DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31802f500b
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PMID: 17414120
Issn Print: 0147-5185
Publication Date: 2007/04/01
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Juan Rosai was born in the village of Poppi in the Tuscan hills during the Second World War. His father, Ezio, brought the Rosai family to Argentina when Juan was still a child, a memorable trip for the 8-year-old due to seasickness. Juan was a precocious student, graduating from medical school at the Facultad de Medicina of the Univeristy of Buenas Aires at the age of 21. During his medical education, Dr Rosai was influenced to pursue pathology by Dr Eduardo Lascano, who also served as the only attending pathologist during Dr Rosai's residency training in a hospital in Mar del Plata, an appropriately sized faculty given that at the beginning Dr Rosai was the only resident! It quickly became apparent that Dr Rosai would benefit from exposure to pathology in a leading academic medical center, and a pathology professor in Buenos Aires, Dr Allan Murray, arranged with Dr Lauren Ackerman for Dr Rosai to continue his training at Washington University in St Louis. Under Dr Ackerman's mentorship, Dr Rosai's academic productivity blossomed. He quickly established himself as a major diagnostic talent, a prolific author, and a gifted educator. He joined the pathology faculty at Washington University in 1967 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1973. Shortly thereafter (1974), he left St Louis to become Professor of Pathology and Director of Anatomic Pathology at the University of Minnesota, a position he held for over 10 years. Following a sabbatical at the University of Florence, Dr Rosai was recruited to direct Anatomic Pathology at Yale University. In 1991, he left Yale for the Chairmanship of Pathology and James Ewing Alumni Chair at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, a position he held until 1999. At that time, the opportunity arose for him to return to his native Italy, a long-held dream, and he accepted the post of Chairman of Pathology at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori in Milan, a position he held until 2005 when he assumed his current position of Director, Center for Pathology Consultations at the Centro Diagnostico Italiano, also in Milan. He also remains an Adjunct Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and a Visiting Professor of Pathology at Harvard University.
Dr Rosai's impact on pathology is so far-reaching that rote recitation of his academic accomplishments and numerous awards is hardly necessary. His contributions span clinical care, research, and education, and it is difficult to say in which arena he has had the greatest influence. His broad diagnostic expertise is recognized worldwide. For much of his career, he has served as a consultant to the international pathology community, providing expert second opinions on a wide range of topics. Not only is his opinion sought for borderline diagnostic problems, but he also reviews in consultation the most challenging and unusual tumors from any and all anatomic locations. It is often those unusual cases that defy traditional classification for which we all have sought the opinion of Dr Rosai. His contributions to direct patient care through his consultation practice are incalculable.
