death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title alma_mater
charlottesville , virginia 04 november 1991 cleveland , ohio 24 march 1927 gerald d. aurbach
 university md , 1954 -rrb- of virginia -lrb- bachelor degree , 1950 ;
gerald d. aurbach

gerald d. aurbach -lrb- march 24 , 1927 -- november 4 , 1991 -rrb- was an american medical scientist noted for his studies of parathyroid diseases , bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis .
aurbach was the first researcher to produce a hormone produced by parathyroid glands .
in 1973 , he was named director of the metabolic diseases branch of the national institutes of health , and was elected to the national academy of sciences in 1986 .
aurbach was killed in an apparent homicide by a stone thrown from a car .
