Louis Wolff (April 14, 1898 – January 28, 1972) was an American cardiologist and college professor. [1] He was the chief of the electrocardiographic laboratory at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston from 1928 to 1964. In 1930, Wolff described the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with John Parkinson and Paul Dudley White. [1] [2]
Wolfff was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1898. [1] His parents immigrated to the United States from Lithuania but had previously lived in Peru and London. [1] His childhood was spend in Revere, Massachusetts and South Boston, Massachusetts. [3] He attended The English High School in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. [1]
Wolff went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with a degree in biology and public health in 1918. [1] He played violin and conducted in a dance orchestra to pay for college. [1] After graduation, he considered going to Europe to study music; because World War I, he remained in the United States and went to medical school. [1]
He enrolled in Harvard Medical School and graduated in 1922. [1] He completed an internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1922 to 1924 [1]
Wolff continued to work at the Massachusetts General Hospital with Paul Dudley White, staying there from 1924 to 1928. [1] Next, he worked at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston as the chief of the electrocardiographic laboratory, remaining in this position from 1928 until his retirement in 1964. [1] In 1930, Wolffe described the eponymously named Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with John Parkinson and Paul Dudley White. [1] [2] He also conducted pioneering work in vectorcardiography. [3]
Wolfe was also a clinical professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. [2] [3] He published the textbook Electrocardiography in Fundamentals and Clinical Application in 1950. [1] He served as president of the New England Cardiovascular Society. [2]
In 1920, Wolff married Alice Muscanto, a flute player born in Vilnius, Lithuania. She played with her sisters and brothers in Muscanto's Russian Orchestra, a touring musical ensemble founded by her father Louis Muscanto. [4] Louis and Alice had two children, Lea Wolff and Richard Wolff. [3] They lived in Brookline, Massachusetts. [3]
After Alice's death, Wolff married Phyllis Raftell; the daughter of Greek immigrants who had previously worked as Wolff's medical secretary. [5] They had two children, Sarah Wolff and Charles Wolff. [5] [3]
Wolff died of Parkinson's disease in the Beth Israel Hospital on January 28, 1972. [2] [1] His funeral services were held in the Levine Chapel in Brookline. [3] He was buried in Moses Mendelsohn Cemetery. Two of his children entered the medical field: Richard became a cardiologist and Charles became a physician. [5] [1]
Louis Wolff (April 14, 1898 – January 28, 1972) was an American cardiologist and college professor. [1] He was the chief of the electrocardiographic laboratory at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston from 1928 to 1964. In 1930, Wolff described the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with John Parkinson and Paul Dudley White. [1] [2]
Wolfff was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1898. [1] His parents immigrated to the United States from Lithuania but had previously lived in Peru and London. [1] His childhood was spend in Revere, Massachusetts and South Boston, Massachusetts. [3] He attended The English High School in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. [1]
Wolff went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with a degree in biology and public health in 1918. [1] He played violin and conducted in a dance orchestra to pay for college. [1] After graduation, he considered going to Europe to study music; because World War I, he remained in the United States and went to medical school. [1]
He enrolled in Harvard Medical School and graduated in 1922. [1] He completed an internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1922 to 1924 [1]
Wolff continued to work at the Massachusetts General Hospital with Paul Dudley White, staying there from 1924 to 1928. [1] Next, he worked at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston as the chief of the electrocardiographic laboratory, remaining in this position from 1928 until his retirement in 1964. [1] In 1930, Wolffe described the eponymously named Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with John Parkinson and Paul Dudley White. [1] [2] He also conducted pioneering work in vectorcardiography. [3]
Wolfe was also a clinical professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. [2] [3] He published the textbook Electrocardiography in Fundamentals and Clinical Application in 1950. [1] He served as president of the New England Cardiovascular Society. [2]
In 1920, Wolff married Alice Muscanto, a flute player born in Vilnius, Lithuania. She played with her sisters and brothers in Muscanto's Russian Orchestra, a touring musical ensemble founded by her father Louis Muscanto. [4] Louis and Alice had two children, Lea Wolff and Richard Wolff. [3] They lived in Brookline, Massachusetts. [3]
After Alice's death, Wolff married Phyllis Raftell; the daughter of Greek immigrants who had previously worked as Wolff's medical secretary. [5] They had two children, Sarah Wolff and Charles Wolff. [5] [3]
Wolff died of Parkinson's disease in the Beth Israel Hospital on January 28, 1972. [2] [1] His funeral services were held in the Levine Chapel in Brookline. [3] He was buried in Moses Mendelsohn Cemetery. Two of his children entered the medical field: Richard became a cardiologist and Charles became a physician. [5] [1]