Charles S. Abrams, MD

    Charles S. Abrams, MD

    Professor of medicine, pathology, and laboratory medicine; vice chair for research; and chief scientific officer of the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; director of the Blood Center for Patient Care & Discovery at the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; 2016 president of the American Society of Hematology
    • Pulling Back the Curtain: Charles S. Abrams, MD Thursday, December 1st, 2016

      What was your first job? I grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Almost all my childhood was spent there – except for a brief period of time when we moved to Berkeley, California, for my father’s work. When I was 13 years old, I spent the summer mowing lawns. I slaved for the entire [...]