Aaron B. Lerner
Aaron B. Lerner (1920-2007) was an American physician, researcher and professor. Born in 1920 in Minneapolis, he received his medical degree and a PhD in chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 1945. After teaching at the universities of Michigan and Oregon, he joined the Yale University School of Medicine as an associate professor of medicine in 1955.[1] The following year he became director of the dermatology section within the Department of Internal Medicine, and when the Department of Dermatology was established in 1971 he was appointed its first chair.[2] When Professor Lerner retired in 1991 he was named a Professor Emeritus of Dermatology.
Dr. Lerner is perhaps best known for leading the team of researchers who isolated and named, in 1958, the hormone melatonin. He was an expert in the metabolic basis of inherited diseases, particularly vitiligo for which he, in the 1980s, developed a skin transplantation therapy. Lerner also isolated the compound melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH).[1]
References
- ^ a b "Professor Aaron Lerner. Dermatologist who discovered melatonin" (Obituary). Times Online. 19 March 2007. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ^ Appel, Toby (2001). "Medicine at Yale, 1951-2001" (Historical Exhibit). Yale School of Medicine. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
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