Ruggero Oddi

Ruggero Oddi
Portrait of Oddi, 1906
BornJuly 20, 1864
Perugia, Italy
DiedMarch 22, 1913 (1913-03-23) (aged 48)
Tunis, Tunisia
NationalityItalian
Alma materUniversity of Bologna
Known forSphincter of Oddi
Scientific career
Fieldsphysiology
anatomy
InstitutionsUniversity of Genoa

Ruggero Oddi (July 20, 1864 – March 22, 1913) was an Italian physiologist and anatomist who was a native of Perugia. He is most well known for the Sphincter of Oddi, which was named after him.[1]

  1. ^ Yamada 2011, p. 78.