Willem Johan Kolff
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 15 years ago |
| Date of birth | February 14,1911 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Leiden |
| Netherlands | |
| Date of died | February 11,2009 |
| Died | Newtown Square |
| Pennsylvania | |
| United States | |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| American | |
| Awards | Canada Gairdner International Award |
| Harvey Prize | |
| Wilhelm Exner Medal | |
| Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award | |
| Current partner | Janke Cornelia Kolff-Huidekoper |
| Education | Leiden University |
| University of Groningen | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 805084 |
Willem Johan Kolff Life story
Willem Johan "Pim" Kolff was a pioneer of hemodialysis, artificial heart, as well as in the entire field of artificial organs. Willem was a member of the Kolff family, an old Dutch patrician family. He made his major discoveries in the field of dialysis for kidney failure during the Second World War.
Willem Johan Kolff Photos
