This award was established in 1976 in memory of Dr. Morten Grove-Rasmussen who, as Blood Bank Director of the Transfusion Service at Massachusetts General Hospital, became known as a leader in the field. It is to be given to an individual (or group) who has made a significant contribution to the field of transfusion medicine. 2012 ReceipientThe 2012 recipient for the Morten Grove-Rasmussen Award will be announced shortly.2011 David A. Williams, MD Children’s Hospital Boston Dr. Williams' major research interests are in the study of blood stem
cell biology, blood formation, leukemia and the treatment of genetic
blood diseases using gene therapy. He has published over 200
peer-reviewed manuscripts and textbook chapters. He was an investigator
for HHMI for 16 years. He has been continuously funded by the NIH since
1986. His laboratory co-discovered and cloned Interleukin-11 (Neumegae)
and carried out developmental studies that assisted in obtaining FDA
approval of this drug. His laboratory also described the use of
fibronectin in retrovirus-mediated gene transfer, now nearly universally
used (as Retronecting) in clinical gene therapy trials and basic
research utilizing gene transfer. More... 2010 Richard L. Haspel, MD, PhD Stem Cell Processing Laboratory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA 2009 Leslie E. Silberstein, MB Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School Director of the Joint Program in Transfusion Medicine (Children's, Brigham and Women's, and DFCI) Director, Center for Human Cell Therapy at the Immune Disease Institute Boston, MA Dr. Silberstein is currently a Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical
School and Director of the Joint Program in Transfusion Medicine at
Children's Hospital, Boston, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He is also a Senior Investigator and
Director of the Center for Human Cell Therapy at the Immune Disease
Institute and Head of the HSCI Translational Research Program. More... 2008 Chet Andrzejewski, Jr., PhD, MD, FCAP Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts Chester Andrzejewski, Jr., PhD, MD is Medical Director of System
Transfusion Medicine/Blood Banking Services at Baystate Health in
Springfield, MA. He received his undergraduate education at Brown
University and a PhD in Immunology from Tufts University where he
created and studied the first monoclonal anti-DNA hybridomas and
anti-idiotypes to them. More... 2007 Christopher P. Stowell, MD Director, Blood Transfusion Service, Massachusetts General Hospital Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts 2006 Blood Group Serology Reference Laboratory American Red Cross, New England Region 2005 Naomi L.C. Luban, MD Instructor of Child Health and Development George Washington University School of Medicine Children’s National Medical Center Washington, DC 2004 Delores Mallory, MT (ASCP), SBB Director, Reference Laboratory American Red Cross 2003 Joel Umlas, MD Medical Director, Blood Bank Mount Auburn Hospital 2002 Scott Murphy, MD Chief Medical Officer American Red Cross Blood Services Penn-Jersey Region 2001 Edmond J. Yunis, MD Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 2000 Maruditsa Y. Mitsiu, MS, MT (ASCP), SBB Blood Bank Supervisor SBB Program Director Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, West Campus 1999 Robert Weinstein, MD Medical Director St. Elizabeth’s Hospital 1998 James P. Aubuchon, MD Medical Director Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center 1997 Edward L. Snyder, MD Medical Director Yale New Haven Hospital 1996 Mark Popovsky, MD Chief Medical Director American Red Cross Blood Services Northeast region 1995 Sanford Kurtz, MD Chairman, Department of Laboratory Medicine Lahey Hitchcock Medical Center 1994 Ken Anderson, MD Medical Director Blood Component Laboratory Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 1993 Sunny Dzik, MD Medical Director Blood Bank and Tissue Typing Laboratory New England Deaconess Hospital 1992 Carl W. Walter, MD Founder, Chairman of the Board Fenwal, Incorporated 1991 C. Robert Valeri, MD Scientific Director Naval Blood Research Laboratory Boston, Massachusetts 1990 Peter L. Page, MD Medical Director American Red Cross Blood Services Northeast Region 1989 Christine Pinnetti, RN Senior Staff Nurse New England Medical Center 1988 Margot S. Kruskall, MD Medical Director, Blood Bank Beth Israel Hospital 1987 Lawrence N. Button Research Associate The Children’s Hospital 1986 Irma O. Szymanski, MD Director, Blood Services University of Massachusetts Medical Center 1985 Mary T. Burtis, MT (ASCP), SBB Blood Bank Supervisor, Reference Laboratory Brigham and Women’s Hospital 1984 Ronald A. Yankee, MD Medical Director Rhode Island Blood Center 1983 Mary F. Stinson Supervisor, Blood Bank Goddard Hospital 1982 Robert J. Tinch, Sr., MS Research Associate Biomedical Engineering Blood Bank New England Deaconess Hospital 1981 The Blood Grouping Laboratory Boston, Massachusetts 1980 Angelyn Adele Konugres, PhD Director, Blood Bank and Research Boston Hospital for Women 1979 Mary Rota, RN Nurse-Supervisor Blood Transfusion Service Massachusetts General Hospital 1978 Sherwin V. Kevy, MD Director, Blood Transfusion Service Children’s Hospital Medical Center 1977 Eugene M. Berkman, MD Medical Director, Blood Bank New England Medical Center 1976 Charles Huggins, MD Director, Blood Transfusion Service Massachusetts General Hospital |
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