John Gorman (medic)
John G. Gorman (* 1931 ) is an Australian-American medical scientist known for developing a vaccine against Rh factor intolerance in pregnant women with William Pollack and Vincent J. Freda .
Gorman graduated from the University of Melbourne Medical School in 1953 and completed residency in anatomy and clinical pathology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York (graduated in 1960).
Gorman was director of the blood bank at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in the early 1960s. There he developed the rhesus factor vaccine, known as Rho-GAM, from the early 1960s with clinicians Vincent J. Freda and William Pollack . In 1980 they received the Lasker ~ DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for this with Ronald Finn , Cyril A. Clarke (who worked independently in Great Britain on the development) . Some key ideas come from Gorman. He convinced Freda that because of the risk of infection through hepatitis, no antibodies from blood serum should be used, but pure antibodies, which Pollack then made available. He also found the idea of the principle of vaccination using antibodies through literature research (there was a forerunner in Theobald Smith 1909).
From 1981 to 1999 he was director of the blood bank at New York University Medical Center.
He later served on the board of directors of Mediware Information Systems.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ In a press release from Mediware he is quoted as John C. Gorman, see web link Equivar
- ↑ Acknowledgment by the Lasker Foundation, see web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gorman, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gorman, John G. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian-American medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1931 |