Background
Attinger, Ernst Otto was born on December 27, 1922 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Ernst and Martha (Padrutt) Attinger. came to the United States, 1952.
biomedical engineering educator
Attinger, Ernst Otto was born on December 27, 1922 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Ernst and Martha (Padrutt) Attinger. came to the United States, 1952.
Doctor of Medicine, University Zurich, Switzerland, 1949. Master of Science, Drexel Institute of Technology, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1965.
Intern, Sanatorium Du Midi Davos, 1949-1952; resident in pulmonary disease, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, 1952-1953; assistant resident in internal medicine, National Jewish Hospital, Denver, 1953-1954; fellow cardiopulmonary disease, resident to chief resident pulmonary diseases, Boston City Hospital, 1955-1957; Assistant professor medicine, Tufts U. School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1959-1961; senior investigator, Presbyterian Hospital, Philadelphia, 1961-1962; director research, Presbyterian Hospital, Philadelphia, 1962-1967; department chairman biomedical engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1967-1988; Forsythe professor applied science, University of Virginia, 1984-1989.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute for Medicine and Biological Engineering (founder). Member American Physiological Society, biomedical Engineering Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Francoise Marie L. Daubige, February 7, 1947. Children– Christophe, Nathalene, Joelle.