Birthdate: October 21, 1921
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Parkman, Maine, United States
Died: July 22, 2008
Victor A. McKusick was an American internist and medical geneticist who made significant contributions to the field of medical genetics. He was a Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital and played a key role in advocating for the mapping of the human genome to enhance our understanding of congenital diseases. McKusick conducted groundbreaking studies on the Amish community and was pivotal in establishing the influential resources Mendelian Inheritance in Man (MIM) and Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM). He is commonly referred to as the “father of medical genetics.”
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