Global InformationAnne Pappenheimer Forbes information
Anne Pappenheimer Forbes | |
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| Born | November 11, 1911 New York City |
| Died | February 25, 1992 (aged 80) Milton, Massachusetts |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Endocrinology |
| Institutions | Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School |
Anne Pappenheimer Forbes (1911–1992) was an American endocrinologist. A graduate of Radcliffe College and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, she was an associate of Fuller Albright, who was the endocrinology chief at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Forbes was one of the first women to reach the rank of clinical professor at Harvard Medical School.
Forbes opened the Ovarian Dysfunction Clinic at MGH, and she took on much of the administrative responsibility for Albright's research studies beginning in the late 1930s, when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. She practiced medicine until 1980. Forbes-Albright syndrome is partly named for her.