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of numerous scientific papers as well as the novel, "Sputnik’s Child" (2011). Gary Ledley is a practicing cardiologist associated with Drexel University.
Robert Ledley died of Alzheimer's disease in Kensington, Maryland, USA on July 24, 2012.
Early research career.
Early research career U.S. Army dental research.
In 1950, shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War, Ledley was contacted by a U.S. Army recruitment officer, who offered him a choice: he could volunteer to join the U.S. Army
Robert Ledley
Robert Steven Ledley (June 28, 1926 – July 24, 2012), professor of physiology and biophysics and professor of radiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, pioneered the use of electronic digital computers in biology and medicine. In 1959, he wrote two influential articles in "Science": "Reasoning Foundations of Medical Diagnosis" (with Lee B. Lusted) and "Digital Electronic Computers in Biomedical Science". Both articles encouraged biomedical researchers and physicians to adopt computer technology. In 1960 he established the National