Myelodysplastic Syndrome - Famous Patients

Famous Patients

Famous patients with MDS include:

  • astronomer Carl Sagan
  • Nobel Chemistry Prize winner Alan MacDiarmid
  • writers Susan Sontag and Nora Ephron
  • writer Roald Dahl
  • jazz musicians Michael Brecker and Paul Motian
  • actress Nina Foch
  • firearms executive Val Forgett
  • United States Congressmen Joe Moakley and Bob Matsui
  • actor Pat Hingle
  • singer and comedienne Fran Allison
  • radio personality J.P. McCarthy
  • Danish theoretical physicist Per Bak
  • first National Spelling Bee winner Frank Neuhauser
  • plant pathologist Jack Bailey
  • Good Morning America host Robin Roberts
  • General Motor employee and Navy veteran John T. Geis Jr.

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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or patients:

    Martyrdom ... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.
    Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)