- Hugh Butt
Hugh Roland Butt (
January 8 ,1910 –August 16 ,2008 ) was an Americanphysician who developed methods to treat hemorrhaging patients withvitamin K .Career
Butt was born in
Belhaven, North Carolina . He earned hisM.D. fromUniversity of Virginia in 1933 and amaster's degree in medicine from theUniversity of Minnesota in 1937.Butt was a resident at the
Mayo Clinic when he made his most notable finding. He later worked withdicumarol isolated byPaul Link , finding that its blood thinning properties was helpful for patients with excessive clotting and inorgan transplant procedures. He worked at the Mayo Clinic his entire career and was widely considered the last link to its founders (he was supervised by William Mayo).Pearce, Jeremy (August 23, 2008). [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/health/research/24butt.html Hugh R. Butt, 98, Doctor Whose Studies Helped With Blood Problems, Dies.] "New York Times "] After becoming an Assistant Professor in 1943, Butt studied liver disease, especiallycirrhosis . He was appointed full professor in 1952, after which he began focusing on administrative issues. He was a leading advocate ofcontinuing education for doctors.Butt served as president of the
American College of Physicians in 1971 and 1972, and retired in the 1980s. He died inRochester, Minnesota .References
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