Tsai-Fan Yu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tsai-Fan Yu

American medical academic

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1911

Place of Birth: Shanghai, China

Date of Death: 02-Mar-2007

Profession: scientist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Tsai-Fan Yu (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Yù Caifán; Wade–Giles: Yü Ts'ai-fan, 1911 – March 2, 2007) was a Chinese-American physician, researcher, and the first woman to be appointed as a full professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
She helped to develop an explanation for the cause of gout and experimented with early drugs to treat the disease which are still in use today.