About Paul Teschan
Paul Teschan is a nephrologist and professor emeritus of medicine. While serving in the army as a doctor and medical researcher, Teschan became an expert in kidney failure and pioneered the use of prophylactic daily dialysis. He set up the first dialysis unit at Walter Reed Medical Center and later became the center’s chief of medicine and chair of nephrology. He also commanded on-the-ground medical units in the Korean War and Vietnam War. After retiring from the military in 1969, Teschan continued his medical research as a professor at Vanderbilt University until 1983. He was awarded the Top Boy prize at the first-ever STS in 1942.
Teschan photographed in his lab at the Walter Reed Medical Center in 1966. He wrote over 150 articles on the kidney.
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Teschan in 2012 talking with Mary Masterson, top winner of the 2007 STS.
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