The Department of Pathology mourns the death of Dr. Gloria R. Gallo

The faculty, staff, and students, present and past, of the Department of Pathology mourn the recent death of our colleague of 52 years, Dr. Gloria R. Gallo. She started in the Department of Pathology in 1956 as a resident physician and remained as an instructor, rising through the ranks to a professorship. Her early research using immunologic techniques led to pioneer publications describing the immunologic basis of much of renal disease and established national and international recognition of her work. Related investigations with a team of investigators at New York University helped define the structural and pathologic basis of other immunologic disorders including that of the enigmatic amyloidosis.

Dr. Gallo played a major role in the education of medical students and in the postgraduate training of young physicians throughout the Medical Center, including the directorship of a large postgraduate program in Pathology. Throughout her career she persistently pushed for equal opportunity, recognition, and advancement of women in medicine and in academic pathology in particular. In all her endeavors she was recognized as a demanding, but fair-minded, sometimes free spirit, who inspired hundreds of students and colleagues of all ages and backgrounds. We will miss her dearly and extend our sincere sympathy to her family and many friends. Contributions in her memory to the American Cancer Society Foundation will be appreciated.

Jerry Waisman, M.D., Professor, Department of Pathology
David Roth, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology