David W. Smith
David W. Smith ( David Weyhe Smith ; born September 24, 1926 in Oakland , † September 1981 in Seattle ) was an American pediatrician and morphologist . The syndromes Aase-Smith , Marshall-Smith , Ruvalcaba-Myhre-Smith , Smith-Lemli-Opitz I and II , Smith-Theiler-Schachenmann and Weaver-Smith are named after him and his colleagues .
biography
Smith began his career as a pediatrician . In 1958 he became a professor of paediatrics at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and left that institution in 1966 to fill the chair at the University of Washington in Seattle , where he remained for the remainder of his career. Smith received worldwide fame and recognition for his work in the field of dysmorphology . He was a good friend of his Norwegian colleague Dagfinn Aarskog .
He published around 200 papers and six monographs , including his classic recognition schemes for human malformations, which are considered key documents in this area.
literature
- MR. Wiedemann: David W. Smith 1926–1981. In: European Journal of Pediatrics. Volume 150, Number 8, 1991 ( doi: 10.1007 / BF02072201 )
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smith, David W. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smith, David Weyhe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American pediatrician and morphologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oakland |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1981 |
| Place of death | Seattle |