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Karnofsky, David

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Karnofsky worked for 23 years at Memorial Hospital and served as head of the Division of Chemotherapy Research of Sloan-Kettering Institute. His research focused on chemotherapy and led to the development of various chemotherapeutic agents, particularly those used to treat childhood leukemias. In 1949, Karnofsky, in collaboration with other scientists, developed the Karnofsky Performance Scale.

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Sloan Kettering Institute Staff

 Collection
Identifier: SKI 0005
Scope and Contents

Contains lists of SKI staff appointments and reprints of published scholarly research articles authored by SKI staff, arranged by numerical divisions.

Dates: 1950 - 1992

Willet F. Whitmore Jr., 1991

 File
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Contains tape recordings of interviews of MSK doctors and significant individuals conducted by Archivist Diane Rosenwaser, Dr. Joseph Burchenal, and Dr. Nael Martini. This includes interviews with Katherine S. Douglas, Anna S. Craver, Laurance S. Rockefeller, and Drs. Higinbotham, Woodard, Cahan, Southam, Blady, Stock, Hutchison, Pool, Beattie, Quan, Tan, and Oettgen, among others. Also contains Hayes Martin's Collection of Tapes, which includes recordings of Chemotherapy Group meetings,...
Dates: 1991

William G. Cahan, 1981

 File
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Contains tape recordings of interviews of MSK doctors and significant individuals conducted by Archivist Diane Rosenwaser, Dr. Joseph Burchenal, and Dr. Nael Martini. This includes interviews with Katherine S. Douglas, Anna S. Craver, Laurance S. Rockefeller, and Drs. Higinbotham, Woodard, Cahan, Southam, Blady, Stock, Hutchison, Pool, Beattie, Quan, Tan, and Oettgen, among others. Also contains Hayes Martin's Collection of Tapes, which includes recordings of Chemotherapy Group meetings,...
Dates: 1981

W.P. Laird Myers, 1994-11-18

 File
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Contains tape recordings of interviews of MSK doctors and significant individuals conducted by Archivist Diane Rosenwaser, Dr. Joseph Burchenal, and Dr. Nael Martini. This includes interviews with Katherine S. Douglas, Anna S. Craver, Laurance S. Rockefeller, and Drs. Higinbotham, Woodard, Cahan, Southam, Blady, Stock, Hutchison, Pool, Beattie, Quan, Tan, and Oettgen, among others. Also contains Hayes Martin's Collection of Tapes, which includes recordings of Chemotherapy Group meetings,...
Dates: 1994-11-18