Background
Hilgartner, Margaret Wehr was born on November 6, 1924 in Baltimore.
educator pediatric hematologist
Hilgartner, Margaret Wehr was born on November 6, 1924 in Baltimore.
AB, Bryn Mawr College, 1946. Master of Arts, Duke University, 1951. Doctor of Medicine, Duke University, 1955.
Intern, Bellevue Hospital, New York, 1955-1956;
resident in pediatrics, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1956-1958;
fellow in hematology/oncology, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1958-1961;
instructor in pediatrics, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1961-1967;
physician-in-charge pediatric coagulation, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1965-1995;
assistant professor, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1967-1973;
director hemophilia comprehensive treatment, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1970-1995;
associate professor, associate attending pediatrician outpatient department, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1973-1978;
professor, director pediatric hematology/oncology division, attending pediatrician, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1978-1994;
Harold Weill professor pediatric hematology, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, since 1988;
associate attending pediatrician, New York Hospital, since 1974;
adjunct attending physician, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, since 1979. Board directors, member Executive Committee New York Blood Center, 1989. Consultant Bureau Handicapped Children, New York, 1971, Factor VIII Inhibitor Study Group, 1974, House Representatives Ways and Means Committee, 1977, Senate and House Representatives Health Subcommittee on Health, 1978-1980, Foreign and Interstate Commerce Committee-House Representatives Subcommittee on Public Health and Environment, 1979, New York State Committee on Transfusion, 1979-1984, Ad Hoc Committee Review Research in Education, 1981-1982.
Consultant in medicine Englewood (New Jersey) Hospital, 1974-1986, in pediatric hematology, since 1982;lecturer-in-medicine Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, since 1979. Visiting professor Rochester (Minnesota) Hemophilia Center 1979, 1980, Marshfield (Wisconsin) Clinic, 1979,Oakland Children's Hospital, 1981, Hangchow, Beijing, Kian, Peoples Republic of China, 1981, Johns Hopkins University 1982, Rochester Strong Memorial, 1985, Duke U. 1985. Chairman Governor's advisory county to New Jersey Department Health Hemophilia Program, 1973-1980.
Member task force Factor VIII-Inhibitors National Heart Lung Institute, 1975-1980. Member of advisory committee publication health #94-63 Health Superior vena cava syndrome Administration, 19761blood disease and resources National Hear Lung Institute National Institutes of Health, 1985-1989. Chairman Feiba Study Committee, United States chapter, since 1981, pediatricworking group World Federation Hemophilia, 1982.
Member ad hoc Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome advising committee National Heart Lung Blood Institute National Institutes of Health, 1985-1987.
Member American Academy Pediatrics (chairman section program oncology/hematology), American Heart Association, American Medical Women's Association, American Pediatric Society, American Society Hematology, Association Women in Science (treasurer 1974-1976), Harvey Society, International Society Blood Transfusion, International Society Thrombosis and Hemostasis, National Hemophilia Foundation (board directors metropolitan chapter 1965-1969, trustee 1968-1988, medical director metropolitan chapter 1970-1990, member medical and science board 1973-1987, vice president 1979-1984, member education resources project 1979-1984), New York Academy of Sciences, New York Society Study Blood, World Federation Hemophilia (chairman child care committee 1990), American Society Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children's Blood Foundation (medical dir since 1978, board directors since 1987, president 1995-1996), Cooley's Anemia Foundation (board directors 1987-1998).
Daughter of Andrew Henry and Margaret Elizabeth (Wehr) H.;m. Albert Milton Arky; children: George, Elizabeth, John.