Dr. Telfer Reynolds, 82; Liver Specialist at USC Medical School
Dr. Telfer B. Reynolds, 82, a liver specialist and longtime professor of medicine at USC, died June 5 of lymphoma at his Valley Village home.
Reynolds was known as an astute diagnostician and demanding teacher who trained more than 100 liver specialists practicing in the United States and abroad.
In 1971, he first described a form of liver disease commonly referred to as Reynolds syndrome, an ailment characterized by progressive system sclerosis and cirrhosis of the liver.
Robert Tranquada, emeritus professor of family medicine at USC’s Keck School of Medicine, called Reynolds “one of the great clinicians of the 20th century” and a doctor’s doctor who was regarded as a pillar of the medical school.
A native of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, who moved to Los Angeles at an early age, Reynolds earned an undergraduate degree from UCLA in 1941 and a medical degree from USC in 1944.
He completed his internship and residency at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center before joining the USC faculty in 1950.
His honors include a gold medal from the Canadian Liver Foundation and a Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Assn. for the Study of Liver Diseases.
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