| 1 | Name: | Dr. David G. Nathan | |
| Institution: | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Harvard Medical School | ||
| Year Elected: | 1999 | ||
| Class: | 2. Biological Sciences | ||
| Subdivision: | 204. Medicine, Surgery, Pathology and Immunology | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Living | ||
| Birth Date: | 1929 | ||
David Nathan is one of the most distinguished pediatric hematologists in the country. He has spent his career at Harvard University, where he has been a professor of medicine and professor of pediatrics, and in 1985 he was appointed Pediatrician-in-Chief at Childrens Hospital in Boston. In 1995 he became President of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Nathan has brought to his position scientific excellence, great integrity and a warm humanity. Among other awards he has received the National Medal of Science (1990) and the Henry Stratton Medal of the American Society of Hematology (1995). He earned his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1955. | |||