Rudi Schmid

Rudi Schmid (2 May 1922 – 20 October 2007) was a Swiss-born American medical researcher specializing in hepatology. Among his contributions to biomedical science, Schmid led a team to discover heme oxygenase. Over the course of his career, Schmid was granted membership into the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He was later honored with the establishment of the Rudi Schmid Distinguished Professorship in Neurology at UCSF. Schmid died of pulmonary failure on 20 October 2007, at home in Kentfield, California, aged 85.

Rudi Schmid

Rudi Schmid (2 May 1922 – 20 October 2007) was a Swiss-born American medical researcher specializing in hepatology. Among his contributions to biomedical science, Schmid led a team to discover heme oxygenase. Over the course of his career, Schmid was granted membership into the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He was later honored with the establishment of the Rudi Schmid Distinguished Professorship in Neurology at UCSF. Schmid died of pulmonary failure on 20 October 2007, at home in Kentfield, California, aged 85.