1. Jessica "Jessie" Marmorston was a Russian-born American physician, endocrinologist, and medical school professor.
10 Facts About Jessie Marmorston
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Jessie Marmorston moved to the United States as a child, with her parents, and grew up in Buffalo, New York.
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Jessie Marmorston completed her medical degree at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine in 1924.
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Jessie Marmorston served a bacteriology internship at the Montefiore Hospital in New York City.
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Jessie Marmorston was elected a fellow of the American College of Physicians.
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Jessie Marmorston held attending physician privileges at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Los Angeles County Hospital.
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Jessie Marmorston parlayed her Hollywood connections to raise funds for USC scholarships.
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Jessie Marmorston's research focused on the interactions of hormones, mental health, heart disease, and cancer.
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Jessie Marmorston's work was published in academic journals including Science, Archives of Internal Medicine, Journal of Experimental Medicine, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, American Review of Tuberculosis, The Journal of Urology, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Journal of Clinical Psychology, and Cancer Research.
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Jessie Marmorston died in 1980, in her late seventies or early eighties, in Los Angeles.