- B. J. Kennedy
Byrl James Kennedy (1921-2003) was an American
physician who is considered to be the "Father ofMedical Oncology ."Born in Plainview, MN, in 1921, he received his MD from the
University of Minnesota Medical School . He served his residency atMassachusetts General Hospital and received further training atMcGill University andCornell Medical College .He returned to the
University of Minnesota Medical School in 1952, where remained for the rest of his career. He founded the division of oncology at the University in 1968 and led it for 22 years. His hard work, along with his colleagues, led to the creation of medical oncology as a subspecialty of internal medicine in 1972.He was a leader throughout his career, serving as president of both the
American Society of Clinical Oncology (1988) andAmerican Association of Cancer Education (1982).He died on April 6, 2003, of multiple myeloma.
References
*Muss HB. Byrl James Kennedy, MD. "Journal of Clinical Oncology", Vol 23, No 15 (May 20), 2005: pp. 3297-3298.
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