Zvi Laron, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Zvi Laron

Israeli physician and discoverer of Laron syndrom

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1927

Place of Birth: Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: physician, pedagogue, university teacher

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Zvi Laron (Hebrew: ??? ?????, born February 6, 1927) is an Israeli paediatric endocrinologist, born in Cernauti, Romania, a professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University. In 1966, he described the type of dwarfism later called Laron syndrome.
His research opened the way to the treatment of many cases of growth hormone disorders.
He was the first to introduce the multidisciplinary treatment for juvenile diabetes.