Walter Stamm dies at 64; doctor saved thousands of women from infertility
Saturday, December 26, 2009 - 03:07
in Health & Medicine
The University of Washington physician transformed the diagnosis and treatment of genitourinary infections. Dr. Walter E. Stamm, whose discoveries on the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections and of the relationship between chlamydia and pelvic inflammatory disease saved tens of thousands of women from infertility, died Dec. 14 at his home in Seattle. He was 64 and had been battling melanoma.