Bernard Fantus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bernard Fantus

American physician

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1874

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 14-Apr-1940

Profession: physician, pharmacologist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Bernard Fantus (September 1, 1874 - April 14, 1940) was a Hungarian Jewish-American physician.
He established the first hospital blood bank in the United States in 1937 at Cook County Hospital, Chicago while he served there as director of the pharmacology and therapeutics department.