Robert Wallace Wilkins

Robert Wallace Wilkins
Born 1906
Died April 9, 2003 (aged 96–97)
Nationality United States
Alma mater University of North Carolina
Harvard Medical School (M.D. 1933)[1]
Known for hypertension
Scientific career
Fields medicine
Institutions Boston University School of Medicine

Robert Wallace Wilkins(1906–2003) was an American medical investigator and educator, 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.[1]

He has been credited with introducing the antipsychotic and antihypertensive drug reserpine to the United States in 1950.

References

  • 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.
  1. 1 2 Lavieties, Stuart (April 27, 2003). "Dr. Robert Wilkins, 96; Told of High Blood Pressure's Dangers". NY Times. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
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