Sidney Farber

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human medical researcher oncologist pathologist physician

Sidney Farber was an American pathologist and pioneering oncologist often called the "father of modern chemotherapy" for his groundbreaking work in treating childhood leukemia.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → medical researcher → oncologist → pathologist → physician →
advocatedFor	federal funding for cancer research →
awardReceived	James Ewing Lecture and Award → Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award →
causeOfDeath	cardiac arrest →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1903-09-30 →
dateOfDeath	1973-03-30 →
developed	antifolate chemotherapy for leukemia →
educatedAt	Harvard Medical School → University at Buffalo → University of Freiburg → University of Kiel →
employer	Children's Hospital Boston → Harvard Medical School →
ethnicGroup	Jewish American →
familyName	Farber →
fieldOfWork	chemotherapy → oncology → pathology → pediatric oncology →
founded	Children's Cancer Research Foundation → Dana-Farber Cancer Institute →
givenName	Sidney →
hasPartNamedAfter	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute →
hasRole	cancer research advocate →
influenced	development of modern pediatric oncology →
knownFor	use of antifolate drugs to induce remission in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia →
memberOf	American Society for Clinical Investigation → National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America →
name	Sidney Farber →
notableFor	being called the father of modern chemotherapy → pioneering chemotherapy for childhood leukemia →
occupation	oncologist → pathologist → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Buffalo, New York, United States of America →
placeOfDeath	Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America →
positionHeld	pathologist-in-chief at Children's Hospital Boston → professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School →
religion	Judaism →
sexOrGender	male →
significantEvent	reported first remissions of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia using aminopterin in 1947–1948 →
spouse	Blanche Farber →
workLocation	Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute →	foundedBy
Sidney Farber →	name
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute →	namedAfter