John Wilhelm Peterson

Background

Peterson, John Wilhelm was born on September 26, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Wilhelm and Mildred Catherine Peterson.

Education

AB, University of Pennsylvania, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1974.

Career

National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1976; staff scientist, U. Heidelberg (Federal Republic Germany) Medical School, 1976-1980; assistant neurophysiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, since 1980; director laboratory cerebrovascular biophysics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, since 1989; assistant professor physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1980-1990; associate professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1991. Adjunct associate professor Massachusetts General Hospital Institute Health Professions, since 1989.

Achievements

• John Wilhelm Peterson has been listed as a noteworthy Physiologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Heart Association (grantee 1982-1985), American Physiological Society (visiting scientist to minority institutions 1986), Biophysics Society.

Connections

Married Patricia Ann Matthias, September 14, 1968. Children: Matthew Park, Joanna Joohee Peterson.

Father:

John Wilhelm Peterson

Mother:

Mildred Catherine Peterson

Spouse:

Patricia Ann Matthias

child:

Matthew Park Peterson

child:

Joanna Joohee Peterson