- Eugene Braunwald
Eugene Braunwald (born
August 15 ,1929 ) is anAustria -born Americanphysician . He was inspired to pursue a career in cardiology after practicing in the Bellevue Cardiology Clinic, under Ludwig Eichna, during his time as a medical student at New York University.He taught at
University of California, San Diego (1968-1972), now teaches at the Brigham and Women's HospitalHarvard University (since 1972).Dr. Braunwald has over 1000 publications in peer-reviewed journals. His work has dramatically expanded knowledge of heart disease in the area of Congestive Heart Failure, Coronary Artery Disease, and Valvular Heart Disease. He is the editor of the premier cardiology textbook, Heart Disease, which is now in its 7th edition. Dr. Braunwald was instrumental in running the TIMI (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infaraction) studies, which developed the concepts of thrombosis superimposed on atherosclerosis as the pathological bases for acute myocardial infarction.
Dr. Braunwald's lab was the setting for the infamous case of
John Darsee . Darsee was thought to be brilliant by Dr. Braunwald. Fellow young researchers in the laboratory caught Darsee fabricating results. Braunwald denied knowledge of this academic misconduct despite two earlier accusations and his own internal investigation which found "no misleading information" (ref 3).External links
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9B0DEFDA1F30F936A25752C0A961948260 New York Times article 1/15/1987]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E4DF153BF937A25755C0A965948260 New York Times article 6/14/1983]
* [http://www.bates.edu/x34831.xml Dr. Eugene Braunwald biography]:Austria-bio-stub:US-med-bio-stub
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