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Robert Wallace Wilkins

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Robert Wallace Wilkins
Born1906
DiedApril 9, 2003
NationalityUnited States
Alma materHarvard Medical School (M.D. 1933)
Known forhypertension
Scientific career
Fieldsmedicine
InstitutionsBoston University School of Medicine

Robert Wallace Wilkins(1906–2003) was an American medical investigator and educator, made many contributions in the research of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. He was the president of the American Heart Association in 1957 and received its Gold Heart Award in 1962.

He has been credited with introducing the antipsychotic and antihypertensive drug reserpine to the United States in 1950.

References

  • Ingelfinger, F J (July 1972). "Professorial achievement: Robert W. Wilkins". N. Engl. J. Med. 287 (1). UNITED STATES: 44. doi:10.1056/NEJM197207062870113. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 4555148. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysummary=, and |laysource= (help)
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