Howard Green (physician)
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|9|10}}
| birth_place = Toronto
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|10|31|1925|9|10}}
| death_place = Boston, Massachusetts
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| workplaces = New York University School of Medicine,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Harvard Medical School
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| alma_mater = University of Toronto
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| known_for = stem-cell research, skin culture
| awards = March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
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Howard Green (September 10, 1925 – October 31, 2015) was an American scientist, and George Higginson Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School.
He was the first to culture human cells in a laboratory setting for therapeutic use. He is one of the founding fathers of stem-cell research and regenerative medicine. One famous case involving Doctor Green concerned Jamie and Glenn Selby, two children from Wyoming who were burned over 95% of their bodies. Green cut small patches of undamaged skin from the boys, grew them in a lab and was able to harvest skin grafts to cover their burns.{{Cite web|title = Howard Green |url = http://www.warrenalpert.org/prize-recipients/howard-green|website = www.warrenalpert.org|accessdate = 2015-10-18}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/science/howard-green-pioneer-in-skin-regeneration-dies-at-90.html?_r=0|title=Howard Green, Who Found a Way to Grow Skin and Saved Lives, Dies at 90|work=The New York Times|date=November 5, 2015}}
Education and personal life
Howard Green was born in 1925 in Toronto, Ontario. He graduated from University of Toronto medical school.
He served in the United States Army. He taught at New York University School of Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1970 to 1980, and Harvard Medical School from 1980 to 1993.{{Cite news|title = Howard Green, Who Found a Way to Grow Skin and Saved Lives, Dies at 90|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/science/howard-green-pioneer-in-skin-regeneration-dies-at-90.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 2015-11-05|access-date = 2015-12-17|issn = 0362-4331|first = Sam|last = Roberts}}
Green married Rosine Kauffmann Green née Kauffmann in 1954.{{Cite web|title = Howard Green dies at 90; Harvard scientist developed technique for regenerating human skin|url = http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-howard-green-20151110-story.html|website = Los Angeles Times|date = 10 November 2015|accessdate = 2015-12-17}}
He died on October 31, 2015, outside Boston, Massachusetts.
On November 23, 2016, Shriner's Hospitals for Children in Boston announced the opening of the Howard Green Center for Children's Skin Health and Research, funded by a $3 million gift from his wife, Mrs. Rosine Kauffmann Green.{{Cite web
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| title = The Howard Green Center for Children's Skin Health and Research is dedicated to advancing the field of regenerative medicine.
| website = www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org
| access-date = 2016-02-25
| url = http://www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/news/BOS-HowardGreenCenter
| title = Shriners Hospitals for Children
| website = www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org
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Academic positions held
= [[Harvard Medical School]] =
George Higginson Professor of Cell Biology
Chairman - Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology 1980-1993
Head of Green Lab
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= [[New York University School of Medicine]] =
Awards and honors
Publications
= Book =
Therapy with Cultured Cells - book published 2010{{Cite book|edition = 1|title = Therapy with Cultured Cells|publisher = Pan Stanford|date = 2010-03-31|location = Singapore|isbn = 9789814267700|first = Howard|last = Green}}
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Category:American medical researchers
Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Category:Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences