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Dr. David G. 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, and then chief of hematology and oncology at Children's
and Dana Faber Cancer Institute. He chaired the Department of
Pediatrics from 1985 to 1995. He later served as president of
Dana Faber Cancer Institute until 2000.
He has been recognized for his outstanding achievements in advancing
our undertstanding of blood diseases and was awarded the National
Medal of Science by President Bush, Sr. in 1990. The National
Medal of Science was established by Congress in 1959 as a Presidential
Award to be given to individuals "deserving of special recognition
by reason of their outstanding contributions to knowledge in
the physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences."
The Committee of 12 scientists and engineers is appointed by
the President to evaluate the nominees for this Award. Since
its establishment, the National Medal of Science has been awarded
to 374 distinguished scientists and engineers whose careers spanned
decades of research and development.
"For his contributions to the understanding of the pathophysiology,
diagnosis and treatment of thalassemia; for his contributions
to the understanding of disorders of red cell permeability; for
his contributions to the understanding of the regulation of erythropoiesis;
and for his contributions to the training of a generation of
hematologists and oncologists."
-President Bush at a White House East Room Ceremony on
November 13, 1990.
Additionally Dr. Nathan and Oski's Hematology Book is considered
the bible of pediatric hematology. According to the New England
Journal of Medicine: "There simply is no other book that
approaches either the breadth or the depth of content for the
specialist in pediatric hematology."
Attorney Nathan has connections with leading experts to provide
you with a serious defense. Dr. Nathan is not employed by his
son.
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