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Buerk, Donald Gene was born on January 28, 1946 in St. Louis. Son of Charles Albert and Virginia (Kirkpatrick) Buerk.
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biomedical engineer medical educator
Buerk, Donald Gene was born on January 28, 1946 in St. Louis. Son of Charles Albert and Virginia (Kirkpatrick) Buerk.
Bachelor of Science, Case Western Reserve University, 1969. Master of Science, Case Western Reserve University, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1980.
Biomedical engineer St. Vincent Charity Hospital, Cleveland, 1969-1975. Research assistant Case Western Reserve University, 1976. Research fellow Evanston Hospital, Northwestern University, Illinois, 1980-1982.
Professor Louisiana Technology University, Ruston, Louisiana, 1982-1987. Research professor Drexel University, Philadelphia, 1987-1990. Research professor department physiology school medicine, bioengineering department University Pennsylvania, 1990—2007, professor emeritus, since 2007.
Affiliated scientist Monell Chemical Senses Center, since 2005. Senior medical writer Complete Healthcare Communications, Inc., Chadds Ford, since 2006. Visiting scientist Catholic University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 1988.
Visiting professor Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1986-1992, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1999. Adjunct professor Drexel University, 2001-2007, visiting professor since 2007.
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Fellow biomedical Engineering Society. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, International Society Oxygen Transport to Tissue, American Heart Association, American Physiological Society, Microcirculatory Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Steffie Greif, July 7, 1968. Children: Jesse Nathaniel, Daniel Joshua.