Melvin Tefft Explained
| Melvin Tefft |
| Birth Date: | 20 November 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Boston |
| Death Date: | 11 may 2003 |
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| Specialism: | Radiation oncology |
Melvin Tefft (20 November 1935 - 11 May 2003), was an American physician who specialised in radiation oncology in children at the Boston Children's Hospital and later at the Massachusetts General Hospital.[1] He was the first to report an extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma in 1969.[2]
Early life and education
Melvin Tefft was born on 20 November 1935 in Boston.[3] In 1954 he received a bachelor's degree from Harvard College, and in 1958 gained a medical diploma from Boston University School of Medicine.[3]
Career
Tefft completed his internship at Boston City Hospital before taking up his residency in radiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he also spent a year as a NIH fellow.[3] Through the 1960s, at the Boston Children's Hospital, he progressed from assistant professor to chief of the division of radiology.[3] He was influenced by Giulio D'Angio.[3]
In 1970, he was at the Massachusetts General Hospital.[4]
Selected publications
Notes and References
- Web site: Melvin H. Tefft Obituary . www.tributearchive.com . 20 June 2022 . en.
- Veselis . Clinton A. . Awan . Omer . Thomas . Ashanth . Ling . Stephen . Jonnalagadda . Padmaja . Aneja . Amandeep . Ali . Sayed . Bone Tumors Occurring in the Soft Tissues: A Review of the Clinical, Imaging, and Histopathologic Findings . Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology . May 2021 . 50 . 3 . 419–429 . 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.06.004 . 32665061 . 220530415 . 1535-6302 . 2022-06-20 . 2021-03-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210330234145/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32665061/ . live .
- Chougule . Prakash B. . In Memoriam: Melvin Tefft, MD . Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology . November 2003 . 25 . 11 . 839 . 10.1097/00043426-200311000-00002 . 1077-4114.
- Book: Suit . Herman D. . Loeffler . Jay S. . Evolution of Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital . 2011 . Springer . 978-1-4419-6743-5 . 43–54 . https://books.google.com/books?id=xL44oNwJsXgC&dq=Melvin+Tefft+radiation&pg=PA43 . en . 4. The new department of radiation oncology.
