J. Bruce Beckwith Explained

John Bruce Beckwith (born September 18, 1933) is an American pediatric pathologist known for helping to identify Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, which is partly named after him. He is also known for his role as reference pathologist for the National Wilms Tumor Study Group, a position he held from 1969 until his retirement thirty years later.^{[1] [2] [3]} He is also recognized for his research on sudden infant death syndrome,^[4] which he helped to define in the 1960s.^[5]

Beckwith was born in Spokane, Washington, and grew up in St. Ignatius, Montana.^[1] A 1954 graduate of Whitman College, he has taught at the University of Washington, the University of Colorado, and Loma Linda University, among other places.^[4]

Beckwith received the Fred W. Stewart Award from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 1994.^[6] In 1998, he was named an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists;^[4] the same year, he became the first recipient of the National Institutes of Health's Astute Clinician Award.^[7] He received the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology's Distinguished Career Award in 2005.^[2]

Further reading

• Benjamin . Denis R. . June 2005 . J. Bruce Beckwith—Physician Scientist . Pediatric and Developmental Pathology . en . 8 . 3 . 282–286 . 10.1007/s10024-005-1153-x . 16010496 . 24632119 . 1093-5266.

Notes and References

1. Web site: John Bruce Beckwith . Whonamedit? . en-US . 2018-08-24.
2. D'Angio . Giulio J. . Evans . Audrey E. . Knudson . Alfred . Meadows . Anna T. . 2005 . The American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology distinguished career award goes to J. Bruce Beckwith, MD . Pediatric Blood & Cancer . en . 44 . 6 . i–ii . 10.1002/pbc.20405 . 15795885 . 71894373 . 1545-5009. free .
3. Web site: J. Bruce Beckwith, MD . National Wilms Tumor Study Group . 2018-08-24.
4. Web site: Studying a Miracle . December 2000 . The Whitman College Magazine Online: Alumni . 2018-08-24.
5. News: 6 Infants' Deaths Still Puzzling To Experts . Mills . Steve . 1997-05-20 . Chicago Tribune . 2018-08-24 . en.
6. March 1995 . J. Bruce Beckwith, M.D., recipient of the 1994 Fred W. Stewart Award . The American Journal of Surgical Pathology . 19 . 3 . 368 . 0147-5185 . 7872436 . 10.1097/00000478-199503000-00016. Beckwith . J. Bruce .
7. Web site: Astute Clinician Lectures . NIH Clinical Center . 2018-08-24.