Awards & Winners

Leslie A. Geddes

Date of Birth 24-May-1921
Place of Birth Scotland
(United Kingdom)
Nationality
Also know as L. Geddes
Profession Electrical engineer, Engineer
Leslie Alexander Geddes was an electrical engineer and physiologist. He 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.

Awards by Leslie A. Geddes

Check all the awards nominated and won by Leslie A. Geddes.

2006


National Medal of Technology and Innovation
(For his contributions to electrode design and tissue restoration, which have led to the widespread use of a wide variety of clinical devices. His discoveries and inventions have saved and enriched thousands of lives and have formed the cornerstone of much of the modern implantable medical device field.)