Isaac Starr
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| Born |
March 6, 1895 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | June 22, 1989 (aged 94) Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1920 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | developed the first practical |
| Awards |
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1957) Kober Medal (1967) Burger Medal (1977) |
Isaac "Ike" Starr (March 6, 1895 – June 22, 1989), known as the father of , was an American physician, heart disease specialist, and clinical epidemiologist notable for developing the first practical . His early academic positions included being an assistant professor in pharmacology and later the first Hartzell Professor of Research Therapeutics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania as well as dean of the school from 1945 to 1948.
Starr attended primary and secondary school in Philadelphia, graduating from the Chestnut Hill Academy in 1912. From there he went to Princeton University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree, graduating magna cum laude in 1916. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1920.
After receiving his M.D., Starr went to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston where he completed his internship before returning to Penn, where he later became a heart disease specialist, motivated by the heart disease-related death of his mother.
After returning to Penn, Starr joined Alfred Newton Richards’ group investigating mechanisms by which the kidney created urine. At the request of Richards, Starr became one of the first assistant professors at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1928, doing research which used physics and mathematics in the study of the heart, and leading a course in clinical pharmacology for the medical students.
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