Robert Wallace Wilkins
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Robert Wallace Wilkins | |
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| Born |
(1906-12-04)December 4, 1906 |
| Died | April 9, 2003(2003-04-09) (aged 96) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
University of North Carolina Harvard Medical School (M.D. 1933) |
| Known for | hypertension |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | medicine |
| Institutions | Boston University School of Medicine |
Robert Wallace Wilkins (December 4, 1906 – April 9, 2003) was an American medical investigator and educator. He made many contributions in the research of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. He was the president of the American Heart Association in 1957 and received its Gold Heart Award in 1962. Wilkins received the Albert Lasker Award in 1958 for his research.
He has been credited with introducing the antipsychotic and antihypertensive drug reserpine to the United States in 1950.
External links
- Ingelfinger, F J (July 1972). "Professorial achievement: Robert W. Wilkins". N. Engl. J. Med. UNITED STATES. 287 (1): 44. doi:10.1056/NEJM197207062870113. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 4555148.
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