[1] Wasserman worked extensively on pulmonary physiology, using exercise testing for the interaction of cardiovascular, ventilatory and metabolic responses.
His studies at Princeton University were cut short by service in the United States Army during the occupation of Japan from 1945-1946.
Upon returning to the United States, Wasserman abandoned his study in engineering, graduating from Upsala College in 1947 with a degree in chemistry and a minor in biology.
This Nine-Panel Plot is a standard layout for the graphical representation of data produced by a cardiopulmonary exercise test.
He recognized the significance of this finding, as lactic acid accumulation may reflect health risk due to a deficit in oxygen supply.
The Wasserman Visiting Professorship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center was established in 1999 and is awarded annually to a leader in pulmonary medicine.
He was chief of the division of “Respiratory and Critical Care Physiology and Medicine” at the UCLA Harbor Hospital Medical Center in Torrance, CA between 1967 and 1997.