Leopold Lichtwitz (9 December 1876 in Ohlau – 16 March 1943 in New Rochelle, New York) was a German-American internist.
In 1906/07 he studied chemistry at Leipzig,[1] and during the following year, obtained his habilitation for medicine at the University of Göttingen.
[2] In 1916 he was appointed director of the department of internal medicine at the municipal hospital in Altona.
He then emigrated to the United States, where he subsequently found employment as director of the department of internal medicine at Montefiore Hospital in New York.
[2] The "Leopold-Lichtwitz-Medaille" is an award offered by the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin (DGIM) to those who distinguish themselves through their work and commitment in the interests of internal medicine.