Leo Schamroth was a South African cardiologist remembered for his work in electrocardiography and for describing Schamroth's window test.
10 Facts About Leo Schamroth
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Leo Schamroth went to Britain for post-graduate studies and returned to South Africa to complete his registrarship at Johannesburg General Hospital.
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Leo Schamroth joined the university staff based at the Baragwanath Hospital in 1956 as a specialist physician.
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Leo Schamroth became Professor of Medicine at WitsMed and chief physician at Baragwanath Hospital in 1972.
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Leo Schamroth held those positions until his retirement on 31 October 1987 owing to ill health.
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Leo Schamroth continued to write, teach and lecture as Professor of Medicine at WitsMed and abroad.
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Leo Schamroth published over 300 papers and eight textbooks, mostly concerned with electrocardiology.
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Leo Schamroth wrote two other textbooks, The Disorders of Cardiac Rhythm and The Electrocardiology of Coronary Artery Disease which were translated into Italian and Spanish.
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Leo Schamroth was married to Beckey and had four sons, all of whom became physicians, but only one a cardiologist.
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Leo Schamroth then married Renee who had four children too.