Isaac Adler (physician)

Beginning in 1875, Adler worked as a physician at German Hospital (now Lenox Hill Hospital) in New York City. In 1892, Adler was appointed professor of clinical psychology at the New York Polyclinic Medical School. In 1898, he was elected consulting physician at Montefiore Home.^[1]

In 1912, Adler published the work for which he is best known, "Primary Malignant Growths of the Lungs and Bronchi". In the first review of lung cancer, previously a rare disease, Adler listed 374 known cases from various European registries.^[3] Adler noted "a decided increase" in lung cancer, and speculated that tobacco or alcohol could be involved.^[4] Adler suggested that lung cancer was frequently misdiagnosed as tuberculosis.^[5]

Adler married Frida Grumbacher on May 24, 1874.^[2] Adler died at his New York City home on May 4, 1918.^[5]