Bengt A. Robertson | |
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| Born | 14 September 1935 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 7 December 2008 (aged 73) |
| Education | Karolinska Institute |
| Known for | Corusurf |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | The intrapulmonary arterial pattern in normal infancy and in transposition of the great arteries (1968) |
Bengt A. Robertson was a Swedish physician and perinatal pathologist. Robertson was primarily known for the development of the synthetic lung surfactant known as Corusurf that brought relief to very small babies suffering from infant respiratory distress syndrome (RDS).[1][2][3] From 1974 to 2000 he was the director of the division for experimental perinatal pathology in the department of women and child Health at the Karolinska Institute.
In 1996 he was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine together with Tetsurō Fujiwara for contributions to the understanding of neonatal medicine.[4][5]
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- ^ Bohlin, K.; Blennow, M.; Curstedt, T (2009). "Historien om surfaktant - stor upptäckt för de minsta b" (PDF). Läkartidningen. 106 (52). sv: 3492–3495.
- ^ Halliday, H.L.; Speer, C.P. (2002). "Laudatio Bengt Robertson: A Surfactant Pioneer". Neonatology. 82 (4): 272–273. doi:10.1159/000066325.
- ^ "Professor Bengt A.Robertson". King Faisal Prize. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ Tait, Mr (2013-09-09). "Professor Bengt Robertson". Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2021-11-17.