Kenneth Kaushansky

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Kenneth "Ken" Kaushansky (* 1953 in Montreal , Canada ) is a molecular biologist and hematologist and the dean of the medical faculty at Stony Brook University on Long Island in the US state of New York .

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Kaushansky's family moved to the United States when he was two years old.

Kenneth Kaushansky earned both a BA and an MD from the University of California, Los Angeles , with a medical degree. He completed all of his specialist training at the University of Washington . Here he received his first professorship (assistant professor) in 1987 , he became an associate professor in 1991 and was given a full professorship for hematology in 1995 . In 2002 he moved to the University of California, San Diego as professor of internal medicine . Since 2010 he has been Professor of Hematology and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook , Long Island .

In 2004/2005 Kaushansky was President of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and in 2007/2008 of the American Society of Hematology . From 1998 to 2002 he was one of the editors of the journal Blood .

Kaushansky and co-workers succeeded in the first discovery, cloning, characterization and therapeutic application of the long-sought growth factor of thrombocytopoiesis , thrombopoietin . In addition to the various physiological effects of thrombopoietin or pathophysiological phenomena in disorders of thrombopoietin or its receptor, he deals with chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia . Kaushansky is considered an outstanding physician and clinical teacher.

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  1. ↑ Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, Appointed School of Medicine Dean and Senior Vice President of Health Sciences at Stony Brook University. In: commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu. June 9, 2010, accessed April 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Gina Kolata: Unconventional Methods Lead to Elusive Blood-Cell Hormone. In: nytimes.com. June 21, 1994, accessed December 20, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Kenneth Kaushansky, MD at the American Society for Clinical Investigation (the-asci.org); Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present (PDF, 692 kB) at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org); Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  5. ^ List of Past AABB Award Recipients. In: aabb.org. December 20, 2016, accessed December 20, 2016 .
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SURNAME Kaushansky, Kenneth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaushansky, Ken
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Molecular biologist and hematologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Canada