Bert Vogelstein
Bert Vogelstein (born June 2, 1949 in Baltimore , Maryland , USA ) is an American cancer researcher at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Bert Vogelstein received his bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970 and his Medical Doctor in 1974 from Johns Hopkins University. He then worked as a pediatrician at Johns Hopkins Hospital (internship 1974/75, residency 1975/76, both in pediatrics) before moving to the National Cancer Institute for two years from 1976 to 1978 . He returned to Johns Hopkins Hospital, this time to oncology . In 1978 he became an assistant professor there, in 1983 an associate professor and in 1989 he was appointed professor of oncology.
His discovery that cancer from benign polyps developed (the so-called. Adenoma-carcinoma sequence ) that the screening method for colorectal cancer using colonoscopy revolutionized. This sequence was proven by the endoscopic polypectomy (removal of polyps), which was first performed in 1969 by Peter Deyhle in Erlangen.
According to the Institute for Scientific Information, Vogelstein was the most cited clinical physician in the world between 1994 and 2004 .
Awards and memberships
- 1992: Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1992: Elected to the National Academy of Sciences , USA
- 1992: Gairdner Foundation International Award
- 1993: Richard Lounsbery Award
- 1994: Howard Taylor Ricketts Award
- 1994: George M. Kober Lecture
- 1994: Passano Award
- 1995: Elected to the American Philosophical Society
- 1998: Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University
- 1998: William Allan Award
- 1998: Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
- 2000: Charles S. Mott Prize
- 2001: Harvey Prize of the Technion in Israel
- 2004: Prince of Asturias Prize
- 2007: Pasarow Award
- 2011: Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research
- 2013: Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
- 2015: Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research
- 2018: Dan David Prize
- 2019: Gruber Prize for Genetics
- 2019: Albany Medical Center Prize
- 2020: Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal
Web links
- Homepage of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Bert Vogelstein
- Interview and biographical information from ScienceWatch
- The 10 most cited clinicians from 1994 to 2004
- Bert Vogelstein in the Encyclopædia Britannica
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vogelstein, Nobelweek Dialogue ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Member History: Bert Vogelstein. American Philosophical Society, accessed December 8, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vogelstein, Bert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cancer researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore , Maryland , USA |