Leo Schamroth [SEP] occupation
Leo Schamroth
Leo Schamroth (2 June 1924 in Belgium – 24 May 1988 in Johannesburg) was a South African cardiologist remembered for his work in electrocardiography and for describing Schamroth's window test.
Biography.
Leo Schamroth was born in Belgium and emigrated to South Africa in infancy. He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School in 1948. He joined the university staff based at the Baragwanath Hospital in 1956, and became professor of medicine and chief physician at Baragwanath Hospital in 1972. He published over 300 papers
Helen Schamroth
Helena Jeannette Schamroth is a Polish-New Zealand craft artist and author.
Biography.
Born in Kraków just after World War II to two Jewish Holocaust survivors, but her milliner grandmother and shoemaker grandfather did not survive. The family emigrated to Australia and later moved to North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand. She served on the CreativeNZ Arts Board from 2000 to 2006. In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the arts.