Anatole Chauffard

Anatole Marie Émile Chauffard was a French internist who was born in Avignon. He was a member of Médecin des hôpitaux, and in 1907 became a professor of internal medicine of the Paris faculty. Chauffard is remembered for his pathological work with hereditary spherocytosis and liver disease. His name is associated with the following disorders: * "Minkowski-Chauffard disease": Congenital hemolytic anemia with spherocytosis, splenomegaly and jaundice.