Dr. Josef Prchal
Josef Prchal MD is physician scientist. He holds The Charles A. Nugent, M.D., and Margaret Nugent Endowed Professorship in Medicine/Hematology and is Adjunct Professor in Genetics at University of Utah and Investigator at Huntsman Cancer Institute. In his clinics at the Huntsman Cancer Institute and at the VA Medical Center, he sees myeloproliferative neoplasms and benign red cell disorders.
His research focuses on studies of anemias and erythrocytosis, on the molecular and clinical studies of polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia, mis-regulated responses to hypoxia including evolutionary Tibetan and other high altitude natives’ adaptation to high altitude. He published 432 peer-reviewed papers and 202 book chapters and reviews. He is the Editor of Williams Hematology, and the author of 4 Up-To-Date chapters. He is the recipient of several external professorships and numerous Awards including Henry M. Stratton 2017 Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Fundamental Understanding of Broad Range of Red Cell Disorders from American Society of Hematology.