Dickinson W. Richards

Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr. (October 30, 1895 – February 23, 1973) was an American physician and physiologist.

Dickinson W. Richards
Born
Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr.

(1895-10-30)October 30, 1895[1]
DiedFebruary 23, 1973(1973-02-23) (aged 77)
NationalityAmerican
Known forCardiac catheterization
Scientific career
Fieldsmedicine
physiology
InstitutionsColumbia University
Bellevue Hospital
Presbyterian Hospital

He is best known for the research he did on the development of cardiac catheterization as well as the characterization of a number of cardiac diseases.[1]

Awards and recognition

He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 "for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system". He shared the prize with André Cournand and Werner Forssmann.[1]

He died in Lakeville, Connecticut on February 23, 1973.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Dickinson W. Richards Biographical". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  2. Charles W. Carey. American Scientists. p. 304.