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Bert Vogelstein

1949 - Today

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Bert Vogelstein (born 1949) is director of the Ludwig Center, Clayton Professor of Oncology and Pathology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at The Johns Hopkins Medical School and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. A pioneer in the field of cancer genomics, his studies on colorectal cancers revealed that they result from the sequential accumulation of mutations in oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. These studies now form the paradigm for modern cancer research and provided the basis for the notion of the somatic evolution of cancer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bert Vogelstein is the 687th most popular physician (down from 684th in 2019), the 12,065th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,550th in 2019) and the 91st most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Bert Vogelstein ranks 687 out of 726. Before him are Thomas Starzl, Bennet Omalu, Sara Josephine Baker, Samuel George Morton, Samuel Gridley Howe, and Abraham Jacobi. After him are Fe del Mundo, Anders Nordström, Liang Wudong, Ben Klassen, Louisa Garrett Anderson, and William Hewson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Bert Vogelstein ranks 706. Before him are Serhiy Novikov, Rogelio Farías, Pierre Bayonne, Rod Temperton, Ian Livingstone, and Barriemore Barlow. After him are Tapio Kantanen, Ronald M. Evans, Janusz Pyciak-Peciak, Yuri Balashov, Arturo Vázquez, and Bernd Nickel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bert Vogelstein ranks 12,067 out of 20,380. Before him are Eric Christian Olsen (1977), Cecil Green (1919), Irene Rich (1891), Ryan White (1971), Carlyle Blackwell (1884), and Bill Johnson (1960). After him are Johnny Ace (1929), Jessie Andrews (1992), R'Bonney Gabriel (1994), Grace Cunard (1893), Harvey Mason (1947), and Orlando Jones (1968).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Bert Vogelstein ranks 91. Before him are James Ewing (1866), Robert Spitzer (1932), Thomas Starzl (1926), Sara Josephine Baker (1873), Samuel George Morton (1799), and Samuel Gridley Howe (1801). After him are Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865), Joycelyn Elders (1933), Rachel Levine (1957), Steven M. Greer (1955), Charles R. Drew (1904), and Caldwell Esselstyn (1933).

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