Arthur Arnold Osman
Male, Deceased Person
1893 – 1972
Who was Arthur Arnold Osman?
Arthur Arnold Osman was a British nephrologist. Osman was one of the first physicians to specialize entirely in the management of renal disorders; the first to recognize that nephrology needed to become a specialty; published profusely; the first physician to style himself a ‘nephrologist’; founded the first nephrological society in the world, the Renal Association; and organized the first international meeting devoted entirely to the kidney and its diseases
Dr. Osman graduated Whitgift School and completed medical studies at Guy’s Hospital in 1919. Osman was married to Rose Osman in 1936. Osman had a son Philip and an adopted daughter Gertrude, two grandchildren, Catherine and William and many other living relatives.
He began his career at Guy's Hospital in London but during World War II, bombing drove him to Pembury Hospital, Pembury, Kent, where he continued to work as director of the renal unit until retirement in 1957. Today the Renal Unit is dedicated to him.
He is known worldwide as the world's first nephrologist.
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