Dr. Schmid was a former dean of the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and a liver specialist whose early studies of porphyrins led to several significant fundamental discoveries. He was the fi...Dr. Schmid was a former dean of the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and a liver specialist whose early studies of porphyrins led to several significant fundamental discoveries. He was the first to demonstrate that there were different forms of porphyria. He also developed the first experimental model for hepatic porphyria, a model that for many years was used for most of the work in this field and cited in hundreds of papers. His contributions were recognized when he was awarded the 1990 Friedenwald Medal by the American Gastroenterological Association, its most coveted award for lifetime achievement.展开更多
文摘Dr. Schmid was a former dean of the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and a liver specialist whose early studies of porphyrins led to several significant fundamental discoveries. He was the first to demonstrate that there were different forms of porphyria. He also developed the first experimental model for hepatic porphyria, a model that for many years was used for most of the work in this field and cited in hundreds of papers. His contributions were recognized when he was awarded the 1990 Friedenwald Medal by the American Gastroenterological Association, its most coveted award for lifetime achievement.
