Thomas Woolsey

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Thomas Allen Woolsey (born 17 April 1943) is an American neuroscientist, currently George H. and Ethel R. Bishop Scholar in Neuroscience at Washington University in St. Louis. [1] [2] [3]

He was born in Baltimore,[ citation needed ] studied for his B.S. at the University of Wisconsin (awarded 1965) and was awarded Doctor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University in 1969. [4]

He was assistant professor of anatomy (and later also neurobiology) at Washington University from 1971 to 1977, becoming an associate professor from 1977 to 1983, and professor of neurology and neurological surgery since 1984.[ citation needed ]

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  2. "Thomas Woolsey". wustl.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "Thomas Woolsey". wustl.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. "Doctors of Medicine". Conferring of Degrees at the close of the ninety-third academic year (PDF). Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University. June 6, 1969. p. 41. Retrieved November 4, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)