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Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II.
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science is a private university in Willowbrook, California, focused on health sciences. It was founded in 1966 in response to inadequate medical access within the Watts region of Los Angeles, California. [2] The university is named in honor of Charles R. Drew.
Dr. Charles R. Drew 1926, inventor of blood plasma preservation system, established first Red Cross blood bank, Spingarn Medal; Dr. Lloyd Saxon Graham 1943, epidemiologist; Dr. Harold E. Varmus 1961, Nobel Prize for his studies of the nature and control of oncogenes; former Director of the National Institutes of Health
The university opened in 1966 and is named after Dr. Charles R. Drew, a Black physician from the early and mid-20th century who focused on blood banking and blood plasma storage and transfusion.
Physician-Scientist Charles R. Drew, [55] known for his work on blood transfusion, was Morgan College's First Athletic Director. African-American historian Rosalyn Terborg-Penn wrote on women' suffrage.
Charles Edwin Drew (15 December 1916 – 31 May 1987) was a British cardiothoracic surgeon best known for assisting Sir Clement Price Thomas in King George VI's pneumonectomy in 1951. He went on to conduct pioneering research on profound hypothermia in cardiac surgery and what came to be known as the 'Drew technique'.
Charles Drew may refer to: Charles R. Drew (1904–1950), American physician, surgeon, and medical researcher; Charles Drew (cricketer) (1888–1960), Australian cricketer; Charles Drew (surgeon) (1916–1987), cardiothoracic surgeon; Charles S. Drew (1825–1886), representative in the legislature of the Oregon Territory of the United States
Perhaps best known for his 2001 book about Kurt Cobain, Charles R. Cross was a veteran Seattle-based music journalist who edited that city's Rocket newspaper.