |issue=6 |pages=2066 |doi=10.1378/chest.07-2720 |issn=0012-3692 |pmid=18079257}}</ref> Churg, together with Lotte Strauss, has given his name to Churg–Strauss syndrome, now known as eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.<ref>[http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2348.html www.whonamedit.com]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mssm.edu/departments-and-institutes/pathology/about-us/hall-of-fame#Jacob_Churg |title=www.mssm.edu |access-date=2012-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207002134/http://www.mssm.edu/departments-and-institutes/pathology/about-us/hall-of-fame#Jacob_Churg |archive-date=2013-02-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Works == *''Influence of Gonadotropic Hormone upon Complement in Rabbit’s Blood''. Diss. med. 1936 *''Allergic Granulomatosis, Allergic Angiitis, and Periarteritis nodosa'' (mit L. Strauss). Am J Pathol 27 (1951) 277 *''Structural Basis of Renal Disease''. 1968 *''Nephrology''. 1979
== Literature == *Eberhard J. Wormer: Angiologie - Phlebologie. Syndrome und ihre Schöpfer. München 1991, S. 23–30, VI–VII *E. Grishman, T. Faraggiana, V. S. Venkataseshan: The Jacob Churg Festschrift. Introduction. Am J Kidney Dis 10 (1987) 155 *J. A. A. Hunter, Karl Holubar: Dr. Jacob Churg. Am J Dermatopathol 8 (1986) 358 *American Men and Women in Science 2 (1986) 230 *Who’s Who in America. 42nd ed. 1 (1982–1983) 583
==See also== * Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) * Pathology * List of pathologists
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