Institution:
Weill Cornell MedicineResearchers:
George Papanicolaou, MD, associate professor of clinical anatomy 1940-1947, professor of clinical anatomy from 1947-1951 at Weill Cornell Medicine
Impact:
When the Pap Smear was first introduced in the 1940s, cervical cancer was the number one killer of women. Now a standard cancer screening test for all women, the Pap Smear has greatly reduced the death rate for cervical cancer patients worldwide.
Timeline:
1940s