Willy Gepts, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Willy Gepts

Belgian pathologist and diabetes researcher

Date of Birth: 11-Mar-1922

Place of Birth: Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 31-Jan-1991

Profession: physician, university teacher, pathologist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Willy Gepts (March 11, 1922 – January 31, 1991) was a Belgian pathologist and diabetes researcher.
He worked from 1965 as a professor of pathology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and later at the newly founded Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
With his research on pathological anatomy of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas, he made important contributions to force up today view that the referred to as type 1 diabetes, type of diabetes mellitus is an autoimmune disease.