Leslie A. Geddes

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name = Leslie A. Geddes

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awards = IEEE Edison Medal


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Leslie Alexander Geddes (born 24 May 1921) is an electrical engineer and physiologist. He has conducted research in electromyography, cardiac output, cardiac pacing, ventricular defibrillation, and blood pressure. He discovered and demonstrated precisely the optimal sites on the chest for defibrillation or pacing.

Geddes holds the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; and the Ph.D. degree in Physiology from Baylor University College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. At Baylor University College of Medicine, he was Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of Physiology, and Director of the Division of Biomedical Engineering.

Geddes is a member of the American Physiological Society, and is a Fellow of the IEEE; the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the American College of Cardiology; Australian College of Physical Scientists in Medicine; and the Royal Society of Medicine.

He has received the award for leadership in biomedical engineering from the Alliance for Engineering in Medicine and Biology (1985); was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (1985); the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Career Achievement Award (1986); the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Laufman-Greatbatch Award (1987); the Outstanding Educator Award of the American Society for Engineering Education (1989), and the IEEE Edison Medal in 1994 "For fundamental contributions to applied biomedical instrumentation and the understanding of the electrical properties of the cardiovascular system." He was awarded a D.Sc. honoris causa by McGill University in 1971.

External links

* [https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECE/People/profile?resource_id=3109 Geddes Home page]