Nancy Berliner
{{Short description|American hematologist}}
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| education = BSc, Yale University
MD, Yale School of Medicine
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Nancy Berliner (born on March 17, 1954) is an American hematologist. In January 2020, Berliner was named the editor-in-chief of the journal Blood.
Early life and education
Berliner was born on March 17, 1954,{{cite web |title=Berliner, Nancy (Hematologist) |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2011005252.html|publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=September 24, 2021}} to Robert Berliner, a physician who became dean of the Yale Medical School (1973-1984). She graduated summa cum laude from Yale University and received her medical degree from the Yale School of Medicine.{{cite news |title=Wedding Planned For Dr. Berliner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/28/style/wedding-planned-for-dr-berliner.html |access-date=September 24, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=October 28, 1984}} Upon completing medical school, Berliner chose to train in hematology and became the first female chief resident at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.{{cite journal |last1=Berliner |first1=Nancy |title=Nancy Berliner Reflects on a Career Unscripted |journal=The Hematologist |date=October 28, 2017 |volume=14 |issue=6 |doi=10.1182/hem.V14.6.7896 |doi-access=free }}
Career
Berliner finished her residency in 1986 and returned to Yale New Haven Hospital as their interim chief of hematology and as professor of internal medicine and genetics at their School of Medicine. In 2006, Berliner was promoted to Yale's chief of the Hematology Division in the Department of Medicine.{{cite web |title=Berliner Welcomed as Chief of Hematology |url=https://www.bwhpublicationsarchives.org/DisplayBulletin.aspx?articleid=3520 |publisher=Brigham and Women's Hospital |access-date=October 1, 2021 |date=November 10, 2006}} While serving in this role, she was elected President of the American Society of Hematology{{cite web |title=Nancy Berliner |url=https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/116080/ |publisher=Yale University |access-date=October 1, 2021}} and named a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2010.{{cite web |title=BWH Honorees Named to Institute of Medicine |url=https://www.brighamandwomens.org/about-bwh/newsroom/press-releases-detail?id=745 |publisher=Brigham and Women’s Hospital |access-date=October 1, 2020 |date=October 13, 2010}}
In 2017, Berliner was named the inaugural H. Franklin Bunn, MD, Distinguished Chair in Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.{{cite web |title=Berliner Named Inaugural Bunn Chair in Medicine |url=https://www.brighamandwomens.org/about-bwh/newsroom/awards-honors-grants-detail?id=2892 |publisher=Brigham and Women’s Hospital |access-date=October 1, 2021 |date=December 4, 2017}} In January 2020, Berliner was named the editor-in-chief of the journal Blood.{{cite web |title=Nancy Berliner Steps in as Editor-in-Chief of Blood, First Industry Datasets Submitted to ASH Research Collaborative |url=https://www.ashclinicalnews.org/news/ash-directions/nancy-berliner-steps-editor-chief-blood-first-industry-datasets-submitted-ash-research-collaborative/ |publisher=ASH Clinical News |access-date=October 1, 2021 |date=January 1, 2020}}
Personal life
References
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External links
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Category:American hematologists
Category:Medical journal editors
Category:Members of the National Academy of Medicine
Category:Yale University alumni
Category:Yale School of Medicine alumni