Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams
Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams | |
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| Born | 1929 (age 95–96) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | MD, University of Minnesota Medical School (1957) BS, Medicine, University of Minnesota (1955) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pediatric neuropathology |
| Institutions | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia General Hospital, University of Pennsylvania |
Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams (born 1929) is an American pediatric neuropathologist who was president of the American Association of Neuropathologists in 1982. She spent 50 years at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP, 1965–2015). She was the first and only female president of Philadelphia General Hospital (PGH, 1973–1977) and president of the PGH medical staff (1973–1975). She also served as president of the medical staff at CHOP (1986-1988) and as acting chair of pathology at CHOP (1995–2001). She was a professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania beginning in 1970, becoming clinical professor of pathology as of 1979.