In Memoriam: Delbert A. Fisher, 1928-2026
Jennifer K Yee, Ronald S Swerdloff · 2026
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Jennifer Yee and Ronald Swerdloff write a 2026 memorial for Delbert Fisher, a leader in child hormone medicine who died at 97. Fisher mapped how the thyroid gland works in fetuses and newborns. That work led to routine newborn screening for low thyroid across North America, which spares children lasting harm when caught at birth.
The memorial traces his path: medical training in San Francisco, Air Force service, and a first post in Arkansas, where his group trained the state's first child hormone specialist. From 1968 he worked at Harbor-UCLA, where he helped build a key hormone test and led his field's society. He also edited a top journal in the field.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jennifer K Yee, Ronald S Swerdloff |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |