Dickinson W. Richards
American physician and physiologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dickinson Woodruff Richards Jr. (October 30, 1895 – February 23, 1973) was an American physician and physiologist. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 with André Cournand and Werner Forssmann for the development of cardiac catheterization and the characterisation of a number of cardiac diseases.
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Born | Dickinson Woodruff Richards Jr. October 30, 1895 (1895-10-30) |
Died | February 23, 1973 (1973-02-24) (aged 77) |
Nationality (legal) | American |
Alma mater | Yale University Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
Known for | cardiac catheterization |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | medicine physiology |
Institutions | Columbia University Bellevue Hospital Presbyterian Hospital |
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