David G. Nathan
Professor
Pediatric Blood DisordersÂÂ
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Nathan received his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1955, and was senior resident in medicine at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and clinical associate at the National Cancer Institute. Between 1967 and 1984, he was chief of hematology at Children's Hospital Boston (CHB), and then chief of hematology and oncology at CHB and DFCI. He chaired the Department of Pediatrics from 1985 to 1995, and served as president of DFCI until 2000.
Research Interest
Aplastic anemia, Thalassemia, Sickle cell disease
Publications
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Nathan DG (2010) A life-long quest to understand and treat genetic blood disorders. Cell 1 :17-20
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Nathan DG (2015) Amino acid uptake in erythropoiesis. Sci Signal.
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Nathan DG (2017) Cholesterol: the debate should be terminated. FASEB J 7 :2722-2728.
