John Bruce Beckwith (born September 18, 1933) is an American pediatric pathologist known for helping to identify Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, which is partly named after him. He is also known for his role as reference pathologist for the National Wilms Tumor Study Group, a position he held from 1969 until his retirement thirty years later.[1][2][3] He is also recognized for his research on sudden infant death syndrome,[4] which he helped to define in the 1960s.[5]

Beckwith was born in Spokane, Washington, and grew up in St. Ignatius, Montana.[1] A 1954 graduate of Whitman College, he has taught at the University of Washington, the University of Colorado, and Loma Linda University, among other places.[4]

Beckwith received the Fred W. Stewart Award from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 1994.[6] In 1998, he was named an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists;[4] the same year, he became the first recipient of the National Institutes of Health's Astute Clinician Award.[7] He received the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology's Distinguished Career Award in 2005.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "John Bruce Beckwith". Whonamedit?. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  2. 1 2 D'Angio, Giulio J.; Evans, Audrey E.; Knudson, Alfred; Meadows, Anna T. (2005). "The American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology distinguished career award goes to J. Bruce Beckwith, MD". Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 44 (6): i–ii. doi:10.1002/pbc.20405. ISSN 1545-5009. PMID 15795885. S2CID 71894373.
  3. ↑ "J. Bruce Beckwith, MD". National Wilms Tumor Study Group. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  4. 1 2 3 "Studying a Miracle". The Whitman College Magazine Online: Alumni. December 2000. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  5. ↑ Mills, Steve (1997-05-20). "6 Infants' Deaths Still Puzzling To Experts". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  6. ↑ Beckwith, J. Bruce (March 1995). "J. Bruce Beckwith, M.D., recipient of the 1994 Fred W. Stewart Award". The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 19 (3): 368. doi:10.1097/00000478-199503000-00016. ISSN 0147-5185. PMID 7872436.
  7. ↑ "Astute Clinician Lectures". NIH Clinical Center. Retrieved 2018-08-24.

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