Naji N. Abumrad (born 1944) is a Lebanese-American surgeon, currently the John L. Sawyers Professor of Surgery, and formerly the Paul W. Sanger Professor from 1984 to 1992, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Abumrad graduated with a B.S. in Biology and an M.D. in Medicine at the American University of Beirut in 1971.[1] In 2014, he was elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[2][3]
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Occupation | Surgeon, medical researcher, university teacher ![]() |
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Children | Jad Abumrad ![]() |
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Website | https://wag.app.vanderbilt.edu/PublicPage/Faculty/Details/28348 ![]() |
In 2020, the singer Dolly Parton donated one million dollars towards research into a COVID-19 vaccine in honor of Abumrad – the pair having become friends after she was treated at Vanderbilt for minor injuries resulting from an October 2013 automobile accident.[4]
He is the father of public radio host Jad Abumrad.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Vanderbilt University School of Medicine". wag.app.vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved Nov 18, 2020.
- ^ "Naji Abumrad". vanderbilt.edu. Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ "Naji Abumrad". aaas.org. Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ Bella, Timothy. "Dolly Parton helped fund Moderna's vaccine. It began with a car crash and an unlikely friendship". Washington Post. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "People - Jad Abumrad | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News". WNYC. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
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