About Angelo DiGeorge
Angelo Mario DiGeorge was an American physician and pediatric endocrinologist from Philadelphia who pioneered the research on the autosomal dominant immunodeficiency now commonly referred to as DiGeorge syndrome. DiGeorge first gained international recognition in the mid-1960s for his ground breaking discovery of a disorder characterized by congenital absence of the thymus and associated abnormalities. Angelo Mario DiGeorge (April 15, 1921 – October 11, 2009) was an American physician and pediatric endocrinologist from Philadelphia who pioneered the research on the autosomal dominant immunodeficiency now commonly referred to as DiGeorge syndrome. He graduated at the top of his class from South Philadelphia High School for Boys in 1939 and was awarded the White Williams Scholarship at the Temple University, where he graduated with distinction in chemistry in 1943.
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