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词条 Alice Ettinger
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. References

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Alice Ettinger (October 8, 1899 – April 14, 1993) was a prominent radiologist and faculty member of the Tufts University School of Medicine and the New England Medical Center. She brought the "spot film" imaging technique from Germany to the United States, which enhanced X-ray diagnostic capabilities, particularly in gastrointestinal imaging.

Early life and education

Born in Berlin, Germany on October 8, 1899, Ettinger attended school at Chamisso Gymnasium in Berlin and was a member of the graduating class of 1919.[1] Ettinger went on to pursue a medical degree at the Albert Ludwig University in Freiberg. She graduated in 1924, and she completed her residency and training in internal medicine and radiology at the Second Clinic of Charite, affiliated with Friedrich Wilhelm University.[2]

Career

Upon completion of her residency, Ettinger went to work for Dr. Hans Heinrich Berg, who was world-renowned for his work in roentgenology. He invented a new device that allowed fluoroscopic images to be captured and printed onto X-ray film. Fluoroscopy was a popular X-ray technique at the time, but the disadvantage to this method was that it did not leave a permanent image on film until Berg's device was introduced. In 1932, after Ettinger had worked under Berg's tutelage and guidance for two and a half years, Dr. Joseph Pratt of Tufts Medical School and Boston Dispensary wrote to Dr. Berg and requested one of his revolutionary devices as well as a member of his team to demonstrate its usage; Alice Ettinger was selected for the task. She traveled from Berlin, Germany to Boston, Massachusetts with the "spot film" device in her luggage. Ettinger was only going to stay in the United States for six weeks, but she permanently relocated to Boston, joining the faculty of the Tufts University School of Medicine.[2]

Ettinger's introduction of the "spot film" introduced opened up the possibility of modern gastrointestinal imaging capabilities in the United States.[3] Seven years after her arrival, Ettinger became the first radiologist-in-chief at both the Boston Dispensary and New England Medical Center Hospital in 1939. She then launched the Tufts radiology residency program and was involved in the creation of the Northeastern University program for X-ray technicians, one of the first of its kind. Ettinger was announced as a professor and chairwoman of radiology at Tufts School of Medicine in 1959. She retired from the position of chairwoman in 1965, but continued as a practicing physician and professor until her retirement in 1985.[2] She remained associated with Tufts' radiology teaching program until she was 86 years old.[2] During her time as a professor, her students selected her from faculty to receive the award for teaching for thirteen consecutive years.[2]

Throughout the course of her career, Ettinger made great advancements in the field of radiology through her own research as well as many great humanitarian efforts. She was one of the first radiologists to recognize that the dye used in common imaging practices could damage a patient's kidneys.[4] As a Jewish-German immigrant herself, Ettinger worked to help place other Jewish immigrants with jobs during World War II.[4] In 1982, Ettinger received a Gold Medal from the Radiology Society of North America and in 1984 she was awarded another prestigious Gold Medal Award from the American College of Radiology for distinguished service and dedication to the field of radiology.[5] There is an endowed position in her name at the Tufts Medical School, known as the "Ettinger-Dreyfuss Chair of Radiology".[6] The American Association for Women Radiologists presents the Alice Ettinger Distinguished Achievement Award to recognize a career of service to the association and to the radiology profession.[7]

In 1993, Ettinger died of pneumonia in a nursing home in Norwood, Massachusetts.[8]

References

1. ^{{Cite journal|last=Paul|first=Robert E.|date=November 1993|title=In Memoriam|url=https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.189.2.626-a|journal=Radiological Society of North America|volume=198| issue = 2|pages=626|via=}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_105.html|title=Changing the Face of Medicine: Dr. Alice Ettinger|publisher=National Library of Medicine|accessdate=August 30, 2016}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19930422&id=gSwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y3sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2106,1605924&hl=en|title=Alice Ettinger|date=April 22, 1993|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|accessdate=August 30, 2016}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://researchguides.library.tufts.edu/c.php?g=249213&p=1659099|title=LibGuides: Excellence in Exile: German Emigré Physicians at TUSM: Alice Ettinger|last=LaVertu|first=Amy|website=researchguides.library.tufts.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-04-28}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.acr.org/Membership/Awards-Honors/Gold-Medal-Awards|title=Gold Medal Awards|publisher=American College of Radiology|accessdate=August 30, 2016}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://medicine.tufts.edu/Faculty-and-Research/Endowed-Professorships|title=Endowed & Term Professorships {{!}} Tufts University School of Medicine|last=Design|first=ISITE|website=medicine.tufts.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-04-28}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.aawr.org/Awards/AAWR-Awards/2015-AAWR-Awards#38061219-alice-ettinger-distinguished-achievement-award|title=2015 AAWR Awards|website=|publisher=American Association for Women Radiologists|accessdate=August 30, 2016}}
8. ^{{cite news|last1=Dicke|first1=William|title=Alice Ettinger, X-ray specialist and Tufts radiology teacher, 93|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/22/obituaries/alice-ettinger-x-ray-specialist-and-tufts-radiology-teacher-93.html|accessdate=August 30, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=April 22, 1993}}
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