James Bucklin Bassingthwaighte

Background

Bassingthwaighte, James Bucklin was born on September 10, 1929 in Toronto. Son of Ewart MacQuarrie and Velma Emeline Bassingthwaighte.

Education

Bachelor, U. Toronto, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, U. Toronto, 1955; postgraduate, Medical School London, 1957-1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Mayo Graduate School Medicine University of Minnesota, 1964.

Career

Intern, Toronto General Hospital, 1955-1956; physician, International Nickel Company, Sudbury and Matheson, Ontario, 1956-1957; house physician, Hammersmith Hospital, London postgraduate, Medical School London, 1957-1958; teaching assistant physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1961-1962; fellow, Mayo Graduate School Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, 1958-1964; instructor, Mayo Graduate School Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, 1964-1967; assistant professor, Mayo Graduate School Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, 1967-1969; associate professor, Mayo Graduate School Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, 1969-1972; visiting professor, Pharmacology Institute, U. Bern, Switzerland, 1970-1971; associate professor bioengineering, University of Minnesota, 1972-1975; professor physiology, Mayo Graduate School Medicine, 1973-1975; professor medicine, Mayo Graduate School Medicine, 1975; professor bioengineering, radiology and biomath, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1975; director, Center for Bioengring., 1975-1980; visiting professor medicine and physiology, McGill University, 1979-1981; affiliate professor physiology, Limburg U., Maastricht, The Netherlands, since 1990. Member study section National Institutes of Health, 1970-1974, 80-83. Chairman Biotechnology Resources Advisory Committee, 1977-1979, chairman 1st Gordon Research Conference on Water and Solute Transport in Microvasculature, 1976.

Chairman workshop on metabolic imaging National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1985. Lewellen-Thomas lecturer, U. Toronto, 1991. Coulter lecturer U. North Carolina, 1995.

Oxford lecturer International Society.Magnetic Resonance Medicine, 1996.

Achievements

• James Bucklin Bassingthwaighte has been listed as a noteworthy Physiologist, educator, medical researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Fractal Physiology (Methods in Physiology)

    (PART I: Overview 1. Introduction: Fractals Really Are Eve...)

  • Fractal Physiology (Methods in Physiology) by James B. Bassingthwaighte (1994-10-27)

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Heart Association (county on circulation since 1976), Biophysics Society (associate editor Biophysics Journal 1980-1983), biomedical Engineering Society (dir.1971-1974, president 1977-1978, Alza award 1986, editor-in-chief Annals of Biomedical Engineering since 1993), Microcirculatory Society (member county 1975-1978,80-83, president 1990-1991, Landis award 1995), American Physiological Society (member circulation group, editorial board 1972-1976, 79-83, member education committee), International Union Physiological Sciences (United States of America national committee 1978-1986, United States delegate to assembly 1980, 83, 86, chairman 1983-1986, chairman Commision on Bioengring. and Clinical Physiology 1986-1997, chairman satellite to 30th Congress on Endothelial Transport 1986, co-chairman satellite on microvascular networks 1989,chairman satellite on Physiome Project 1997).

Connections

Married Joan Elizabeth Graham, June 18, 1955. Children: Elizabeth Anne, Mary, Alan, Sarah, Rebecca.

Father:

Ewart MacQuarrie

Mother:

Velma Emeline Bassingthwaighte

Spouse:

Joan Elizabeth Graham

child:

Alan Bassingthwaighte

child:

Sarah Bassingthwaighte

child:

Mary Bassingthwaighte

child:

Rebecca Bassingthwaighte

child:

Elizabeth Anne Bassingthwaighte