Sheila Moriber Katz

Sheila Moriber Katz
Born
Sheila Susan Moriber

February 1, 1943
Brooklyn, New York
DiedSeptember 10, 2023 (age 80)
Gladywyne, Pennsylvania
OccupationsPathologist, writer, medical school dean

Sheila Sue Moriber Katz (February 1, 1943 – September 10, 2023) was an American pathologist and writer, dean of the Hahnemann University School of Medicine, and co-founder of the School of Public Health at Drexel. She is sometimes described as the first person to see the bacterium Legionella pneumophila, which causes Legionnaires' disease.

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