Dr jerrold petrofsky biography definition

In September 1986, University of California, Irvine, officials were more than happy to acquire the considerable skills and good name of Jerrold Petrofsky.

And why not?

With him came a worldwide reputation for his computerized, muscle-stimulation work with spinal-cord-injury patients at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

He also had been the subject of a made-for-television movie, received favorable coverage on 60 Minutes, and was all but canonized by hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles that glowingly chronicled his work.

And he bore the prospect of attracting millions of research dollars to UCI.

“We are pleased that a man of this stature has become a part of our university.

He benefits UCI and the community at large,” Chancellor Jack Peltason said at the time, hailing the latest coup in UCI’s “brain campaign” to establish itself as one of the world’s leading research centers.

Two-and-a-half years after his arrival, however, Petr