Hollander, Franklin

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HOLLANDER, FRANKLIN

HOLLANDER, FRANKLIN (1899–1967), U.S. physiologist. Born and educated in New York City, Hollander became assistant professor of physiology at New York Medical College from 1927 to 1932. From 1936 until his death, he was chief of the Gastrointestinal Physiology Research Laboratory at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital and assistant clinical professor of physiology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was consultant to a number of hospitals and health institutes. He wrote extensively on gastrointestinal physiology and served on several editorial boards of medical journals.