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Dorothy Hansine Andersen

1901 - 1963

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Dorothy Hansine Andersen (May 15, 1901 – March 3, 1963) was the American physician and researcher who first identified and named cystic fibrosis. During her almost thirty year tenure at Babies Hospital of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (now Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital), Andersen not only identified CF and its inheritance through a recessive gene, she was also at the forefront of developing diagnostic tests and life-extending treatments for the disease. Andersen was also active in researching other diseases that are diagnosed in children. She was the first to describe Glycogen storage disease type IV, which, in recognition of her contributions, became known as Andersen's Disease. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy Hansine Andersen is the 593rd most popular physician (up from 612th in 2019), the 7,322nd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,871st in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Physician.

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Among physicians, Dorothy Hansine Andersen ranks 593 out of 726. Before her are Gregorio Marañón, Kamal Ranadive, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Oswaldo Cruz, Kenneth H. Cooper, and Édouard Gagnon. After her are Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Ludwig Traube, Richard Leach Maddox, Indira Nath, Metrodora, and Giuseppe Pitrè.

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Among people born in 1901, Dorothy Hansine Andersen ranks 255. Before her are René Dubos, James Dunn, Paul Martin, Otto Heckmann, Mickey Marcus, and Mildred Davis. After her are Heðin Brú, Marieluise Fleißer, Igor Ilyinsky, Gerhard von Rad, Paul Yü Pin, and Cecília Meireles. Among people deceased in 1963, Dorothy Hansine Andersen ranks 156. Before her are Vasyl Barvinsky, Charles Winslow, Pingali Venkayya, Luo Ronghuan, David Keilin, and Boris Kostić. After her are Abram Deborin, Medgar Evers, Mehdi Frashëri, Henry Daniell, Ernst Wetter, and Jorge Daponte.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Hansine Andersen ranks 7,324 out of 20,380. Before her are James Buchanan Duke (1856), Edward Hennig (1879), Harry Frankfurt (1929), George Saling (1909), Patti D'Arbanville (1951), and Dale Fuller (1885). After her are Reba McEntire (1955), Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (1903), Ted Wilde (1889), Bill Hagerty (1959), Guy Kawasaki (1954), and Mike Dirnt (1972).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Dorothy Hansine Andersen ranks 70. Before her are Ancel Keys (1904), John Ostrom (1928), Vivien Thomas (1910), William Beaumont (1785), Jeffrey Ullman (1942), and Kenneth H. Cooper (1931). After her are John Jeffries (1745), Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), Stuart Kauffman (1939), Bernard Nathanson (1926), Leila Denmark (1898), and William H. Welch (1850).

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