John Fielding Crigler
1919–2018 (age 99)
Biography
Dr. John Fielding Crigler, born in 1919 and associated with Madison County, earned a national reputation in pediatrics as co-discoverer of the rare Crigler–Najjar syndrome, contributing to the understanding of liver and metabolic disorders that affect infants and children.
Throughout his long career he mentored countless physicians and remained dedicated to compassionate care, leaving a lasting imprint on the medical community when he died in 2018.