Paul A. Marks

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Paul Alan Marks (born August 16, 1926 in New York City , New York ; † April 28, 2020 there ) was an American physician and cancer researcher .

Marks graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor's degree in 1945 and Columbia University Medical School (MD 1949) and completed his residency at Presbyterian Hospital. He was 1953 to 1955 at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases of the National Institutes of Health and from 1955 Instructor and from 1957 Associate Professor at Columbia University Medical School (College of Physicians and Surgeons), where he became Professor in 1967. From 1961 to 1974 he was head of training in hematology . From 1967 to 1982 he was Professor of Medicine ( Frode Jensen Professor ) and 1969 to 1982 he was Professor of Human Genetics and Development and 1970 to 1973 he was Dean of the Medical Faculty. From 1973 to 1980 he was director of the university's Comprehensive Cancer Center. He was also Vice President for Health Science. In 1980 he became President and CEO of the Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , which he remained until 1999. Even after that he remained connected to the Sloan Kettering Center. From 1982 he was also a professor at Cornell University .

In 1961/62 he was a visiting scientist at the Pasteur Institute.

He dealt with cell development, human genetics, protein synthesis, hematology and oncology (testing of chemotherapy drugs). In the 2000s, he dealt with histone deacetylases (HDAC) as a starting point for chemotherapeutic agents in cancer ( trichostatin A , vorinostat ).

In 1990 he received the National Medal of Science . He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences , the Institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1972) and the American Philosophical Society (since 2007). He has honorary doctorates from Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Urbino.

The Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is named after him and has been awarded every two years since 2001.

He was the editor of the Journal of Clinical Investigation .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Schwartz: Paul Marks, Who Brought Sloan Kettering to Greatness, Dies at 93. In: The New York Times , May 5, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter M. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Accessed September 24, 2017 .
  3. ^ Member History: Paul A. Marks. American Philosophical Society, accessed November 23, 2018 (with biographical information).
personal data
SURNAME Marks, Paul A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marks, Paul Alan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American oncologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 2020
Place of death New York City , New York , United States