Reuben Ottenberg
Reuben Ottenberg · Science & Medicine
Physician who performed the first blood transfusion using compatibility cross-matching.
1882, New York City, United States — 1959, United States
United States
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Reuben Ottenberg was an American physician and hematologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York who in 1908 performed the first blood transfusion using compatibility cross-matching, a pioneering step in making transfusion safe. He also recognized the concept of the universal (group O) donor and was later honored with the first Karl Landsteiner Award. Reference works on Jews in biology and medicine list him among Jewish scientists.
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Physician who performed the first blood transfusion using compatibility cross-matching.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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