Robert Wallace Wilkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Wallace Wilkins

American physician

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1906

Place of Birth: Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 09-Apr-2003

Profession: university teacher, cardiologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Robert Wallace Wilkins (December 4, 1906 – April 9, 2003) was an American medical investigator and educator, made many contributions in the research of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
He was the president of the American Heart Association in 1957 and received its Gold Heart Award in 1962.
Wilkins received the Albert Lasker Award in 1958 for his research.He has been credited with introducing the antipsychotic and antihypertensive drug reserpine to the United States in 1950.