Claim: Angelo Mario DiGeorge (April 15, 1921 – October 11, 2009) was a physician and pediatric endocrinologist from Pennsylvania who was renowned for his research on an autosomal dominant immunodeficiency(DiGeorge syndrome) and disorders affecting calcium metabolism.
Evidence: (1921-04-15)April 15, 1921
Philadelphia Angelo Mario DiGeorge (April 15, 1921 – October 11, 2009) was an Italian American physician and pediatric endocrinologist who is renowned for his research on an autosomal dominant immunodeficiency now commonly referred to as DiGeorge syndrome. Concurrently, he was also an attending physician at St. Christopher's, where he became the Chief of Endocrinology and Metabolism (1961–1989), and the Director of the Pediatric Clinical Research Center (1965–1982).