William Dameshek
William Dameshek · Science & Medicine
Hematologist who introduced the concept of myeloproliferative disorders.
1900, Russian Empire (now Belarus) — 1969, New York, USA
Russian Empire · United States
William Dameshek is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Hematologist who introduced the concept of myeloproliferative disorders.
William Dameshek was an American hematologist who, in 1951, introduced the unifying concept of the myeloproliferative disorders, reshaping how blood cancers are understood and classified. He was a founding editor of the journal Blood. He was born into a Jewish family in the Russian Empire and emigrated to the United States as a child.
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Hematologist who introduced the concept of myeloproliferative disorders.
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