Elliott F. Winton MD

Dr. Elliott Winton received his MD at the University of Chicago in 1967, completed his specialty training and joined the faculty at Emory University School of Medicine in 1974. During his career on the Emory faculty, Dr. Winton's research has focused on understanding normal and malignant hematopoiesis at the bench and bedside. At the bedside he has conducted clinical trials to test the effects of novel therapies and improved supportive care for treating myeloid malignancies, collaborated in establishing the first hematopoietic stem cell transplantation program in Georgia, and conducted studies to improve understanding of several hematologic disease entities (e.g. discovery of hemoglobin Atlanta, studies on large granular lymphocytic leukemia, frequent occurrence of copper deficiency masquerading as myelodysplasia). Laboratory and animal-based projects included methods to better quantify in vitro and in vivo granulopoiesis, granulopoietic growth factor perturbations during murine marrow regeneration, and the development of preclinical models for studying newly introduced recombinant human hematopoietic growth factors using the rhesus macaque.