Virginia Kneeland Frantz

• In 1922, New York Presbyterian Hospital, first woman surgery intern
• In 1935, she and Allen O. Whipple described the insulin secretion of pancreatic tumors.
• In 1959, she wrote a study on tumors of the pancreas which became the standard text in the field
• In 1961 she became the first female president of the American Thyroid Association.

  Biography

Awards and honors

• Army-Navy Certificate of Appreciation for Civilian Service, 1948
• Janeway Medal, 1962
• Columbia University, Bicentennial Silver Medal, 1967
• Student of Arthur Purdy Stout, noted alumnae of Brearley School, Columbia named award after her and presented to Rita Charon
• Virginia Kneeland Franz Society

  Select publications

• Franz, V. K., Forsythe, R., Hanford, J. M., & Rogers, W. M.. Lateral aberrant thyroid. Ann. Surg, 115, 161–183.
• Franz, M.D., Virginia Kneeland & Harvey, M.D., Harold Doric.. Introduction to Surgery. New York and London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press.
• Franz, V.. Papillary tumors of the pancreas: benign or malignant. Frantz VK. Atlas of tumor pathology. Washington DC: US Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 32–3.