Victor McKusick and the History of Medical Genetics (Hardcover, 2012)

This book is being planned as a tribute to Dr. Victor A. McKusick (1921-2008), who is well known as the "father of medical genetics". He was long associated with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, first as a student in the 1940s, and later as a faculty member, becoming the Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. He was a co-founder of GENOMICS and founder and lifelong editor of Mendelian Inheritance in Man, a massive compendium of human syndromes and genetic variants. Dr. McKusick made distinguished contributions to all branches of medical genetics. He was a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and many other academies in the world. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2002. He received many other honors including several honorary doctorates. The proposed book will reflect all the fields touched upon by Dr. McKusick's contributions. It will be a valuable source of the latest progress in medical genetics. The contributors are internationally distinguished in their chosen specialties. Besides professional distinction, they are being selected because of their past association with Dr. McKusick, as former students or colleagues who extended his research in some fashion. The proposed book will reflect all the fields touched upon by Dr. McKusick's contributions. It will be a valuable source of the latest progress in medical genetics. The contributors are internationally distinguished in their chosen specialties. Besides professional distinction, they are being selected because of their past association with Dr. McKusick, as former students or colleagues who extended his research in some fashion.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2012
First published:	2012
Editors:	Krishna R. Dronamraju • Clair A. Francomano
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	234
Edition:	2012
ISBN-13:	978-1-4614-1676-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Medical genetics Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research Promotions
LSN:	1-4614-1676-0
Barcode:	9781461416760

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