Lotte Strauss

She was born in Nuremberg, Germany. Strauss began medical school in 1932 in Germany, but was forced to flee to Italy due to the increasingly oppressive environment in Nazi Germany. She completed her degree from the University of Sienna in 1937 before again fleeing when Italy passed further anti-Semitic laws in 1938. From Italy she emigrated to the United States.

Strauss, alongside Jacob Churg, attributed her name to Churg–Strauss syndrome, which is now known as eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. She was one of the founders of the Society for Pediatric Pathology. Strauss was also part of a group that made significant contributions to the understanding of renal pathology. The group included Lotte Strauss, Jacob Churg and Edith Grishman, and was deemed “most productive for many years”. Strauss became the first pediatric pathologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, New York, and made valuable contributions to the area of fetal development pathology. Lotte Strauss worked with Donald Gribetz at Mount Sinai Hospital in the pediatric pathology department. Later on, she became an associate pathologist in the Division of Pediatric Pathology, as well as a professor of pathology at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

The Society for Pediatric Pathology annually awards The Lotte Strauss Prize to an individual under 40 years of age for their contribution to pediatric pathology that has been "published or accepted for publication during the year immediately preceding the award".

Achievements

In 1983, Strauss was awarded the Jacobi Medallion by the Mount Sinai Alumni. It is based on an individual's "distinguished achievement in the field of medicine or extraordinary service to the Hospital, the School, or the Alumni Association."