Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of C. Lockard Conley, 1987Biographical NoteHematologist
Scope and ContentsBiology and pre-med studies at Johns Hopkins; first year of medical school at University of Maryland; transfer to Columbia Physicians and Surgeons; service in Medical Corps during World War II, 1942-45; research explosion after World War II; Lipman fellowship, clinical training at Johns Hopkins Medical School; establishment of Hematology Division at Johns Hopkins, appointment as head; rise of hematology as branch of clinical medicine; interdisciplinary nature of hematologic research; rise of clinical pathology and oncology; hematology's evolution into an academic specialty; influence of Johns Hopkins program; Hematology Study Section, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health; founding of American Society of Hematology; founding of journal Blood
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1989
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