Robert Wallace Wilkins

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Robert Wallace Wilkins
Born	1906
Died	April 9, 2003
Nationality	United States
Fields	medicine
Institutions	Boston University School of Medicine
Alma mater	Harvard Medical School (M.D. 1933)
Known for	hypertension

Robert Wallace Wilkins(1906–2003) was an American medical investigator and educator, made many contributions in the research of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. He was the president of the American Heart Association in 1957 and received its Gold Heart Award in 1962.

He has been credited with introducing the antipsychotic and antihypertensive drug reserpine to the United States in 1950.

References

Ingelfinger, F J (July 1972). "Professorial achievement: Robert W. Wilkins". N. Engl. J. Med. (UNITED STATES) 287 (1): 44. doi:10.1056/NEJM197207062870113. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 4555148.

Persondata
Name	Wallace Wilkins,Robert
Alternative names
Short description	American physician
Date of birth	1906
Place of birth
Date of death	April 9, 2003
Place of death

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