| Edwin Bennett Astwood | |
| Birth Date: | December 29, 1909 |
| Death Date: | February 17, 1976 |
| Death Place: | Hamilton, Bermuda |
| Nationality: | Bermudian |
| Fields: | Endocrinology |
Edwin Bennett Astwood (December 19, 1909 – February 17, 1976) was a Bermudian-American physiologist and endocrinologist: his research on endocrine system led to treatments for hyperthyroidism, first published in 1943 in what has subsequently been called a "landmark" paper.[1] In 1949 he showed that methimazole was superior to alternative therapies for Graves' disease and this became a standard treatment for the condition.[2]
He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1949.[3] In 1948, he was awarded the Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh. He died of cancer on February 17, 1976, in Hamilton, Bermuda.[4]