Vinay Kumar (pathologist)
Vinay Kumar | |
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| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) |
| Nationality | Indian American |
| Alma mater | University of Poona, Punjab University Medical College, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi |
| Known for | Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease and discovery of natural killer cells |
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| Fields | Medicine, Pathologist |
| Institutions | University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine |
| Doctoral advisor | Dr M G Deo |
Vinay Kumar is the Alice Hogge & Arthur Baer Distinguished Service Professor of Pathology at the University of Chicago, where he is the Chair of the Department of Pathology.[1]
Biography
Born in India in 1944, Dr. Kumar graduated with honors, at the age of 17, from Savitribai Phule Pune University. He earned his MBBS in 1967, at the age of 22, from Punjab University Medical College, in Amritsar, where he was named "Best Medical Graduate" for that year, winning the Pfizer Award and the Gold Medal for highest achievement as a medical student. He completed both his PhD in experimental pathology and his residency in anatomic pathology and hematology in 1972 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where he was awarded the Khanolkar Prize for outstanding research in pathology.[2]
He is also the senior editor of the pathology reference book Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease co-edited with Dr. Abul K. Abbas.[3]
Since 2003, Kumar is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).[4]
References
- ^ "Dr. Kumar's profile at the UChicago Pathology". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "News release on the hiring of Prof. Kumar". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K.; Cotran, Ramzi S. (2005). Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. Philadelphia, PA.: Elsevier Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.
- ^ "Nine on faculty elected 2003 AAAS fellows". University of Chicago Chronicle. Vol. 78, no. 4. November 6, 2003.
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