David Gordon Nathan (born May 25, 1929) is an American pediatrician and hematologist. He is known for his authorship of Nathan and Oski's Hematology of Infancy and Childhood, a standard reference in pediatrics, currently in its seventh edition. Nathan remains an author on the current edition.
Now retired, he was Robert A. Stranahan professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and served as president of the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute.
Biography
editHe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 26, 1929.[1] He graduated from Harvard Medical School.[2] Nathan was given the John Howland Award, the highest honor bestowed by the American Pediatric Society (APS), in 2003.[3]
Awards and honors
edit- 2003 John Howland Award
- 1990 National Medal of Science
- 2006 George Kober Medal Association of American Physicians
- 2010 Honorary Doctor of Science Harvard University[4]
- 2011 Wallace Coulter Award American Society of Hematology
References
edit- ^ Law, Nicholas S.; Bosman, Christopher; Timothy, Jocelyn (October 12, 1995). International Who's who in Medicine. International Biographical Centre. ISBN 9780948875915 – via Google Books.
- ^ "David G. Nathan, MD - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology". www.danafarberbostonchildrens.org.
- ^ Benz, Edward J. (2007-04-02). "Introduction of David G. Nathan, MD". Journal of Clinical Investigation. 117 (4): 1107–1111. doi:10.1172/JCI32145. ISSN 0021-9738. PMC 1839812. PMID 17404624.
- ^ "Honorary Degrees". Harvard University.
Sources
edit- Orkin S, et al. (2008). Nathan and Oski's Hematology of Infancy and Childhood (2 Volume Set) (7 ed.). Saunders.
External links
edit- David G. Nathan papers, 1949-2007 (inclusive), 1980-2007 (bulk), HMS c386. Harvard Medical Library, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Center for the History of Medicine, Harvard Medical School