Francis C. Wood

Wood was the founder and the founding director of the Crocker Institute for Cancer Research.

[1][2] He was also the founder of the pathology laboratory at St. Luke's Hospital, and its director from 1910 to 1948.

[1] Wood was also a professor of clinical pathology and the director of Institute of Cancer Research at Columbia University.

[1] He graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1894,[1] and joined the faculty of clinical pathology at Columbia University in 1896[1] From 1906 to 1912 he served as director of clinical pathology at Columbia University[1] and also served as the director of the pathology laboratory at St. Luke's Hospital from 1910 to 1948, founding it in 1910.

[1] The New York Times called him "internationally known cancer research specialist who was a pioneer in the use of X-rays and radium" and said that Wood "is credited with many basic discoveries in principles of radiation".