Stewart Wolf
Stewart Wolf | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 12, 1914 |
| Died | September 24, 2005 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Yale University, Johns Hopkins University |
| Known for | Roseto effect |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychosomatic medicine |
| Institutions | University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, University of Texas Medical Branch |
Stewart George Wolf Jr. (January 12, 1914—September 24, 2005) was an American physician and researcher in the field of psychosomatic medicine.
Early life and education
[edit]Wolf was born on January 12, 1914, to Stewart George Wolf, a Baltimore businessman, and his wife, Angeline Griffing Wolf.[1] He graduated from Phillips Academy, after which he attended Yale University before transferring from there to Johns Hopkins University, where he received his medical degree in 1938.[1] He then completed his internship at Cornell-New York Hospital.[1]
Career
[edit]During World War II, Wolf ran a 1,000-bed hospital in the South Pacific Area.[2] In 1952, Wolf became the first full-time head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma, as well as the head of the neuroscience section of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.[1] In 1958, he founded the Totts Gap Medical Research Laboratories in Bangor, Pennsylvania.[1] In 1969, he left the University of Oklahoma to found and direct the Marine Biomedical Institute at the University of Texas Medical Branch.[1]
Research
[edit]Although he originally studied digestion,[3] Wolf is known for his research into the Roseto effect, which he became interested in while talking to a local doctor in 1961,[4] and which he published a study about in 1963. In this study, he suggested the reason people living in Roseto, Pennsylvania had fewer heart attacks was because of their close family relationships.[5] He also published a study on the placebo effect in nausea in 1950[6] which has been called "seminal" and "one of the earliest reports on the power of placebo" by Irving Kirsch.[7]
Death
[edit]Wolf died on September 24, 2005, at Epworth Villa Alzheimers Care and Study Center in Oklahoma City, at the age of 91.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Dr. Stewart Wolf Jr". The Morning Call. 12 October 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ "Former Regent Stewart Wolf Dies". National Library of Medicine. 9 January 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ Gladwell, Malcolm (2008). "1". Outliers. Little, Brown and Company.
- ^ Grossman, Ron (11 October 1996). "A New 'Roseto Effect'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ Mathias, Madeleine (8 October 2005). "Dr. Stewart Wolf Jr., who studied health of Roseto residents, dies at age 91". Morning Call. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ WOLF, S (January 1950). "Effects of suggestion and conditioning on the action of chemical agents in human subjects; the pharmacology of placebos". The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 29 (1): 100–9. doi:10.1172/jci102225. PMC 439730. PMID 15399519.
- ^ Kirsch, I (July 2008). "Challenging received wisdom: antidepressants and the placebo effect". McGill Journal of Medicine. 11 (2): 219–22. PMC 2582668. PMID 19148327.
