Nobel Laureate Scientist. He shared the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with fellow scientists Robert F. Furchgott and Louis J. Ignarro for their contributions in the discovery of how nitric oxide (NO) acts as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system. He received both his M.D. and Ph.D. from Western Reserve University (later Case Western Reserve University) in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1965. Besides his clinical practice, he went on to teach pharmacology at the University of Virginia, Stanford University, and Northwestern University during the 1970s and 1980s. While at Stanford, he ventured into the private sector as a vice president of Abbott Laboratories from 1988 to 1992 and then became president of the Molecular Geriatrics Corporation from 1993 to 1995. He began teaching at the medical school of the University of Texas, Houston, in 1997. He later moved to the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., in 2011. In 1977, he showed that nitroglycerin and several related heart drugs induce the formation of nitric oxide and that the colorless, odorless gas acts to increase the diameter of blood vessels in the body. Fellow scientists Robert Furchgott and Louis Ignarro would later build on his work and uncover an entirely new mechanism for how blood vessels in the body relax and widen. Their combined work in this area led to their sharing of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He also received several other honors and awards for his work.

Nobel Laureate Scientist. He shared the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with fellow scientists Robert F. Furchgott and Louis J. Ignarro for their contributions in the discovery of how nitric oxide (NO) acts as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system. He received both his M.D. and Ph.D. from Western Reserve University (later Case Western Reserve University) in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1965. Besides his clinical practice, he went on to teach pharmacology at the University of Virginia, Stanford University, and Northwestern University during the 1970s and 1980s. While at Stanford, he ventured into the private sector as a vice president of Abbott Laboratories from 1988 to 1992 and then became president of the Molecular Geriatrics Corporation from 1993 to 1995. He began teaching at the medical school of the University of Texas, Houston, in 1997. He later moved to the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., in 2011. In 1977, he showed that nitroglycerin and several related heart drugs induce the formation of nitric oxide and that the colorless, odorless gas acts to increase the diameter of blood vessels in the body. Fellow scientists Robert Furchgott and Louis Ignarro would later build on his work and uncover an entirely new mechanism for how blood vessels in the body relax and widen. Their combined work in this area led to their sharing of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He also received several other honors and awards for his work.

Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye