Melvin Tefft

Melvin Tefft
Melvin Tefft
Born	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	May 11, 2003 (aged 67)
	Medical career
Institutions	Boston Children's Hospital; Massachusetts General Hospital;
Sub-specialties	Radiation oncology

Melvin Tefft (15 December 1932 – 11 May 2003) was an American physician who specialised in radiation oncology in children at the Boston Children's Hospital and later at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He was the first to report an extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma in 1969.

Early life and education

Melvin Tefft was born on 15 December 1932, in Boston. In 1954, he received a bachelor's degree from Harvard College, and in 1958 gained a medical diploma from Boston University School of Medicine.

Career

Tefft completed his internship at Boston City Hospital before taking up his residency in radiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he also spent a year as a NIH fellow. Through the 1960s, at the Boston Children's Hospital, he progressed from assistant professor to chief of the division of radiology. He was influenced by Giulio D'Angio.

In 1970, he was at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Selected publications

Tefft, M.; Vawter, G. F.; Mitus, A. (June 1969). "Paravertebral "round cell" tumors in children". Radiology. 92 (7): 1501–1509. doi:10.1148/92.7.1501. ISSN 0033-8419. PMID 5799839.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Chougule, Prakash B. (November 2003). "In Memoriam: Melvin Tefft, MD". Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 25 (11): 839. doi:10.1097/00043426-200311000-00002. ISSN 1077-4114.
↑ "Melvin H. Tefft Obituary". www.tributearchive.com. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
↑ Veselis, Clinton A.; Awan, Omer; Thomas, Ashanth; Ling, Stephen; Jonnalagadda, Padmaja; Aneja, Amandeep; Ali, Sayed (May 2021). "Bone Tumors Occurring in the Soft Tissues: A Review of the Clinical, Imaging, and Histopathologic Findings". Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 50 (3): 419–429. doi:10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.06.004. ISSN 1535-6302. PMID 32665061. S2CID 220530415.
↑ Suit, Herman D.; Loeffler, Jay S. (2011). "4. The new department of radiation oncology". Evolution of Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Springer. pp. 43–54. ISBN 978-1-4419-6743-5.

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[Chougule2003-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chougule, Prakash B. (November 2003). "In Memoriam: Melvin Tefft, MD". Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 25 (11): 839. doi:10.1097/00043426-200311000-00002. ISSN 1077-4114.

[2] "Melvin H. Tefft Obituary". www.tributearchive.com. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[Veselis2021-3] Veselis, Clinton A.; Awan, Omer; Thomas, Ashanth; Ling, Stephen; Jonnalagadda, Padmaja; Aneja, Amandeep; Ali, Sayed (May 2021). "Bone Tumors Occurring in the Soft Tissues: A Review of the Clinical, Imaging, and Histopathologic Findings". Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 50 (3): 419–429. doi:10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.06.004. ISSN 1535-6302. PMID 32665061. S2CID 220530415.

[Suit2011-4] Suit, Herman D.; Loeffler, Jay S. (2011). "4. The new department of radiation oncology". Evolution of Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Springer. pp. 43–54. ISBN 978-1-4419-6743-5.