Michael B. Yaffe

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Michael B. Yaffe
Education Cornell University (BS)
Case Western Reserve University (MD, PhD)
Occupation(s) Professor, surgeon, scientist
Scientific career
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Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branch United States Army
Rank Colonel
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Michael B. Yaffe is an American scientist, professor, surgeon, and retired U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps Colonel. He is currently the David H. Koch Professor of Biology & Biological Engineering at MIT and a trauma surgeon at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. [1] In 2016, the United States Army awarded him the Bronze Star Medal for his services as a trauma surgeon on active duty in Afghanistan. [2] He also treated many of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. [3]

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Early life and education

Yaffe graduated from Pikesville High School in Baltimore, MD in 1977. He received a B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering from Cornell University in 1981, and his Ph.D. and M.D. from Case Western Reserve University in 1987 and 1989, respectively. He then completed a residency at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, as well as a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School. [4]

Research

The main focus of Yaffe's research is decoding natural cell signaling pathway behavior using bioinformatics, combinatorial chemistry, cell biology, physical biochemistry, structural biology and molecular genetics. [5] The stated goal of his team's research is to "understand how signaling pathways are integrated at the molecular and systems level to control cellular responses." [6]

Career

Besides his professorship at MIT, Yaffe is also an attending surgeon at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, and the Chief Scientific Editor of the peer-reviewed science journal Science Signaling , published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [7] He is a co-founder of Consensus Pharmaceuticals, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, On-Q-ity, the DNA Repair Company, Applied Biomath, and Thrombo-Therapeutics where he also serves as a member of its scientific advisory board. [4]

He currently has a number of highly cited articles. Two of Yaffe's papers have over 850 citations, and several others have over 400 citations. [8]

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References

  1. "Military Trauma Care Skills Proved Beneficial to Boston Doctor". The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. 2013-05-07. Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  2. "DR. YAFFE RECEIVES BRONZE STAR". Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  3. "Doctors Saved Lives, if Not Legs, in Boston". New York Times. 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  4. 1 2 "Faculty biography". The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  5. "People". biography of Dr. Yaffe. Department of Biological Engineering. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  6. "Faculty and areas of research". biography. MIT Department of Biology. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  7. "Editorial Board". Science Signaling (AAAS). Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  8. "Search for 'MB Yaffe'". Google scholar. Retrieved 2012-08-27.