Joe Vincent Meigs

Joe Vincent Meigs (October 24, 1892, Lowell, Massachusetts – October 24, 1963), was an American obstetrician and gynecologist.{{WhoNamedIt|doctor|2082}}

Meigs was a grandson of Captain {{Interlanguage link|Josiah Vincent Meigs Sr.|qid=Q131343754}}, who invented an experimental steam monorail known as the Meigs single-track elevated railroad.{{cite news |title=Death Claims Joe V. Meigs. Famous as Inventor of Single Track 'L' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55516897/joe-vincent-meigs-1840-1907/ |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=November 15, 1907 |page=8 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date=July 17, 2020}} {{Open access}}

Meigs syndrome is named after him.{{cite journal |author=Lurie S |title=Meigs' syndrome: the history of the eponym |journal=Eur. J. Obstet. Gynecol. Reprod. Biol. |volume=92 |issue=2 |pages=199–204 |year=2000 |pmid=10996681 |doi= 10.1016/S0301-2115(99)00289-4}}

He graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Medical School.{{cite journal | url=https://journals.lww.com/obgynsurvey/citation/2006/12000/powell_s_pearls__joe_vincent_meigs,_md__1892_1963_.1.aspx | doi=10.1097/01.ogx.0000248979.35602.73 | title=Powell??s Pearls: Joe Vincent Meigs, MD (1892???1963) | date=2006 | last1=Powell | first1=John L. | journal=Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey | volume=61 | issue=12 | pages=753–754 | pmid=17107627 }}