James Barnes Wyngaarden (born 1924) is a U.S. physician, researcher and academic administrator. He is a co-editor of one of the leading internal medicine texts, and served as director of National Institutes of Health between 1982 and 1989. Has four daughters and one son.[1]
Wyngaarden is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[2]
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Preceded by Donald Fredrickson |
Director of National Institutes of Health 1982 – 1989 |
Succeeded by Bernadine Healy |