Mary Ellen Avery

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1927 – 2011

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Who was Mary Ellen Avery?

Mary Ellen Avery was an American pediatrician. In the 1950s, Dr. Avery's pioneering research efforts helped lead to the discovery of the main cause of respiratory distress syndrome in premature babies: her identification of surfactant led to the development of replacement therapy for premature infants and has been credited with saving over 830,000 lives. In 1991 President George Bush conferred the National Medal of Science on Dr. Avery for her work on RDS.

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Born
May 6, 1927
Camden
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Wheaton College
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Died
Dec 4, 2011
Wellesley

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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