Gail V. Anderson Emergency medicine pioneer
Dr. Anderson literally set the standards for emergency physicians.
From This is True for 21 September 2014
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Doctors and medical researchers
Jesse Steinfeld Non-smoker
The Surgeon General who pushed things another giant step.
From This is True for 10 August 2014
Joep Lange Virologist
When Lange started working on it, the virus didn’t even have a name.
From This is True for 20 July 2014
Jacinto Convit Research physician
“I don’t lose sleep over not winning the Nobel Prize, but I do over finding the cure for cancer.”
From This is True for 11 May 2014
A. Richard Grossman Burn doctor
Dr. Grossman revolutionized burn care.
From This is True for 16 March 2014
Sherwin Nuland Medical historian
A bioethicist, Nuland pushed doctors to allow patients to die with dignity when their time came.
From This is True for 9 March 2014
Janet Rowley Cancer geneticist
Her discovery led to better treatments that extended the lives of millions of cancer patients.
From This is True for 22 December 2013
Christian de Duve Father of Cell Biology
It was the key to figuring out the biology of dozens of genetic diseases.
From This is True for 5 May 2013
Jacquelin Perry Polio expert
During World War II, Perry was a physical therapist for the U.S. Army, where she treated patients stricken by polio. But she wanted to “make my own decisions,” she said later, and went to medical school to become not just a doctor, but an orthopedic surgeon. “Most doctors go into medicine to save lives,” she … Read more
From This is True for 17 March 2013
Rita Levi-Montalcini Nobel laureate
Levi-Montalcini defied her father and became a doctor — and revolutionized medicine.
From This is True for 30 December 2012