Alphonse Dochez

Alphonse Raymond Dochez
Dochez at a National Defense Research Committee meeting in 1947.
Born	April 21, 1882 San Francisco, CA
Died	June 30, 1964 New York, NY
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Johns Hopkins University
Known for	Pioneering studies of pneumonia, scarlet fever, and the common cold.
Partner	Oswald Avery
Scientific career
Fields	Bacteriology
Institutions	Rockefeller University Johns Hopkins University Columbia University

Alphonse Raymond Dochez (April 21, 1882 – June 30, 1964) was an American physician and microbiologist. His research focused on infectious diseases, including scarlet fever, the common cold, and pneumococcal pneumonia. Dochez is credited with developing the first effective treatment for scarlet fever. His work also established viruses as the cause of the common cold.^[1]