Sheila Moriber Katz, 80, of Gladwyne, celebrated pathologist who first identified the cause of Legionnaires’ disease,
And that was just the beginning of her medical contributions. Dr. Katz went on to spend the 1980s and ‘90s as a professor at Hahnemann, vice provost of the university, dean of the medical school, cofounder of the university’s School of Public Health, and senior associate dean. She joined Hahnemann in 1974, became associate professor in 1977, professor in 1981, and senior associate dean in 1993. She was an expert in transplantation, immunology, and renal diseases, and lectured widely for more than 30 years.two volumes on Legionnaires’ disease
Dr. Katz and her husband lived in Gladwyne and had son Jonathan and daughter Sara. She was a published poet and credited her husband with supporting her eclectic career outside the home. He died in 2014.