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David Nathan, MD

Director (Ex-Officio)

Dr. David G. Nathan, MD is President Emeritus of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Robert A Stranahan Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Nathan is a graduate of Harvard College (1951) and Harvard Medical School (1955). He completed his internship and residency at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and was a clinical associate at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Nathan is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, the American Pediatric Society, the Institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science, the Stratton medal of the American Society of Hematology (of which he was president), the Walker Prize of the Boston Museum of Science, the John Howland Medal of the American Pediatric Society, and the George M. Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians.  Dr. Nathan joins the APSA Board of Directors in July of 2009.