Background
Cardus, David was born on August 6, 1922 in Barcelona, Spain. Arrived in the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1969. Son of Jaume and Ferranda (Pascual) Cardus.
Cardus, David was born on August 6, 1922 in Barcelona, Spain. Arrived in the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1969. Son of Jaume and Ferranda (Pascual) Cardus.
Bachelor, Bachelor of Science, University Montpellier, France, 1942. Doctor of Medicine magna cum laude, University Barcelona, 1949. Diploma in cardiology, University Barcelona, 1956.
Doctor honoris causa, Autonomous University Barcelona, 1993.
French Government fellow department cardiology, Hospital Boucicaut and Hospital de la Pitié, Paris, 1953-1954; fellow, U. Manchester, 1957; research associate, Lovelace Foundation, Albuquerque, 1957-1960; National Institutes of Health trainee Summer Institute Mathematics for Life Scientists, University of Michigan, 1966; member active medical staff Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1960; professor department rehabilitation, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1969; professor department physiology, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1973; director Biomath. Program, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1966-1969; director biomathematics committee School Graduate Studies, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1968-1969; head exercise laboratory, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1960; head cardiopulmonary laboratory, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1969. Adjunct Professor mathematics science Rice U., since 1970, Adjunct Professor statistics, since 1989.
Chairman board directors Institute Hispanic Culture, Houston. Vice chairman Gordon Conference on Biomaths., 1970. President American Institute Catalan Studies, since 1980.
Member American College Cardiology, American College Chest Physicians, American College Sports Medicine, American Congress Rehabilitation Medicine, American Physiological Society, American Statistical Association, International Society for Gravitational Physiology (president 1993), Federation American Societies Experimental Biology, Royal Academy Medicine Catalonia (honorary), Spanish Professionals in American (president 1984-1985), New York Academy of Sciences, Societat Catalana Biologia, Royal Academy Medicine Catalonia (honorary), Sigma Xi.
Married Francesca Ribas, July 19, 1951. Children: Hellena, Silvia, Bettina, David.
