Leo von Zumbusch (28 June 1874, in Vienna – 30 March 1940, in Rimsting) was an Austrian-German dermatologist. He was the son of sculptor Kaspar von Zumbusch (1830–1915). He studied medicine in Vienna, where he later worked as an assistant to dermatologists Moritz Kaposi and Gustav Riehl. In 1906, he obtained his habilitation for dermatology and syphilology, and in 1912 became an associate professor.Leo Ritter von Zumbusch at Who Named It
In 1909, he was named head of the Rudolfspital in Vienna, and four years later relocated to the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. In 1915, he was appointed director of the department of syphilis and dermatology. From 1932 to 1933, he served as university rector. In 1935, he was forced by the Nazi government to relinquish his position at the university for political reasons.Thibaut – Zycha / edited by Walther Killy Dictionary of German Biography
In 1910, he described a rare form of generalized pustular psoriasis that is now referred to as Zumbusch psoriasis.Zumbusch's psoriasis Who Named It
Selected works Therapie der Hautkrankheiten : für Ärzte und Studierende, 1908 – Therapy of skin diseases for physicians and students.Therapie der Hautkrankheiten für Arzte und Studierende Atlas der Syphilis, translated into English in 1922 as "Atlas of syphilis".HathiTrust Digital Library published works Atlas der Hautkrankheiten (with Gustav Riehl), translated into English in 1925 as "Atlas of diseases of the skin".Atlas of diseases of the skin OCLC WorldCat
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