Einhorn Elected To National Academy of Sciences
INDIANAPOLIS -- Larry H. Einhorn, M.D., distinguished professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine, has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences.
His election was May 1 during the 138th annual meeting of the Academy. Election to membership in the NAS is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a United States scientist or engineer. The 72 new members and 15 foreign associates from 10 countries who were elected at this year's meeting brings the total number of active members to 1,874. Election to the NAS recognizes the member's distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
A medical oncologist, Dr. Einhorn has received international recognition for his role in the development of a chemotherapy regimen for disseminated testis cancer, the most common cancer in young men. His research led to a marked increase in the cure rate for what had previously been a devastating and rapidly fatal disease.
Testis cancer is not Dr. Einhorn's only area of expertise. He also is an internationally recognized authority on other types of urologic cancer, lung cancer and certain other tumors.
Dr. Einhorn has been recognized with several prestigious awards as a result of his work as a clinician researcher including the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award for Cancer Research, presented in 1981 at the American Association of Cancer Research Meeting; the 1983 American Cancer Society Medal of Honor Winner; the 1990 Karnofsky Lectureship of the American Society of Clinical Oncology; and the 1992 Kettering Prize for Cancer Research, awarded by the General Motors Foundation.
He was named a distinguished professor at Indiana University in 1987. He joined the IU School of Medicine faculty in 1973. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Dr. Einhorn received a bachelor's degree from IU and a medical degree from the University of Iowa. He completed his internship and residency at IU School of Medicine and did hematology/oncology fellowships at IU School of Medicine and the M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute in Houston, Texas.
The National Academy of Sciences is a private organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to the furtherance of science and its use for the general welfare. It was established in 1863 by a congressional act, signed by Abraham Lincoln, that calls on the Academy to act as an official adviser to the federal government, upon request, in any matter of science or technology.
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