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Charles R. Drew
Developing blood-banking methods that improved the storage and supply of plasma.
Banked Blood · Blood for Britain
- Born
- 3 June 1904
- Birthplace
- Washington, DC, United States
- Died
- 1 April 1950
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Charles R. Drew
Charles R. Drew was an American surgeon and researcher whose work helped make large-scale blood services practical.
Early life
Education
Studied at Amherst College and McGill University.
Research training
Pursued advanced surgical and blood-preservation research at Columbia.
Career
- 1930s
Surgery and research
Worked at Howard University and developed blood-storage expertise.
- 1940–1941
Blood programmes
Directed Blood for Britain and helped establish an American Red Cross programme.
- 1940s
Howard leadership
Led surgical training and mentored Black physicians.
Medical contributions
Banked Blood
His doctoral research examined blood preservation and transfusion.
Blood for Britain
Organised the processing and shipment of plasma.
Surgical training
Built opportunities for a generation of Black surgeons.
Beyond work
Segregation
Opposed the separation of donated blood by race.
Death
Died following a car crash in 1950.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗National Library of Medicine: Charles Drew ↗Photo: Associated Photographic Services, Inc. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
