Louis m. aledort biography

In medicine and other professions, “pioneer” denotes those first to pursue a new enterprise or area of inquiry. By that definition, hematologist Louis M. Aledort, M.D. ’59, is a pioneer twice over: He belongs to Einstein’s first graduating class and has conducted trailblazing research into coagulation disorders.

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Aledort is the Mary Weinfeld Professor of Clinical Research in Hemophilia at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, a position he has held since 1993. He studies bleeding related to anticoagulant therapy, the safety and effectiveness of bleeding-disorder treatments and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (a blood disorder in which the immune system destroys platelets).

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Aledort was awarded an honorary doctorate in medicine from Lund University in Sweden and traveled there in June to participate in the university’s graduation ceremony, where the picture above was taken. Dr. Aledort has worked with Louis M. Aledort, MD, Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for ... SIJ