Willem Johan Kolff
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 16 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.