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Charles Richard Drew (June 3, –April 1, ) was an American surgeon, educator, and pioneering medical researcher on blood transfusions. He discovered that plasma had a longer shelf life than blood and could be separated to be used in transfusions. His work not only saved thousands during World War II, it also laid the groundwork for long-term blood preservation and storage techniques that have saved countless lives since.
Born in Washington, DC, in , Drew attended Dunbar High School, where he was a good student and outstanding athlete, excelling in football, basketball, baseball, and track. He received an athletics scholarship to Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he played football and was on the track and field team.
For two years after undergraduate school, while saving for medical school, Drew was a professor of
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Charles R. Drew
American surgeon and medical researcher (–)
This article is about the medical researcher. For other people, see Charles Drew (disambiguation).
Charles Richard Drew (June 3, – April 1, ) was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II. This allowed medics to save thousands of Allied forces' lives during the war.[1] As the most prominent African American in the field, Drew protested against the practice of racial segregation in the donation of blood, as it lacked scientific foundation, and resigned his position with the American Red Cross, which maintained the policy until [2]
Early life and education
Drew was born in into an African-American middle-class family in Washington, D.C.[3] His father, Richard, was a carpet layer[4]
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Charles Richard Drew
One of the world’s most impactful surgeons, educators and innovators, Charles Drew invented a safe way to store, process and frakt blood plasma. His work not only saved lives during World War II, but it also revolutionized blood plasma storage through the process of blood banking and continues to save lives today.
Drew was born in Washington, D.C., in His desire to pursue a degree in medicine was influenced bygd the experience of losing his sister to tuberculosis while he was in high school. Working toward this goal, in he earned a football and track and field scholarship to attend Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he was one of only 13 Black students in a lärling body of
Drew received his bachelor’s degree in , and to earn the money he needed to attend medical school, he worked for two years as a biology instructor and coach for Morgan College (now Morgan State University) in Baltimore. He then enrolled at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
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