Burton Rose

{{Infobox scientist | name = | image =  | birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|11|19}} | birth_place =Brooklyn, New York, U.S.<ref name="obit">{{cite web|title=BURTON DAVID ROSE M.D.|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/burton-rose-obituary?pid=196075793|website=Legacy.com|publisher=Legacy.com |date=April 24, 2020 |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|04|24|1942|11|19}} | death_place = Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S.<ref name="obit" /> | death_cause = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields=Nephrology | workplaces = {{plainlist| *Harvard School of Medicine }} | known_for= Creator of UpToDate software, author of Clinical Physiology of Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders | awards= Robert G. Narins Award (American Society of Nephrology) | spouse=Gloria<ref name="stat" /> }}

'''Burton''' "'''Bud'''" '''David Rose''' (November 19, 1942 – April 24, 2020) was an American nephrologist and the creator of UpToDate, an online medical resource.

== Career == Burton Rose was a clinical professor of medicine at Harvard University.<ref name="asn">{{cite web |title=American Society of Nephrology {{!}} Awards – 2009 |url=https://www.asn-online.org/about/awards/recipients.aspx |year=2009 |website=www.asn-online.org |accessdate=April 26, 2020}}</ref> He also held positions at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.<ref name="stat">{{cite web|title=Remembering UpToDate creator Burton 'Bud' Rose |url=https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/25/remembering-uptodate-creator-burton-bud-rose/ |author1=Pollak, Martin| author2=Zeidel, Mark |author3=Steinman, Theodore |date=April 25, 2020 |website=Stat |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425201428/https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/25/remembering-uptodate-creator-burton-bud-rose/ |archive-date=April 25, 2020 |accessdate=April 26, 2020}}</ref> He was the author of ''Clinical Physiology of Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders'' and ''Pathophysiology of Renal Disease''; and the co-author of ''Renal Pathophysiology: The Essentials.''<ref name=asn/><ref name="goog-books-clin-psych-1">{{cite book |last1=Rose |first1=Burton David |last2=Post |first2=Theodore |title=Clinical Physiology of Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OLy9AwAAQBAJ |publisher=McGraw Hill Professional |accessdate=April 30, 2020 |language=en |date=January 12, 2001 |isbn=9780071609876 |via=Google Books}} {{ISBN|0071609873}}</ref>

In 1987, Dr. Rose initiated a novel program at Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Continuing Education and Referral Service. This included three main components: 1) A free 800-hotline whereby community physicians throughout New England could call for quick answers to questions that came up in general practice; 2) An Advanced Clinical Training program through which community physicians could come to Brigham and Women's for brief (1-3 days) focused training in an area of interest; and 3) A monthly topical newsletter for community physicians, called "Medical Update", that was authored by expert clinician/scientists at Brigham and Women's.

Rose created the first version of UpToDate, in his house in 1992. It was released on floppy disks. In October 2017, more than 1.3 million clinicians in 187 countries have consulted UpToDate's website and mobile apps, with viewings of more than 32 million topics per month.<ref name=wolter-25-anniv>{{cite web |title=Wolters Kluwer Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of UpToDate with Launch of 25th Specialty, Anesthesiology |url=https://wolterskluwer.com/company/newsroom/news/2017/10/wolters-kluwer-celebrates-the-25th-anniversary-of-uptodate.html |website=wolterskluwer.com |date=October 5, 2017 |accessdate=April 26, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2019, the American Society of Nephrology announced the "Burton D. Rose, MD, Endowed Lectureship".<ref name=asn-rose-endow-lect>{{cite web |url=https://www.asn-online.org/about/press/releases/ASN_PR_20191016_Rose_Endowed_Lectur.pdf|title=ASN Establishes Burton D. Rose, MD, Endowed Lectureship |website=asn-online.org |date=October 16, 2019 |accessdate=April 26, 2020}}</ref>

== Death == Rose, who had Alzheimer's disease, died from complications from COVID-19 on April 24, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts.<ref name="stat"/>

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