Louis Wolff

Louis Wolff (1898 in Boston, Massachusetts – 28 January 1972[1]) was an American cardiologist. He described the eponymously named Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with Doctors John Parkinson (1885–1976) and Paul Dudley White (1886–1973).[2]

For the Wisconsin politician, see Louis Wolf.

Personal life

Louis Wolff married Alice Muscanto, a flute player born in Vilnius who played with her sisters and brothers in a touring musical ensemble. Louis was a concert-quality violinist who enjoyed accompanying his wife and her siblings in their apartment in Brookline, Massachusetts. Louis and Alice had two children, Lea (b. July 1, 1921; d. December 1, 2007), a French teacher for many years in Boston public schools, and Richard (born August 20, 1923; d. February 14, 2009), also a cardiologist. Louis remarried after Alice's death, to Phyllis Raftell-Wolff, and together they had two more children, Sarah (b. 1954), an elementary school teacher, and Charles (b. 1959), a physician.

Education and career

Dr. Wolff graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Medical School; and he was a past president of the New England Cardiovascular Society. He was a clinical professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Death

Louis Wolff died on January 28, 1972.[3]

Associated eponyms

References
  1. Louis Wolff Obit NY Times.
  2. Kurland, G. S. (May 1989). "Louis wolff: 1898-1972". Clinical Cardiology. 12 (5): 301–302. doi:10.1002/clc.4960120514. S2CID 71948059.
  3. Louis Wolff Obit NY Times.


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