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, 1948-1953.
Resident, Hospital Paris, 1954-1959; Guggenheim fellow, 1964; fellow, Women's Hospital, Tokyo, 1967; department head, Hospital Control, Asuncion, 1959-1990; professor, Hospital Control, Asuncion, 1983-1993.
Member New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Rebecca Schipper. Children: Gariel, Jacques Michel, Bernard, Veronique.