Genetics

'Father of medical genetics' (Baltimore Sun)

24 Jul 2008

Professor explored inherited diseases Dr. Victor A. McKusick, a Johns Hopkins professor who pioneered the study of medical genetics and spent his career exploring how patients' genes predisposed them to medical disorders, died of cancer Tuesday at his home in Towson. He was 86.

Victor A. McKusick, 86; Johns Hopkins physician pioneered genetics research (Los Angeles Times)

24 Jul 2008

The doctor linked diseases to specific genes, established one of the nation's first departments of medical genetics and was one of the first to propose sequencing the human genome. He was 86. Dr. Victor A. McKusick, the Johns Hopkins University physician who is widely regarded as the father of medical genetics, died Tuesday at his home in Baltimore. He was 86 and died of complications from ...

Victor McKusick, 86, Dies; Medical Genetics Pioneer (New York Times)

24 Jul 2008

Mr. McKusick was a cardiologist who went on to become a founder of medical genetics and helped make the discipline a central part of medicine.