Background
Stefanini, Mario was born on June 11, 1916 in Chieri, Piedmont, Italy. Son of Eleuterio and Therese (Trivereau) Stefanini.
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Mario Stefanini
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Mario Stefanini, American physician, pathologist, hematologist, oncologist. Achievements include development of techniques for tranfusing platelets; development of syndrome of disseminated intravascular coagulation (Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation); development of early work in clinical use of thrombolytic and anticoagulant agent.
Education
Doctor of Medicine, University Rome, 1939. Master of Science in Biochemistry, Marquette University, 1947.
Career
Instructor in biochemistry Marquette University Medical School, Milwaukee, 1947-1949. Assistant professor to professor Tufts University Medical School, Boston, 1949-1961. Director of research St. Elizabeth Hospital, 1955-1961.
Associate pathologist St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, 1962-1965. Pathologist, director of laboratories St. Elizabeth Hospital, Danville, 1965-1979. Pathologist Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, Virginia, 1979—1998.
Private practice in hematology/oncology, since 1999. Consultant Veterans Administration Hospital, Boston, 1955—1958, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1958—1961, several hospitals in New England area.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow: American Society Clinical Pathologists, College American Pathologists, International Society Hematology, American Society Clinical Investigation, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Investigative Pathology, American College Nuclear Medicine, American College Nuclear Physicians.
Connections
Married Elizabeth J. Just, February 12, 1949. Children: Marie T., Virginia E.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Named senior research fellow, United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1947-1949, Damon Runyon clinical cancer research fellow, Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Fund, New York, 1950-1952, established investigator, American Heart Association, New York, 1953-1958. Recipient certified merit, American Medical Association, Chicago, 1952, first prize, American Association Blood Banks, Chicago, 1952-1958.Named senior research fellow, United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1947-1949, Damon Runyon clinical cancer research fellow, Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Fund, New York, 1950-1952, established investigator, American Heart Association, New York, 1953-1958. Recipient certified merit, American Medical Association, Chicago, 1952, first prize, American Association Blood Banks, Chicago, 1952-1958.