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Victor A. McKusick

American internist and medical geneticist (1921-2008) · United States · On the map · Doctors · Died at 86

Victor Almon McKusick was an American internist and medical geneticist, and Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. He was a proponent of the mapping of the human genome due to its use for studying congenital diseases. He is well known for his studies of the Amish.

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A life in dates

2008Died22 July 2008Japan PrizeAward2001National Medal of ScienceAward1997Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical ScienceAward1995Mendel MedalAward1990George M. Kober MedalAward1982NAS Award for Scientific ReviewingAward1977ASHG Lifetime Achievement AwardAwardCanada Gairdner International AwardAward1921Born21 October 1921

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Awards

Japan Prize2008
National Medal of Science2001
Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science1997
Mendel Medal1995
George M. Kober Medal1990
NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing1982
Canada Gairdner International Award1977
ASHG Lifetime Achievement Award1977
Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award

About this person

He was the original author and, until his death, remained chief editor of Mendelian Inheritance in Man (MIM) and its online counterpart Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM). He is widely known as the "father of medical genetics".

Country
United States
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 2008 · aged 86