Leo Alexander

Leo Alexander
Born(1905-10-11)October 11, 1905
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
DiedJuly 20, 1985(1985-07-20) (aged 79)
Weston, Massachusetts
Alma materUniversity of Vienna Medical School, Goethe University Frankfurt
Known forparticipation in the Nuremberg trials
Scientific career
FieldsNeurology, psychiatry
InstitutionsPeking Union Medical College, Harvard University, Duke University, Tufts Medical School, Boston State Hospital

Leo Alexander (October 11, 1905 – July 20, 1985) was an American psychiatrist, neurologist, educator, and author, of Austrian-Jewish origin. He was a key medical advisor during the Nuremberg trials. Alexander wrote part of the Nuremberg Code, which provides legal and ethical principles for human experimentation.

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