Background
Abbrecht, Peter Herman was born on November 27, 1930 in Toledo. Son of Hermann Richard and Paula Katherine (Schwenk) Abbrecht.
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Peter Herman Abbrecht
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Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1952. Master of Science, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1957.
Doctor of Medicine, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1962.
Career
Senior chemical engineer Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, Detroit, 1956-1958. Member special faculty Wayne University, 1957—1958. Intern University of California at Los Angeles Hospital, 1962-1963.
Member faculty University Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, 1963-1980, professor physiology, 1972-1980. Resident in internal medicine University Michigan Hospital, 1971-1972, fellow in pulmonary disease, 1974-1975. Chairman bioengineering program University Michigan Medical School, 1972-1977, professor medicine, 1976-1980.
Professor medicine and physiology Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, 1980—2000, chairman department physiology, 1987-1997, professor emeritus, since 2000. Consultant physician Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 1980—2000. Medical expert United States Department Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Research Integrity, Rockville, Maryland, since 2000.
Consultant expert witness, medicine, malpractice and injury biomechanics, since 1985. Guest scientist Naval Medical Research Institute, 1980-1982. Visiting professor bioengineering University California, San Diego, 1973.
Professor physiology Ross University, Dominica, Wisconsin, 1997—2006, interim chairman physiology, 2003. Director physiology and biomedical engineering program NIGMS, National Institutes of Health, 1977-1978. Consultant VA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Air Force Office Science Research, National Science Foundation.
Member, national research resources advisory council DRR, 1975-1978. Member biomedical research technical committee National Institutes of Health, 1986-1990, chairman, 1989-1990. Member United States National Committee on Biomechanics, 1994-1996.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Chest Physicians. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, biomedical Engineering Society (director 1970-1972), American Physiological Society, American Thoracic Society.
Connections
Married Anne Patterson Lampman, February 16, 1957 (divorced 1996). Children: Elaine, Brian. Married Dianna S. Miller, December 11, 2000.
