Background
RATNOFF, Oscar was born on August 23, 1916 in New York, United States. Son of Hyman L. Ratnoff and Ethel Davis Ratnoff.
RATNOFF, Oscar was born on August 23, 1916 in New York, United States. Son of Hyman L. Ratnoff and Ethel Davis Ratnoff.
AB, Columbia University, 1936. Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1939. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Aberdeen, 1981.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Case Western Reserve University, 1996.
Intern Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1939—1940. Austin fellow in physiology Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1940—1941. Assistant resident Montefiore Hospital, New York City, 1942.
Resident Goldwater Memorial Hospital, 1942—1943. Assistant in medicine Columbia College Physicians and Surgeons, 1942—1946. Fellow in medicine Johns Hopkins, 1946—1948, instructor medicine, 1948—1950, instructor bacteriology, 1949—1950.
Assistant professor medicine Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1950—1956. Associate professor Case Western Reserve University, 1956—1961, professor medicine, 1961—2001. Assistant physician University Hospital, Cleveland, 1952—1967, physician.
Major United States Marine Corps, 1943-1946.
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Author: Bleeding Syndromes, 1960. Member editorial board: Journal Laboratory Clinical Medicine, 1956-1962, associate editor:, 1986-1991, board review editors:, 1991-1995, editorial advisory board:, since 1995. Editor: Treatment of Hemorrhagic Disorders, 1968.Editor: (with Communicative Disorders Forbes) Disorders of Hemostasis, 1984, Disorders of Hemostasis, 3rd edition, 1996. Member editorial board: Circulation, 1961-1965, Blood, 1963-1969, 1978-1981, American Journal Physiology, 1966-1972, Journal Applied Physiology, 1966-1972, Journal Lipid Research, 1967-1969, Journal Clinical Investigation, 1969-1971, Circulation Research, 1970-1975, Annals Internal Medicine, 1973-1976, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, since 1974, Thrombosis Research, 1981-1984, Journal Urology, 1981-1988, International Journal Hematology, since 1991. Contributor articles to medical journals.
Career investigator American Heart Association, 1960—1986. Master: American College of Physicians (John Phillips award 1974). Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member: American Medical Association, National Academy of Sciences (Kovalenko award 1985), American Society Biological Chemists, American Physiological Society, International Society Thrombosis (Grant award 1981, Special award 1993), International Society Hematology, American Society Hematology (Dameshek award 1972), Association American Physicians (Kober lecturer 1985, Kober medal 1988), Central Society Clinical Research (Distinguished Service award 1992), American Society Clinical Investigation, Society Scholars Johns Hopkins University, American Federation Clinical Research.
Married Marian Foreman, March 31, 1945. Children: William Davis, Martha.