Harold Jeghers
{{Short description|American internist (1904–1990)}}
Harold Joseph Jeghers (September 26, 1904 – September 21, 1990) was an American internist, best known for his description of Peutz–Jeghers syndrome, a disorder of gastrointestinal polyps and hyperpigmentation of the mouth and lips.
Life and scientific career
Jeghers was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1904.{{Cite journal |last=Haubrich |first=William S. |date=1999-11-01 |title=Jeghers of the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome |url=https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(99)70434-8/abstract |journal=Gastroenterology |language=English |volume=117 |issue=5 |pages=1068 |doi=10.1016/S0016-5085(99)70434-8 |issn=0016-5085|url-access=subscription }} In 1928, he graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science in Biology.{{Cite web |last=Zhang |first=Gary |last2=Cadogan |first2=Mike |last3=Cadogan |first3=Gary Zhang and Mike |date=2020-01-08 |title=Harold Jeghers |url=https://litfl.com/harold-jeghers/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=Life in the Fast Lane • LITFL |language=en-US}} He graduated from medical school at Western Reserve University in 1932. He worked as a consultant at Boston City Hospital before being appointed chairman of the Medicine Department at Georgetown University in 1946.{{Cite journal |last=Haubrich |first=William S. |date=1999-11-01 |title=Jeghers of the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016508599704348 |journal=Gastroenterology |language=en |volume=117 |issue=5 |pages=1068 |doi=10.1016/S0016-5085(99)70434-8 |issn=0016-5085|url-access=subscription }} In 1956, he become a professor at Seton Hall College. In 1966, he became a professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. He retired in 1974.
He is best known for the description of Peutz–Jeghers syndrome in 1949, a syndrome of polyps in the gastrointestinal tract associated with hyperpigmentation of the lips and oral mucosa. The syndrome was previously described by Jan Peutz in 1921.
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