An American Doctor’s Experience of the Chernobyl Accident

A very special guest, Dr. Robert Gale, a physician and medical
researcher who pioneered knowledge on bone marrow transplantation
and the molecular biology and immunology of leukemia, shares his
first-hand perspective on the radiation impacts of nuclear
accidents, LNT, and other radiation-related topics. As a world
expert in his field, Dr. Gale was asked in 1986 by Soviet Union
president Mikhail Gorbachev to coordinate medical relief efforts
for victims immediately after the Chernobyl accident. He has since
coordinated medical responses to nuclear accidents in Brazil and
Japan. Dr. Gale has published over 1000 scientific articles and
more than 20 books, mostly on leukemia (biology and treatment),
transplantation (biology, immunology and treatment), cancer
immunology and radiation (biological effects and accident
response). He has written on medical topics, nuclear energy and
weapons and politics of US-Soviet relations in articles for The New
York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, USA Today and Wall
Street Journal. He has received many awards for his scientific
achievements and contributions including the Presidential Award,
New York Academy of Science, Scientist of Distinction Award
Weizmann Institute of Science, Distinguished Alumni Award from
Hobart College and Intra-Science Research Foundation Award. He
holds honorary degrees including D.Sc. from Albany Medical College,
L.H.D. from Hobart College and D.P.S from MacMurray College.