Ernest Beutler

Who is this?

Ernest Beutler (September 30, 1928 – October 5, 2008) was a German-born American hematologist and biomedical scientist. He made important discoveries about the causes of a number of diseases, including anemias, Gaucher disease, disorders of iron metabolism and Tay–Sachs disease. He was also among the first scientists to identify X-inactivation as the genetic basis of tissue mosaicism in female mammals, and pioneered a number of medical treatments, including bone marrow transplantation techniques. Beutler was the Chairman of Medicine at the City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, CA from 1959 until 1979 and served as a Professor, then Chairman, of the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California from 1979 until 2008.

Career

1. 1928
   Born
2. 1975
   Won Canada Gairdner International Award
3. 2008
   Passed away
4. Member of National Academy of Sciences
5. Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
6. Won honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University
7. Won Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Berlin
• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: university teacher, hematologist