Stuart Kornfeld

Stuart Arthur Kornfeld is a professor of medicine at Washington University in St. Louis and researcher in glycobiology.^[1]

Early life and education

Kornfeld was born in St. Louis on October 4, 1936 to Ruth and Max Kornfeld. He received his A.B. in 1958 from Dartmouth College and his MD in 1962 from Washington University School of Medicine. In 1959, he married Rosalind Hauk, a PhD student at Wash U.

Career

After medical school, Kornfeld did an internship at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, and spent 2 years as a research associate at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. He then returned to Wash U where he was remained since. He joined the faculty in 1966 as an instructor of medicine, was promoted to assistant professor, and eventually professor in 1972. From 1991-1997, he served as the director of the Medical Scientist Training Program.^[2]

Awards

• 1972 Elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation^[3]
• 1976 Elected to the Association of American Physicians
• 1982 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences^[4]
• 1983 Elected to the Institute of Medicine
• 1984 Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1999 Karl Meyer Award, Society for Glycobiology
• 2010 E. B. Wilson Medal, American Society for Cell Biology (with James Rothman and Randy Schekman)^[5]
• 2010 Kober Medal, Association of American Physicians

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