Juan Rosai, M.D. (August 20, 1940 – July 7, 2020) was an Italian-born American physician. He worked in clinical research and education in the specialty of surgical pathology. He was born in Poppi, Italy.
He was the principal author and editor of a major textbook in that field. His works focused on Rosai-Dorfman disease and the desmoplastic small round cell tumor. Rosai was also well-known because of his role as teacher, mentor and consultant to many American and international surgical pathologists.
Rosai died on July 7, 2020 in Milan at the age of 79.[1]