Francis Andrew "Drew" Gaffney, M.D. is an American doctor who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission.
Gaffney was born June 9, 1946, in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He is married to Elizabeth Sims of Berkeley, California. He has two daughters.
Gaffney graduated from Carlsbad, New Mexico High School in 1964; received a Bachelor of arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1968; and a Doctor of Medicine degree, University of New Mexico ...
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Francis Andrew "Drew" Gaffney, M.D. is an American doctor who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission.
Gaffney was born June 9, 1946, in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He is married to Elizabeth Sims of Berkeley, California. He has two daughters.
Gaffney graduated from Carlsbad, New Mexico High School in 1964; received a Bachelor of arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1968; and a Doctor of Medicine degree, University of New Mexico in 1972. He then completed a Fellowship in Cardiology at University of Texas in 1975.
He has over 50 publications in the areas of cardiovascular regulation and space physiology.
A Colonel in the Texas Air National Guard, Gaffney served as a Flight Surgeon for the 147th Fighter Interceptor Group at Ellington Air National Guard Base, Houston, Texas.
Gaffney served as a Visiting Senior Scientist with the Life Sciences Division at NASA Headquarters from January 1987 through June 1989. He worked with the Operational Medicine group and was Associate...
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