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James B. Bassingthwaighte
Also published under: J. B. Bassingthwaighte, James Bassingthwaighte
Affiliation
Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, USA
Biography
James B. Bassingthwaighte received his B.A. (1951) and M.D. degrees (1955) from the University of Toronto and Ph.D. degree (1964) from the University of Minnesota. He trained in physiology, biochemistry, and medicine (University of Toronto); cardiology (Mayo Graduate School of Medicine); and physiology (University of Minnesota). He was on the faculty at Mayo (1964–1975), heading the Biophysics section of the Department of Physiology (1972–1975). He chaired the Department of Bioengineering at the UW (1975–1980) and established in 1979 a National Simulation Resource Facility in Circulatory Mass Transport and Exchange. In 1997, he initiated the Human Physiome Projects. Being a professor of bioengineering, biomathematics, and radiology at the U... Author's Published Works