Jacob Churg

Jacob Churg (; 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. Churg, together with Lotte Strauss, has given his name to Churg–Strauss syndrome, now known as eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

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