Harry C. Dietz III

HARRY C. DIETZ III, the inaugural Victor A. McKusick Professor of Medicine and Genetics, has been associated with The Johns Hopkins Hospital since 1988. Dr. Dietz is the world’s authority on Marfan syndrome and received the Antoine Marfan Award from the National Marfan Foundation in 1994. He directs the Smilow Center for Marfan Syndrome Research at Hopkins. Dr. Dietz also investigates genetic factors involved in defects of the arterial wall and the aorta.