Professor Emeritus of Pathology & Reproductive Medicine
MD, Hamburg, Germany, 1948

telephone: 619 - 543 - 2618
fax: 619 - 543 - 7111

e-mail: kbenirsc@ucsd.edu

Dr. Benirschke has received many awards and has held several prominent position. To mention a few: Chairman, Dept. Pathology at UCSD; Director of Research, San Diego Zoo; Director of Autopsy Service, UCSD Medical Center; WHO'S WHO in Science;- in the World; - in the East; - in the West; - in America; - in Technology; American Men of Science; Conservation Medal, Daughters of the American Revolution; Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences; Conservation Medal, Zoological Society of San Diego

Publications include 27 Books, 86 Chapters in Books, and 451 Scientific papers. 

Recent Publications:

• Benirschke, K. and Kaufmann, P.: The Pathology of the Human Placenta. 3rd edition. Springer-Verlag, NY, 1995.

• Lasley, B. and Benirschke, K.: Strategies of ovarian function of importance to gynecologic investigation. J. Soc. Gynecol. Invest. 1:247-255, 1995.

• Benirschke, K. and Lowenstine, L.J.: The placenta of the rhinocerotidae. Verh. ber. Erkr. Zootiere (Dresden) 37:15-23, 1995.
• Houck, M.L., Ryder, O.A., Kumamoto, A.T. and Benirschke, K.: Cytogenetics of rhinocerotidae. Verh. ber. Erkrg. Zootiere (Dresden) 37:25-32, 1995.
• Benirschke, K., Hager, D.A. and Edwards, D.K. III: Observations on neonatal mortality of the Chacoan peccary, Catagonus wagneri. Vet. Path. 32:532-534, 1995.
• Benirschke, K.: The biology of the twinning process: How placentation influences outcome. Seminars in Perinatology 19:342-350, 1995.
• Benirschke, K.: The Need for Multidisciplinary Research Units in the Zoo. Chapter 45 in: Wild Animals in Captivity. Principles and Techniques. D.G. Kleiman, M.E. Allen, K.V. Thompson and S. Lumpkin, eds. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1996, pp. 537-544.