Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner, MD, PhD, was one of the leading doctors in gastroenterology during the 20th century. The Joseph B. Kirsner Collection contains information about Dr. Kirsner's professional activities, correspondence, medical subject files, personal ephemera, honors and awards, medical photographs, and audio and visual recordings. Materials date between 1936 and 2012, with the bulk of the material dating from 1940-2004. This web exhibit highlights Dr. Kirsner's life, work, and legacy thanks to the Gastro-Intestinal Research Foundation (GIRF). For more information, visit the Guide to the Joseph B. Kirsner Papers 1936-2012.
Kirsner, Joseph B. Papers, Box 68, Folder 7, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Photograph of Dr. Kirsner standing in front of gastrointestinal-related x-rays. Photographer and date unknown.
