Background
Balansa, Jacques Pierre was born in Asuncion, Paraguay. Son of Ernest Jean and Marie Louise (Basset) Balansa.
Balansa, Jacques Pierre was born in Asuncion, Paraguay. Son of Ernest Jean and Marie Louise (Basset) Balansa.
Student, Facultad de Medicina, Asuncion, 1953.
Resident Hospital Paris, 1954-1959. Guggenheim fellow, 1964. Fellow Women's Hospital, Tokyo, 1967.
Department head Hospital Central, Asuncion, 1959-1990, professor, 1983-1993.
Member New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Rebecca Schipper. Children: Gariel, Jacques Michel, Bernard, Veronique.