Georgios Papanikolaou, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georgios Papanikolaou

Greek pathologist

Date of Birth: 13-May-1883

Place of Birth: Kymi, Central Greece Region, Greece

Date of Death: 19-Feb-1962

Profession: physician, gynaecologist, pathologist, oncologist

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou (or George Papanicolaou ; Greek: Ge?????? ?.
?apa???????? [papaniko'lau]; 13 May 1883 – 19 February 1962) was a Greek pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the "Pap smear". After studying medicine in Greece and Germany, he emigrated in 1913 to the United States.
He first reported that uterine cancer cells could be detected in vaginal smears in 1928, but his work was not widely recognized until the 1940s.
An extensive trial of his techniques was carried out in the early 1950s.
In 1961, he was invited to the University of Miami to lead and develop the Papanicolaou Cancer Research Institute there.