John A. Sampson

John Albertson Sampson ( born August 17, 1873 in Troy (New York ), † 23 December 1946 in Albany ( New York)) was an American gynecologist.

Sampson was born near Troy. After graduation, he worked at the University School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University, where he received his doctorate in 1899. He completed his training at the Women's Clinic of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. During this time, Sampson conducted studies on the vascular supply of the ureter and the lymphatics of the pelvis. This contributed to the implementation in radical hysterectomies at. In 1905, Sampson moved to Albany. Here he worked as chief of gynecology at the hospital. In 1927, Sampson took over the presidency of the American Gynecological Society. In 1937 he was appointed professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Medical College of Albany. John A. Sampson died at the age of 73 years on 23 December 1946 in Albany.

Sampson coined the term endometriosis and developed in 1921 a first emergence model for the disease. The connection between the uterine artery and ovarian artery is referred to in the Anglo - American world as Sampson artery.

Writings (selection )

• Studies in gynecology presented in the form of illustrated problems for classroom work. Brandow printing company, 1907
• The escape of foreign material from the uterine cavity into the uterine veins William Wood & Co., 1918
• Perforating hemorrhagic (chocolate) cysts of the ovary. Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, 1921
• Endometrial carcinoma of the ovary, Arising in endometrial tissue in organ did. Arch Surg 10 (1925 ), 1-72
• Peritoneal endometriosis due to the menstrual dissemination of endometrial tissue into the peritoneal cavity. Obstet Gynecol Am J 14 (1927 ), 422-9
• The development of the implantation theory for the origin of peritoneal endometriosis. Obstet Gynecol Am J, 1940