Charles Drew
American surgeon and medical researcher (1904-1950) · United States · On the map · Doctors · Died at 45
Charles Richard Drew was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II.
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Drew in the Dunbar High School yearbook, 1922
Drew in the Amherst College yearbook, 1926
Freedman's Hospital between 1910 and 1935
Plasma transfusion package and extractor used to collect plasma from donors
Minnie Lenore Robbins with NIH Director, Donald Frederickson, unveiling of bust and exhibit of her husband, 1981
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This allowed medics to save thousands of Allied forces' lives during the war. As the most prominent African American in the field, Drew protested against the practice of racial segregation in the donation of blood, as it lacked scientific foundation, and resigned his position with the American Red Cross, which maintained the policy until 1950.
