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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 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'.
The Charles Richard Drew House is a historic house at 2505 1st Street in Arlington, Virginia.A vernacular early 20th-century dwelling, it is of national significance as the home from 1920 to 1939 of Charles Richard Drew (1904–50), an African-American physician whose leadership on stockpiling of blood plasma saved lives during World War II.
Charles Drew (surgeon) (1916–1987), cardiothoracic surgeon; Charles S. Drew (1825–1886), representative in the legislature of the Oregon Territory of the United States; USNS Charles Drew, a 2010 Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy; Charles John Drew (c. 1690–1740), English lawyer murdered in Suffolk by his ...
Notable past and present Charles R. Drew University faculty members include Patricia Bath, an ophthalmologist and the first black female doctor to receive a medical patent, for inventing a laser treatment for cataracts [60] and Deborah Prothrow-Stith, a pioneer in addressing youth violence as a public health issue and the first woman ...
Charlene Drew Jarvis (born July 31, 1941, in Washington, D.C. [3] as Charlene Rosella Drew) is an American educator and former scientific researcher and politician who served as the president of Southeastern University until March 31, 2009. [4] Jarvis is the daughter of the blood plasma and blood transfusion pioneer Charles Drew. [5]
Sarah Drew (born October 1, 1980) [1] [2] is an American actress and director. [3] She played Hannah Rogers in The WB family drama series Everwood (2004–2006) and Dr. April Kepner in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2009–18; 2021–22).
During his surgical residency at Howard University Hospital, he was mentored by renowned doctor LaSalle D. Leffall Jr. and Dr. Clive O. Callendar. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] He was greatly influenced by Leffall (First African-American president of the American Cancer Society in 1978 and of the American College of Surgeons in 1995) to follow a course in ...