John Allen Clements

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John Allen Clements (born March 16, 1923 in Auburn , New York ) is an American physician who dealt primarily with pulmonary function and surfactants .

Life

John Clements studied medicine from 1944 at Cornell University with the MD degree in 1947. After that he was research assistant in physiology with Eugene DuBois until 1949 ; from 1951 to 1962 he did research on lung physiology at the Army Chemical Center in Maryland . During this time he was also at the University of Pennsylvania ( Research associate in physiology ), lecturer at Johns Hopkins University (1955 to 1961) and consultant at the Baltimore City Hospital . From 1961 he was at theUniversity of California, San Francisco , where he was Professor of Pediatrics and American Heart Association Career Investigator from 1964 . From 1987 he switched to a professorship for lung biology ( Julius H. Comroe Jr. Professor of Pulmonary Biology ).

Clements studied surfactants from the early 1950s, researching their physico-chemical properties, especially for lung stabilization. He also developed a simple test that could detect the presence of surfactants in fetuses ( foam test ). A lack of this substance in the lungs leads to respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn ( blue baby syndrome ). He also developed an artificial surfactant with Burroughs Wellcome (Exosurf) for the treatment of neonates with respiratory distress syndrome.

In 1994 he received the Lasker ~ DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award , in 1995 the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize and in 1983 the Gairdner Foundation International Award . He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1974), the New York Academy of Sciences , the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science . He is an honorary doctor from the University of Manitoba (1993, D. Sc.), The University of Bern and the University of Marburg .

Clements has been married since 1949 and has two daughters. He is an amateur pianist.

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  1. ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
personal data
SURNAME Clements, John Allen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American medic
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Auburn , New York