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Melvin Tefft

American physician (1935–2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Melvin Tefft (20 November 1935 – 11 May 2003) was an American physician who specialised in radiation oncology in children at the Boston Children's Hospital and later at the Massachusetts General Hospital.[1][2] He was the first to report an extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma in 1969.[3]

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Early life and education

Melvin Tefft was born on 20 November 1935, in Boston.[1] In 1954, he received a bachelor's degree from Harvard College, and in 1958 gained a medical diploma from Boston University School of Medicine.[1]

Career

Tefft completed his internship at Boston City Hospital before taking up his residency in radiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he also spent a year as a NIH fellow.[1] Through the 1960s, at the Boston Children's Hospital, he progressed from assistant professor to chief of the division of radiology.[1] He was influenced by Giulio D'Angio.[1]

In 1970, he was at the Massachusetts General Hospital.[4]

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Selected publications

  • Tefft, M.; Vawter, G. F.; Mitus, A. (June 1969). "Paravertebral "round cell" tumors in children". Radiology. 92 (7): 1501–1509. doi:10.1148/92.7.1501. ISSN 0033-8419. PMID 5799839.

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