PHYSICIAN

Dorothy Hansine Andersen

1901 - 1963

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Dorothy Hansine Andersen (May 15, 1901 – March 3, 1963) was the American physician and researcher who first identified and named cystic fibrosis. During her almost thirty year tenure at Babies Hospital of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (now Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital), Andersen not only identified CF and its inheritance through a recessive gene, she was also at the forefront of developing diagnostic tests and life-extending treatments for the disease. Andersen was also active in researching other diseases that are diagnosed in children. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Hansine Andersen has received more than 115,937 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Dorothy Hansine Andersen is the 612th most popular physician (down from 554th in 2019), the 7,872nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,391st in 2019) and the 73rd most popular American Physician.

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  • 24

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  • 4.38

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  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Dorothy Hansine Andersen ranks 612 out of 726. Before her are Arvo Ylppö, Stuart Kauffman, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Nadezhda Suslova, Walter Reed, and Georgi Valkovich. After her are Giovanni Saldarini, Homa Darabi, Halfdan T. Mahler, Emily Blackwell, Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer, and Vilma Hugonnai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Dorothy Hansine Andersen ranks 272. Before her are Gerald Finzi, Heðin Brú, Samuel Zauber, Pyotr Novikov, Leopoldo Conti, and Luis Brunetto. After her are Jean Prévost, Aleksandr Andronov, Marieluise Fleißer, László Németh, Hanns Seidel, and Paolo Mazza. Among people deceased in 1963, Dorothy Hansine Andersen ranks 181. Before her are Gjorgji Abadžiev, Suzanne Duchamp, Nils Hellsten, Monte Blue, Vicente Ferreira da Silva, and Désiré Beaurain. After her are Reinier Beeuwkes, Mariano Arrate, Nikolai Aseev, Aquilino Ribeiro, María Guadalupe García Zavala, and Jack Carson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Hansine Andersen ranks 7,872 out of 20,380. Before her are Wally Funk (1939), Jamie Kennedy (1970), Warren Frost (1925), Oliver Macdonald (1904), Fischer Black (1938), and Randy Jones (1952). After her are Almon Brown Strowger (1839), Jeanna Fine (1964), Marcia Neugebauer (1932), Arthur Hohl (1889), Edward Kienholz (1927), and Robert Cray (1953).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Dorothy Hansine Andersen ranks 73. Before her are Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), John Jeffries (1745), John Ostrom (1928), Harry Klinefelter (1912), Stuart Kauffman (1939), and Walter Reed (1851). After her are Jill Stein (1950), William C. Gorgas (1854), William H. Welch (1850), Robert Atkins (1930), Edward Angle (1855), and Denton Cooley (1920).

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