Michelson Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Contact Information
alan.michelson@childrens.harvard.edu
617-919-2116 (telephone)
617-730-4631 (fax)
Center for Platelet Research Studies
Boston Children's Hospital
300 Longwood Avenue, Karp 08213
Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5737
Dr. Michelson is Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. He is also the Director of the Center for Platelet Research Studies and Director of the Thrombosis and Anticoagulation Program at Boston Children's Hospital, the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Michelson holds joint appointments at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Dr. Michelson’s clinical and research expertise includes thrombosis and bleeding disorders. He is the editor of the textbook Platelets (Elsevier/Academic Press), which integrates the entire field of platelet biology, pathophysiology and clinical medicine into a comprehensive source of knowledge about platelets for clinicians, pathologists, and scientists. The first edition of Platelets, published in 2002, was the winner of the Best Book in Medical Science award from the Association of American Publishers and was called “landmark” by the New England Journal of Medicine. The 64-chapter, 1353-page third edition of Platelets, published in 2013, was the winner of the Highly Commended prize in the category of Internal Medicine, British Medical Association (BMA) Medical Book Awards.
Dr. Michelson has published more than 425 original research articles, original research abstracts, and invited reviews. He has been the principal investigator on more than 100 research grants. Dr. Michelson has been an invited speaker at over 175 major medical conferences worldwide (United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Japan, Australia).
Dr. Michelson has been an invited participant in numerous National Institutes of Health (NIH) working groups, international workshops and consensus conferences (including Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines). He is the co-organizer and co-chair of the biennial International Platelets Symposium. Dr. Michelson is a past Chairman of the Platelet Physiology Scientific Subcommittee of the Scientific and Standardization Committee (SSC), International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH). He is the inventor of 2 U.S. patents.
After receiving his medical degree with honors from the University of Adelaide, Australia, Dr. Michelson continued his medical training on a Fulbright Scholarship at Boston Children’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Michelson was awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree by Harvard University in 2010.