Maurice Pechet

Maurice Pechet
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Residence	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Citizenship	American
Alma mater	Harvard University
Known for	Scientist Internal Medicine Entrepreneur Philanthropist

Maurice Pechet is a professor, philanthropist, scientist, inventor and entrepreneur. Pechet has made substantial contributions to the field of internal medicine, in particular in the domain of developing new antirachitic sterols to treat metabolic bone disease.^[1] He resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Recent research

Pechet's recent research has focused on finding new chemical reactions to synthesize unusual and sensitive chemical structures.

Publications

Pechet has been widely published in leading medical journals, such as:

• The New England Journal of Medicine ^[2]
• The American Journal of Medicine^[3][4]
• The Journal of Clinical Investigation^[5]
• The Journal of Pediatrics.^[6]

Leadership roles

• Serves as President of the Research Institute for Medicine & Chemistry, Cambridge, MA.
• Sits on Harvard Medical School's Board of Fellows.^[7]
• Sits on the Harvard University's Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences.^[8]
• Serves as a Director Emeritus of Canadian Western Bank.^[9]
• Serves as a Honorary Trustee of Immune Disease Institute, Inc.
• Sits as senior member of the Senior Common Room of Lowell House, at Harvard University.

Philanthropy

Pechet donates to a wide range of philanthropic causes. In 1960, he established the Maurice Pechet Foundation,^[10] and has since endowed it with over US$50 million. The Maurice Pechet Foundation has given to scientific research, poverty alleviation, education, the arts, and environmental causes. The Foundation has made donations and provided grants to such organizations as the Golden Foundation for the Arts, the Earthwatch Institute, The Cambridge Family & Children's Service, The Young Audiences of Massachusetts,^[11] The New Sector Alliance,^[12] The Cambridge Center for Adult Education, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, The Perkins School for the Blind, The Center for Blood Research (CBR), and the New England Conservatory.

Business activities

Pechet is a Director Emeritus of the Canadian Western Bank.

References

1. ^ "The American Society for Clinical Investigation". http://www.the-asci.org/data/profile.php?pid=43391&PHPSESSID=c5505qj43uce6ca0m9q2ha61m6. 
2. ^ Philippe Bordier, M.D., Ph.D., Maurice M. Pechet, M.D., Ph.D., Robert Hesse, Ph.D., Pierre Marie, and Howard Rasmussen, M.D., Ph.D.. "Response of Adult Patients with Osteomalacia to Treatment with Crystalline 1α-Hydroxy Vitamin D3 291:866-871October 24, 1974". The New England Journal of Medicine. http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM197410242911702. 
3. ^ Maurice M. Pechet, M.D., Ph.D., Robert H. Hesse, Ph.D.. "Metabolic and clinical effects of pure crystalline 1α-hydroxyvitamin D3 and 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3: Studies of intestinal calcium transport, renal tubular function and bone metabolism, Published in Volume 57, Issue 1, Pages 13-20 (July 1974)". The American Journal of Medicine. http://www.amjmed.com/article/0002-9343(74)90762-1/abstract. 
4. ^ Maurice M. Pechet, M.D., Ph.D., Eduardo Bobadilla, M.D., Evelyn L. Carroll, A.B., Robert H. Hesse, Ph.D.. "Regulation of bone resorption and formation: Influences of thyrocalcitonin, parathyroid hormone, neutral phosphate and vitamin D3, Volume 43, Issue 5, Pages 696-710 (November 1967)". The American Journal of Medicine. http://www.amjmed.com/article/0002-9343(67)90112-X/abstract. 
5. ^ Maurice M. Pechet, Blair Bowers and Frederic C. Bartters. "METABOLIC STUDIES WITH A NEW SERIES OF 1,4-DIENE STEROIDS. II. EFFECTS IN NORMAL SUBJECTS OF PREDNISONE, PREDNISOLONE, AND 9α-FLUOROPREDNISOLONE, Published in Volume 38, Issue 4 (April, 1959)". The Journal of Clinical Investigation. http://www.jci.org/articles/view/103848. 
6. ^ M.D., Ph.D. Howard Rasmussen, M.D., Ph.D. Maurice Pechet, M.D. Constantine Anast, R.N. Alice Mazur, M.D. Joseph Gertner, M.D., Ph.D. Arthur E. Broadus. "Long-term treatment of familial hypophosphatemic rickets with oral phosphate and 1α-hydroxyvitamin D3, Volume 99, Issue 1, Pages 16-25 (July 1981)". The Journal of Pediatrics. http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(81)80951-1/abstract. 
7. ^ "Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows". Harvard Medical School Website. http://hms.harvard.edu/public/news/bof.html. 
8. ^ "Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences". http://www.mcb.harvard.edu/undergradstudy/biochem/Tutors.asp. 
9. ^ "Canadian Western Bank (CWB:TSX) Company Profile". BloombergBusinessweek. http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=6545599&ticker=CWB:CN&previousCapId=2755343&previousTitle=Boston%20Medical%20Investors,%20Inc.. 
10. ^ "The National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS)". http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/orgs/profile/046059253?popup=1#overview. 
11. ^ "The Young Audiences of Massachusetts: Community Partners and Benefactors". http://www.yamass.org/commpart.htm. 
12. ^ "The New Sector Alliance: Current and past supporters of New Sector". http://newsector.org/partners/investors.php. 

External links

• Annals of Internal Medicine
• The American Society for Clinical Investigation
• The Maurice Pechet Foundation
• The Golden Helix: Inside Biotech Ventures

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