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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

Personal reminiscences about Morton Grossman and the founding of the Center for Ulcer Research and Education (CURE)

¹Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System and ²Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

Submitted 19 December 2007 ; accepted in final form 17 March 2008

ABSTRACT

The Center for Ulcer Research and Education (CURE) from its onset was primarily the work of one man: Professor Morton Grossman, or "Mort" as he was known and called by all. Mort's legacy includes a large body of scientific publications, the first National Institutes of Health Digestive Diseases Center (CURE), and, most importantly, a group of scientists who have become academic leaders and who have made important contributions in the fields of upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract secretion, hormones and receptors, mucosal defense mechanisms, the design and conduct of randomized clinical trials, and ulcer epidemiology. Indeed, Mort is considered to be a founding father of modern academic GI research. I was fortunate to have known and worked with Mort and would like to memorialize his contributions so that his memory can inspire the next generation of academicians.

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