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cardiovascular surgeon

Jacques Pierre Balansa, Paraguayan cardiovascular surgeon. Recipient medaille de sante, France, 1958, officier du Merite National, France, 1972, Chevalier legion d'honneur, France, 1990. Member New York Academy of Sciences.

Background

Balansa, Jacques Pierre was born in Asuncion, Paraguay. Son of Ernest Jean and Marie Louise (Basset) Balansa.

Education

Student, Facultad de Medicina, Asuncion, 1953.

Career

Resident Hospital Paris, 1954-1959. Guggenheim fellow, 1964. Fellow Women's Hospital, Tokyo, 1967.

Department head Hospital Central, Asuncion, 1959-1990, professor, 1983-1993.

Membership

Member New York Academy of Sciences.

Connections

Married Rebecca Schipper. Children: Gariel, Jacques Michel, Bernard, Veronique.

Father:
Ernest Jean Balansa

Mother:
Marie Louise (Basset) Balansa

Spouse:
Rebecca Schipper

child:
Gariel Balansa

child:
Jacques Michel Balansa

child:
Bernard Balansa

child:
Veronique Balansa