David S. Rosenblatt
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Human Genetics, Department of Medicine and Department of Biology
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- BSc, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ, 1968
- MDCM, Faculty of Medicine, ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ, 1970
- Straight internship in Pediatric Medicine, Montreal Children's Hospital, 1970-1971
- Clinical and Research Fellow in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Dr. John Littlefield, Director); Research Fellow in Pediatrics, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Fellowship), 1971-1973
- Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Dr. Malcolm Gefter, Director); Research Associate in Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973-1974
- Assistant Resident in Pediatric Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Centre, Boston; and Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1975Ìý
Dr. David S. Rosenblatt is a leader of basic and clinical research and education in human genetics and pediatrics in Canada and internationally. His laboratory has made major contributions to our knowledge of inherited metabolic diseases, particularly in the genetics and treatment of defects of the vitamins folic acid and vitamin B12. As Chair of the Department of Human Genetics at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ’s Faculty of Medicine from 2001-2013, Dr. Rosenblatt built an outstanding department that has achieved international prominence both for research, and also for the education of basic and clinical scientists, clinical and laboratory physicians, and genetic counsellors. He has served as President of the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation, and the Association of Medical Geneticists of Quebec. Dr. Rosenblatt is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and Correspondant étranger of the Académie Nationale de ²Ñé»å±ð³¦¾±²Ô±ð of France.
- Human Genetics
- Medical Genetics
- Inherited disorders of vitamin B12 metabolism
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Molecular Diagnosis
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- Inborn errors of Vitamin B12 metabolism
- Methionine Dependence of cancer cell lines
- Gene discovery
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- Prix d'Excellence du Conseil des Clubs Sociaux, Outstanding Pediatric Scientist in Province of Quebec, June 1986
- Aaron Michael Graham Lecture in Metabolic Diseases, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, March 1995 and January 2015
- Correspondant étranger, Académie Nationale de ²Ñé»å±ð³¦¾±²Ô±ð (France), May 1997
- Distinguished Service Award, Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation, July 2001
- Elected Fellow: Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, September 2005 \
- Champion of Genetics, Canadian Gene Cure Foundation, April 2013
- Honorary President, 10th International Conference: one carbon metabolism, vitamins B and homocysteine, Nancy France, July 2015
- Founders’ Award, College of Medical Genetics, June 2018Ìý