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About William G. Myers, Ph.D., M.D.

William G. Myers, Ph.D., M.D. (1908-1988) was a pioneer in nuclear medicine.  Dr. Myers was a faculty member at the OSU College of Medicine, taught and researched for more than forty years and made many contributions to nuclear medicine. In 1948, he introduced cobalt-60 as a substitute for radium in cancer treatment, and in 1952, he and Benjamin H. Colmery introduced gold-198 as a replacement for radon-222 in permanent seed implantation for cancer therapy. Dr. Myers was also instrumental to the development of radioisotopes for diagnostic and investigative medicine. He introduced more radioisotopes into nuclear medicine than any other individual—eleven in all.

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