Morton Donald Blaufox | |
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| Born | Coney Island Hospital New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Bronx High School of Science Harvard College State University of New York Mayo Foundation for Education and Research |
| Known for | Development of nuclear medicine |
| Spouse | Paulette Goldberg (1938-2023) |
| Children | Laurie Blaufox Lee LLD, Ellen Blaufox MSW, Andrew Blaufox MD |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear medicine |
M. Donald Blaufox (born July 19, 1934) is an American physician and academic known for his contributions to nuclear medicine, hypertension research, renal disease, and the history of medicine.[1] He is the founding Chairman of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center. Blaufox served as Chairman of the American Board of Nuclear Medicine and president of the New York Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. He was one of the principal investigators in the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up program that received a Lasker award for demonstrating the benefit of treatment of hypertension. He is founding co-editor of the Seminars in Nuclear Medicine that played a major role in Nuclear Medicine and served in that capacity for 50 years. He is currently Professor and University Chairman Emeritus of Nuclear Medicine at the Albert Einsteins College of Medicine and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center.[2]