Albert Owens Jr., Pioneering Johns Hopkins Oncologist, Dies
January 17, 2017
January 17, 2017
BALTIMORE, Jan. 17 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release:
Albert H. Owens Jr., M.D., a Johns Hopkins oncologist who played a leadership role in developing oncology as a scientific discipline and clinical specialty -- and who also served as president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital -- died Jan. 13 at the age of 90.
In the 1960s, oncology was not a word that existed in the medical lexicon. Few specific medical facilities were set aside for cancer c . . .
Albert H. Owens Jr., M.D., a Johns Hopkins oncologist who played a leadership role in developing oncology as a scientific discipline and clinical specialty -- and who also served as president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital -- died Jan. 13 at the age of 90.
In the 1960s, oncology was not a word that existed in the medical lexicon. Few specific medical facilities were set aside for cancer c . . .