About Gustaf Elmer Lindskog
Lived 1903 – 2002 (aged 99). Gustaf Elmer Lindskog was an American teacher.
Gustaf Elmer Lindskog (7 February 1903 – 4 August 2002) was a thoracic surgeon and the William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery and chair of surgery at the Yale School of Medicine, best known for having participated in the first pharmaceutical treatment of cancer.
Biography Lindskog was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1903. He received his B.Sc. degree from the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1923 and his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School in 1928, then served for four years as a lieutenant commander in the Medical Corps of the United States Navy during World War II.
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American thoracic surgeon
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Gustaf Elmer Lindskog was born on 7 February 1903 in Boston.
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Gustaf Elmer Lindskog died on 4 August 2002 in Woodbridge.
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