David Weyhe Smith
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| Born | September 24, 1926 Seattle, Washington |
| Occupation(s) | pediatrician, dysmorphologist |
| Known for | describing fetal alcohol syndrome |
| Notable work | Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation |
David Weyhe Smith (September 24, 1926 – January 23, 1981) was an American
Early life and education
David Weyhe Smith was born in Oakland, California. He gained his medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and undertook postdoctoral studies during 1950-51 and 1953-56 in the Department of Pediatrics. He worked with Lawson Wilkins in the field of pediatric endocrinology.[1]
Career
In 1958, he began working at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health , and became a professor of pediatrics there. From 1966 until the end of his career he was at the University of Washington, Seattle. His work in dysmorphology was recognized worldwide.
In 1973, Smith and Kenneth Lyons Jones identified a pattern of "craniofacial, limb, and cardiovascular defects associated with prenatal onset growth deficiency and developmental delay" in eight unrelated children of three
Smith died of cancer in Seattle at the age of 54.
Works
His book Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation is considered a key work in the field. He also published five other monographs as well as nearly 200 papers.[3][4]
Legacy
The condition known as
References
External links
- American Journal of Pediatics Obituary
- David Weyhe Smith, Who Named It?
- Graham, John M.; Smith, David W.. Smith's recognizable patterns of human deformation. PA, Elsevier, 2007 Google Books Jul. 2011
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