The Cancer Treatment Revolution
About the Author
David G. Nathan, MD
David G. Nathan, MD is a graduate of Harvard College (1951) and Harvard Medical School (1955). He was an intern and senior resident in medicine at the then Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and a clinical associate at the National Cancer Institute. From 1959 to 1966, he was a hematologist at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and then became chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. From 1985 to 1995, Dr. Nathan served as physician-in-chief of Children's Hospital and, from 1995 to 2000, was president of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Dr. Nathan's research has focused on the inherited disorders of red cells and granulocytes and particularly on thalassemia. He has trained over 100 hematologists, many of whom hold leading positions in pediatrics and internal medicine. His textbook, titled Hematology of Infancy and Childhood, is the leading text in the field. He is the author of two popular books: Genes, Blood and Courage, published by the Harvard University Press in 1995, and The Cancer Treatment Revolution: How Smart Drugs and Other New Therapies Are Renewing Our Hope and Changing the Face of Medicine, to be published by John Wiley in 2007.
Dr. Nathan is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, the American Pediatric Society, the Institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science, the Stratton medal of the American Society of Hematology (of which he was president), the Walker Prize of the Boston Museum of Science, the John Howland Medal of the American Pediatric Society, and the George M. Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians. He is one of only three physicians to receive both the Howland and Kober medals.
Contact information
David G. Nathan, MD
President Emeritus, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Robert A Stranahan Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
44 Binney Street
Boston, MA 02115
E-mail: David_Nathan@dfci.harvard.edu
Phone: (617) 632-2155