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Diamond was born in [[Chişinău|Kishinev]], [[Bessarabia]], at the time part of the [[Russian Empire]]. His family emigrated to the United States in 1904, following the [[Kishinev pogrom]]. He began his medical studies at [[Harvard University]] in 1919 and, on graduating in 1923, entered [[Harvard Medical School]], receiving his [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] in 1927. Shortly after finishing medical school, Diamond studied briefly with [[Florence Sabin]] at the [[Rockefeller University|Rockefeller Institute]] before returning to [[New England]], where he spent several years studying pediatrics at [[Boston Children's Hospital]] under the guidance of Dr. [[Kenneth Blackfan]]. |
Diamond was born in [[Chişinău|Kishinev]], [[Bessarabia]], at the time part of the [[Russian Empire]]. His family emigrated to the United States in 1904, following the [[Kishinev pogrom]]. He began his medical studies at [[Harvard University]] in 1919 and, on graduating in 1923, entered [[Harvard Medical School]], receiving his [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] in 1927. Shortly after finishing medical school, Diamond studied briefly with [[Florence Sabin]] at the [[Rockefeller University|Rockefeller Institute]] before returning to [[New England]], where he spent several years studying pediatrics at [[Boston Children's Hospital]] under the guidance of Dr. [[Kenneth Blackfan]]. |
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Diamond set up one of the first pediatric hematology research centers in the United States at Children's. Focusing on [[anemias]], by 1930 he had succeeded in identifying [[thalassemia]], a hereditary anemia that affected children of Italian and Greek ancestry. In 1932, along with Blackfan, he identified erythroblastosis fetalis, later called [[hemolytic disease of the newborn]], at that time a significant disorder among newborns. He also discovered the blood diseases [[Gardner–Diamond syndrome]], a painful bruising disorder, and [[Shwachman–Diamond syndrome]], a rare genetic disorder that affects many different organs. |
Diamond set up one of the first pediatric hematology research centers in the United States at Children's. Focusing on [[anemias]], by 1930 he had succeeded in identifying [[thalassemia]], a hereditary anemia that affected children of Italian and Greek ancestry. In 1932, along with Blackfan, he identified erythroblastosis fetalis, later called [[hemolytic disease of the newborn]], at that time a significant disorder among newborns.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Forfar|first1=edited by C. Th. Smit Sibinga, P.C. Das, John O.|title=Paediatrics and Blood Transfusion Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium on Blood Transfusion, Groningen 1980 organized by the Red Cross Bloodbank Groningen-Drenthe|date=1982|publisher=Springer Netherlands|location=Dordrecht|isbn=9789400975200|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KMTcBQAAQBAJ&dq=Louis+Diamond+rhesus&source=gbs_navlinks_s|accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref> He also discovered the blood diseases [[Gardner–Diamond syndrome]], a painful bruising disorder, and [[Shwachman–Diamond syndrome]], a rare genetic disorder that affects many different organs. |
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Diamond died at his home in Los Angeles on June 14, 1999, at the age of 97. His son [[Jared Diamond]] is an award-winning [[popular science]] writer and Professor of Geography at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]]. |
Diamond died at his home in Los Angeles on June 14, 1999, at the age of 97. His son [[Jared Diamond]] is an award-winning [[popular science]] writer and Professor of Geography at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]]. |
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Revision as of 15:34, 26 October 2017
Louis Klein Diamond (May 11, 1902 – June 14, 1999) was an American pediatrician, known as the "father of pediatric hematology".[1]
Diamond was born in Kishinev, Bessarabia, at the time part of the Russian Empire. His family emigrated to the United States in 1904, following the Kishinev pogrom. He began his medical studies at Harvard University in 1919 and, on graduating in 1923, entered Harvard Medical School, receiving his M.D. in 1927. Shortly after finishing medical school, Diamond studied briefly with Florence Sabin at the Rockefeller Institute before returning to New England, where he spent several years studying pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital under the guidance of Dr. Kenneth Blackfan.
Diamond set up one of the first pediatric hematology research centers in the United States at Children's. Focusing on anemias, by 1930 he had succeeded in identifying thalassemia, a hereditary anemia that affected children of Italian and Greek ancestry. In 1932, along with Blackfan, he identified erythroblastosis fetalis, later called hemolytic disease of the newborn, at that time a significant disorder among newborns.[2] He also discovered the blood diseases Gardner–Diamond syndrome, a painful bruising disorder, and Shwachman–Diamond syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that affects many different organs.
Diamond died at his home in Los Angeles on June 14, 1999, at the age of 97. His son Jared Diamond is an award-winning popular science writer and Professor of Geography at UCLA.
References
- "Louis K. Diamond: 1902-1999". HemOnc Today. 1 January 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- ^ "Dr. Louis Diamond; Pioneer in Solving Blood Problems". Los Angeles Times. June 25, 1999. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ Forfar, edited by C. Th. Smit Sibinga, P.C. Das, John O. (1982). Paediatrics and Blood Transfusion Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium on Blood Transfusion, Groningen 1980 organized by the Red Cross Bloodbank Groningen-Drenthe. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. ISBN 9789400975200. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
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