Stuart Kornfeld

Stuart Arthur Kornfeld is a professor of medicine at Washington University in St. Louis and researcher in glycobiology.[1]

Early life and education

Kornfeld was born in St. Louis on October 4, 1936 to Ruth and Max Kornfeld. He graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in 1954.[2] He received his A.B. in 1958 from Dartmouth College and his MD in 1962 from Washington University School of Medicine. In 1959, he married Rosalind Hauk, a PhD student at Washington University.

Career

After medical school, Kornfeld did an internship at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, and spent 2 years (1963–1965)[3] as a research associate at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.[4] He then returned to Washington University where he has remained since, serving as the school's hematology division head for thirty years.[3] He was recruited to the faculty in 1966 alongside Phil Majerus by the University's Chairman of Medicine as an instructor of medicine,[5] was promoted to assistant professor, and eventually professor in 1972.[4] From 1991 to 1997, he served as the director of the Medical Scientist Training Program.[4]

Awards

References
  1. Kornfeld, S; Neill, US. "A conversation with Stuart Kornfeld". J Clin Invest. 125: 2908–9. doi:10.1172/JCI82628. PMC 4563762. PMID 26237040.
  2. Ladue Horton Watkins High School website, "Distinguished Alumni". Accessed February 8, 2018.
  3. Hunt, Geoff (April 2012). "Tabor/JBC Lectureship Award: Kornfeld's work applauded for its 'rigor and scientific breadth'". ASBMB Today. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  4. "Stuart Kornfeld". Faculty. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. July 11, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  5. Sadler, J. Evan (August 12, 2016). "Phillip W. Majerus, MD (1936-2016)". Profiles. The Hematologist. Washington, D.C.: American Society of Hematology. 13 (5).
  6. Varki, Ajit (July 2010). "Introduction to Stuart Kornfeld" (PDF). The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 120 (7): 2635–8. doi:10.1172/jci43804.
  7. http://www.nasonline.org, National Academy of Sciences -. "Stuart Kornfeld". www.nasonline.org.
  8. "Stuart Kornfeld". oncology.wustl.edu.
  9. "E.B. Wilson Medal". The American Society for Cell Biology. Retrieved June 5, 2018.

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