Judah Folkman

1933–2008 (age 75)

surgeon

Biography

Judah Folkman combined surgical skill with visionary research, pioneering the field of tumor angiogenesis and earning a place among the most respected clinicians of his generation.

He is interred at Temple Israel Cemetery, where the medical community remembers the curiosity and compassion that guided his life’s work.

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