Edward J. Benz Jr. is an American hematologist. He is the former president of Dana–Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts., and the Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine as well as a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School.Telegram & Gazette, “Today’s Pan-Mass Challenge raising millions for cancer research”
He was named to the presidency of Dana-Farber in 2000, succeeding David G. Nathan.Edward J. Benz, Jr., President of Dana-Farber He was also the chief executive officer of Dana-Farber/Partners Cancer Care, a member of the Governing Board for Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center,Edward J. Benz, Jr., President of Dana-Farber and the director of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.DF/HCC Membership Profile In October 2016, Benz was succeeded by Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher.
Biography He earned his Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School in 1973,U.S. News & World Report and a master's degree (privatum) from Yale University and his bachelor's from Princeton University.John B. Graham Medical Student Research Society His medical school thesis, which was done at Boston Children's Hospital, won the Soma Weiss and Leon Resnick Awards for Research.
He completed training at the National Institutes of Health, Yale University School of Medicine and Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, Mass.
He is board certified in both hematology and internal medicine and remains clinically active. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and is known for his work on blood disorders.Newswire, Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD, Named President of Dana–Farber Cancer Institute
Previous positions Prior to his role at Dana-Farber, Benz was the chairman of the Department of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. At Johns Hopkins, he served as the Sir William Osler Professor of Medicine.John B. Graham Medical Student Research Society Research Day Speakers, 2010 He also served as physician in chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital.The Baltimore Sun, “Hopkins Picks Chief Physician
He has also been president at the American Society of Hematology, the Association of American Cancer Institutes, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the American Clinical and Climatological Society,Bloomberg Businessweek Executive Profile and the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research.
Research Benz is an active researcher who receives funding through the National Institutes of Health and is part of the leukemia research program at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center His research centers on the molecular basis and genetics around inherited blood disorders.
Publications Benz is an associate editor for the New England Journal of Medicine.About NEJM Editors and Publishers He is the author of more than 300 articles, books, reviews and abstracts. In particular, he is coeditor of several standard texts: Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice (Silberstein, Leslie E., et al. Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2012)Google Scholar - Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice Principles and Practice of Medicine (Benz, Edward J. et al. Principles and Practice of Medicine. Appleton and Lange, 2005)Amazon.com - Principles and Practice of Medicine Oxford Textbook of Medicine, 4th ed. (Warrell, D.A., et al. Oxford Textbook of Medicine. Oxford University Press, 2003)Google Books - Oxford Textbook of Medicine, Fourth Edition
Awards and honors Margaret L. Kripke Legend Award, 2011 American Society of Hematology Mentoring Award in Basic Science, 2007ASH Mentor Award Chair, National Institutes of Health Director's Blue Ribbon Panel on the future of Intramural Clinical Research, 2003 Royal Society of Medicine Book Award (for Oxford Textbook of Medicine), 2003 Elected to: Institute of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Society for Clinical Investigation, and the Association of American Physicians.Association of American Physicians, member directory
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