Louis Diamond
Louis Diamond · Science & Medicine
Physician regarded as the father of pediatric hematology; advanced treatment of Rh disease of newborns.
1902, Chișinău (Kishinev), Russian Empire (now Moldova) — 1999, United States
United States
Louis Diamond is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physician regarded as the father of pediatric hematology; advanced treatment of Rh disease of newborns.
Louis Klein Diamond was an American pediatrician regarded as the father of pediatric hematology. He identified erythroblastosis fetalis (Rh disease of the newborn) and pioneered exchange transfusion to treat it, saving countless infants, and described several inherited blood disorders including Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Born in Kishinev, his Jewish family emigrated to the United States after the 1903 Kishinev pogrom.
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Physician regarded as the father of pediatric hematology; advanced treatment of Rh disease of newborns.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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