Origin The field organized around a dedicated professional body in the twentieth century: the American Society of Hematology held its first official meeting in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in April 1958.
Hematology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of blood, blood-forming organs and blood diseases, encompassing conditions that affect blood cells, hemoglobin, blood proteins, bone marrow, platelets, blood vessels and coagulation. Hematologists diagnose and treat disorders ranging from hemophilia, sickle cell anemia, blood clots and other bleeding conditions to hematologic malignancies including leukemia, multiple myeloma and lymphoma. In most health systems it is practiced as a subspecialty of internal medicine, requiring fellowship training beyond a general internal medicine residency.
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Origin PeriodSourced to the subject's own accountThe field organized around a dedicated professional body in the twentieth century: the American Society of Hematology held its first official meeting in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in April 1958. 2 Classification
Type/Classification Hematology
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Apheresis, separating and removing a blood component, is a core hematology procedure.
Autologous blood transfusion is a transfusion medicine procedure within hematology.
Autotransfusion is a transfusion medicine procedure within hematology.
Blood donation is the foundation of transfusion medicine within hematology.
Blood substitutes are studied and used as an alternative to transfusion within hematology.
Cord blood banking preserves hematopoietic stem cells, a hematology practice.
Double filtration plasmapheresis is a blood plasma filtration procedure within hematology.
Erythrocytapheresis is a red blood cell exchange procedure within hematology.
Granulocyte transfusion is a transfusion medicine procedure within hematology.
Hemoperfusion is a blood detoxification procedure within hematology.
Immunoadsorption is a blood plasma treatment procedure within hematology.
Intraoperative blood salvage is a transfusion medicine technique within hematology.
Intrauterine transfusion is a transfusion medicine procedure within hematology, used to treat fetal anemia.
LDL apheresis is a blood filtration procedure within hematology.
Massive transfusion protocols are a transfusion medicine procedure within hematology.
Photopheresis is a blood treatment procedure within hematology.
Plateletpheresis is a blood component collection procedure within hematology.
Rheopheresis is a blood filtration procedure within hematology.
Whole blood transfusion is a core transfusion medicine procedure within hematology.
Xenotransfusion is a historical transfusion medicine technique within hematology.
Notable Specialists
Source Sir Byrom Bramwell (Munk's Roll)
Charles Richard Drew pioneered blood plasma preservation and large-scale blood banking.
Source George Minot (Wikipedia)
Source George H. Whipple - Facts (NobelPrize.org)
Source Gero Hütter (Wikipedia)
Source Hans Hirschfeld (hematologist) (Wikipedia)
Source Helen Iglauer Glueck (Wikipedia)
Source Jean Dausset (Wikipedia)
Source John M. Goldman (source article)
Source Juan Luis Castro (Wikipedia)
Source Mariano Ruiz-Esquide (Wikipedia)
Source Michael Anton Biermer (Wikipedia)
Source Oscar Ratnoff (Wikipedia)
Source Rina Zaizov Marx (Wikipedia)
Source William Hewson (surgeon) (Wikipedia)
Treats
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
WikipediaClassification tableQuote, Classification table
Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease.
2. American Society of Hematology (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead sectionQuote, Lead section
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is a professional organization representing hematologists, founded in 1958.
3. ASH History
Explore the Rich History of ASH and Hematology, opening paragraphQuote, Explore the Rich History of ASH and Hematology, opening paragraph
In April 1958, the first official meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Hematology (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead sectionQuote, Lead section
Hematology (spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood.
William Hewson (surgeon) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: William Hewson (surgeon), Article textQuote, Notable Specialists: William Hewson (surgeon), Article text
father of haematology
Gero Hütter (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Gero Hütter, Lead, first sentenceQuote, Notable Specialists: Gero Hütter, Lead, first sentence
is a German hematologist
Michael Anton Biermer (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Michael Anton Biermer, Lead section [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Michael Anton Biermer, Lead section [in-group]
In 1860 Biermer was the first to describe a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 5-year old Maria Speyer.
George H. Whipple - Facts (NobelPrize.org)
Notable Specialists: George Whipple, Facts, prize motivation and workQuote, Notable Specialists: George Whipple, Facts, prize motivation and work
for their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia
Sir Byrom Bramwell (Munk's Roll)
Notable Specialists: Byrom Bramwell, Munk's Roll biography, career paragraphs [specialist-in 2]Quote, Notable Specialists: Byrom Bramwell, Munk's Roll biography, career paragraphs [specialist-in 2]
he made his scientific reputation chiefly in the fields of neurology, diseases of the heart and blood, and disorders of the endocrine organs
John M. Goldman (source article)
Notable Specialists: John M. Goldman, Lead [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: John M. Goldman, Lead [specialist-in]
was a British haematologist, oncologist and medical researcher
Juan Luis Castro (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Juan Luis Castro, Lead [specialist-in 2]Quote, Notable Specialists: Juan Luis Castro, Lead [specialist-in 2]
later in haematology
Hans Hirschfeld (hematologist) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Hans Hirschfeld (hematologist), Lead [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Hans Hirschfeld (hematologist), Lead [specialist-in]
was a German-Jewish hematologist.
Helen Iglauer Glueck (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Helen Iglauer Glueck, Lead and body text of the English Wikipedia article [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Helen Iglauer Glueck, Lead and body text of the English Wikipedia article [specialist-in]
Director of the Coagulation Laboratory
Mariano Ruiz-Esquide (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Mariano Ruiz-Esquide, Early life and educationQuote, Notable Specialists: Mariano Ruiz-Esquide, Early life and education
to pursue postgraduate studies in Hematology at the Central University of Madrid
Rina Zaizov Marx (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Rina Zaizov Marx, Lead and career textQuote, Notable Specialists: Rina Zaizov Marx, Lead and career text
a renowned pediatrician who specialized in hemato-oncology
Oscar Ratnoff (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Oscar Ratnoff, Career, hematologyQuote, Notable Specialists: Oscar Ratnoff, Career, hematology
At Case Western University, Ratnoff was a professor, division chief of hematology-oncology and interim chief of medicine.
George Minot (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: George Minot, Education, blood anemia researchQuote, Notable Specialists: George Minot, Education, blood anemia research
where he started research on blood anemia.
Jean Dausset (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Jean Dausset, Career, hematologyQuote, Notable Specialists: Jean Dausset, Career, hematology
He worked as an immunohematologist
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