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Dr. Kassebaum (d. October 12, 2012) was trained at UOMS Hospital and Clinics, and the VA Hospital, Portland. He was a clinical fellow in the Division of Cardiology UOMS and a Senior Vice President of the Division of Medical School Standards and Assessment, Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington D.C., the AAMC, Liasison Committee on Medical Education. He was also the Senior Associate Editor of Academic Medicine. After serving as the Director of Health Policy Study, School of Medcine, Oregon Health Sciences Univerity, vice president for Hospital Affairs and Director of the OHSU Hopsital, Chief of Medical Services at the University of Oregon Medical School Hospital.

Kassebaum's CV lists publications dating from 1960-2000, ranging in topic from cardiology to medical and nursing education. He was licensed to practice medicine in the states of Oklahoma (1986) and Oregon (1957). His list of memberships in professional societies and organizations and appointments to community, state and national service organizations is long and impressive. He recieved honors in teaching and many grant awards as a principal investigator from the Oregon Heart Association, the National Heart Institute and the National Heart and Lung Association. He received his professional training from the University of Oregon Medical School Hospitals and Clinics as an intern (1956-57), served his residency with the VA hospital, Portland (1957-58), completed a residency, UOMS (1959-60); he was a Clinical Fellow, UOMS (1959-1960), and Senior Research Fellow, UOMS (1960-62). He served as UOMS professor of medicine and associate and assistant professor of medicine in the UOMS Department of Cardiology and was the Director of the Cardiac Electrodiagnostic Laboratories at UOMS, and was Chief of Medical Services at the UOMS University Hospitals, also he was Vice President of Hospital Affairs and the Director of the Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital and finally served as the Director of Health Policy Study at OHSU. He resigned his post to take a position with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (1986). Until 1999 he served as Vice President of the Division of Medical School Standards and Assessment for the Association of American Medical Colleges, was secretary for the AAMC, and was responsible for the AAMC's protfolio on international health and medical education. He also participated professionally as the senior associate Editor for the Journal of Academic Medicine.