About Curtis G. Hames
Lived 1920 – 2005 (aged 84–85). Curtis G. Hames was an American epidemiologist.
Dr. Curtis Gordon Hames Sr. (19 Feb 1920 Claxton, Georgia - January 6, 2005 Savannah, Georgia) was a family physician and pioneer in the epidemiologic study of heart disease and stroke.
He graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 1944. He was a visiting clinical professor in the Medical University of South Carolina Department of Family Medicine. From 1958 to 1995, the National Institutes of Health funded his Evans County Heart Study, which resulted in more than 560 published papers. The study showed the value of HDL cholesterol. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine established the Curtis G. Hames Research Award.
Awards 1984 MacArthur Fellows Program Lamartine Griffin Hardman Cup Award by the Medical Association of Georgia Albert Lasker Special Public Health Award
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American physician
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Curtis G. Hames was born in 1920 in Claxton.
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Curtis G. Hames died on 6 January 2005 in Savannah.
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Curtis G. Hames was an epidemiologist.
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