Person Preferred Name

Kurt Hirschhorn

Kurt Hirschhorn

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Portrait of Kurt Hirschhorn, MD (1926-2022) with a microscope. Dr. Hirschhorn received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1954. Dr. Hirschhorn taught as an Instructor in Medicine (1956-1958), Assistant Professor of Medicine (1958-1964), and Associate Professor of Medicine (1964-1966) at New York University School of Medicine. He went on to become Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, Genetics and Genomic Sciences at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Hirschhorn was a seminal thinker in human genetics and immunology research.