Wright James R, Baker Peter B, Shimada Hiroyuki
1 Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary/Calgary Laboratory Services, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
2 Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2019 Mar-Apr;22(2):91-97. doi: 10.1177/1093526618794831. Epub 2018 Aug 20.
William A (Bill) Newton Jr practiced pediatric pathology and hematology/oncology at Children's Hospital of Columbus, Ohio, for over 40 years starting in 1952. Newton was an original member of the Pediatric Pathology Club, which preceded the Society for Pediatric Pathology, and was its president from 1968 to 1969. He published important independent observations in pediatric pathology, helped establish systematic cooperative pediatric tumor pathology review by experts, became an acclaimed expert on the diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcoma, was a critical contributor to many pediatric oncology clinical trials, made important early contributions to tumor banking in pediatrics, and trained numerous pediatric pathology and pediatric oncology fellows. Finally, he concluded his career as a humanitarian, leading important volunteer work aimed at improving pediatric cancer care in China. This most interesting pediatric pathologist was simultaneously a Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. Bill Newton's life and career, which is reviewed in detail here, should be of immense interest and an inspiration to the Pediatric & Developmental Pathology readership.
小威廉·A（比尔）·牛顿自1952年起在俄亥俄州哥伦布儿童医院从事儿科病理学及血液学/肿瘤学工作长达40余年。牛顿是儿科病理学俱乐部的创始成员，该俱乐部早于儿科病理学会成立，他在1968年至1969年担任该俱乐部主席。他在儿科病理学领域发表了重要的独立观察结果，协助建立了专家系统性合作的儿科肿瘤病理学审查机制，成为横纹肌肉瘤诊断方面广受赞誉的专家，是众多儿科肿瘤学临床试验的关键贡献者，在儿科肿瘤库建设方面做出了重要的早期贡献，并培养了众多儿科病理学和儿科肿瘤学研究员。最后，他以人道主义者的身份结束了自己的职业生涯，领导了旨在改善中国儿科癌症治疗的重要志愿工作。这位极具魅力的儿科病理学家同时还是美国陆军准将。本文详细回顾的比尔·牛顿的人生与职业生涯，应会引起《儿科与发育病理学》读者的极大兴趣并带来启发。
