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Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou was a Greek physician, zoologist and microscopist who was a pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the pap smear for detection of cervical cancer.
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science · Greek pathologist (1883–1962) · physician · oncologist · gynecologist · also Georgios Papanikolaou, George Papanicolaou, Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou, George N. Papanicolaou, Papanikolaou
Born 13 May 1883 · Died 19 February 1962 · Q319321
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2019· 8 entries
Yahoo Finance: Meet Georgios Papanikolaou: Pap Smear Inventor Honored With Google Doodle
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Newsweek: Who Was Georgios Papanikolaou? Facts and Quotes About Pap Smear Inventor, Cancer Detection Pioneer Celebrated in Google Doodle
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New Scientist: Georgios Papanikolaou: inventor of the Pap smear cervical cancer test
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Irish Sun: Today’s Google Doodle – who was inventor Georgios Papanikolaou?
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Al Jazeera English: Georgios Papanikolaou: The story of a scientist and pioneer
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Search Engine Roundtable: Georgios Papanikolaou Pap Smear Google Doodle
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Daily Express: Who is Georgios Papanikolaou? Google Doodle celebrates inventor of the smear test
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2011· 1 entry
A Man of Science, a statue portraying Papanicolaou, was permanently installed in Weill Cornell Medicine's main lobby at 1300 York Avenue, in New York City
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1978· 1 entry
Papanikolaou's work was honored by the U
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1962· 2 entries
Died 1962-02-19.
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Was also posthumously given an award by the United Nations, after being nominated by the World Health Organization
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1961· 2 entries
Moved to Miami, Florida, to develop the Papanicolaou Cancer Research Institute at the University of Miami, but died there on 19 February 1962 due to a myocardial infarction
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Was invited to the University of Miami to lead and develop there the Papanicolaou Cancer Research Institute
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1958· 1 entry
The Papanicolaou Award, the highest award given by the American Society of Cytopathology, was established in Papanikolaou's honor, and it has since been awarded annually
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1954· 1 entry
Published another memorable work, the Atlas of Exfoliative Cytology, thus creating the foundation of the modern medical specialty of cytopathology
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1950· 1 entry
Awarded Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (1950).
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1949· 1 entry
The Medical School of the University of Athens named Papanikolaou an honorary doctorate, while the Academy of Athens in November 1957 proclaimed him an honorary member
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1947· 1 entry
Awarded Amory Prize (1947).
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1928· 2 entries
But his work was not widely recognized until the 1940s
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Papanikolaou told an incredulous audience of physicians about the noninvasive technique of gathering cellular debris from the lining of the vaginal tract and smearing it on a glass slide for microscopic examination as a
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1926· 1 entry
To Johannes Fibiger, who claimed that worms caused cancer
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1925· 1 entry
With funds from the National Research Council and the Maternal Health Committee, Papanikolaou recruited 12 hospital staff volunteers, together with a number of pregnant gynecological and surgical patients, for a systemat
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1920· 1 entry
Georgios Papanikolaou realized that he could tell the difference between normal and malignant cells on the cervix by viewing smears on a slide under a microscope
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1917· 1 entry
Papanikolaou along with Charles R
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1914· 1 entry
Papanikolaou and his wife worked at the Department of Anatomy at the Cornell Medical College of Cornell University and contributed to the histological and physiological changes associated with the oestrus cycle in the gu
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1913· 2 entries
Emigrated to the United States and was on the faculty at Cornell Medical College
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Along with his wife, he immigrated to New York City in order to work in the pathology department at New York Hospital and the Department of Anatomy at Cornell University's Medical College
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1907· 1 entry
Began studying in Germany under Ernst Haeckel at the University of Jena for one semester before moving to the University of Freiburg, where he was supervised by August Weismann
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1906· 1 entry
Returned to Kymi to practice medicine with his father
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1904· 1 entry
Studied at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, bachelor's degree (1904).
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1883· 1 entry
Born 1883-05-13.
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