Rex Basswood, scored on the Myers-Briggs Personality Indicator an INFJ or the Advocate, the rarest of the personality types. Advocates are champions of Justice and Fairness. Born in the San Francisco bay area, Rex moved, at the age of ten, to the Sierra Nevada Mountains’ foothills. Rex, a curious kid, fell in love with nature and Native American tribes, now extinct, around the area of Oroville, California. Rex learned about uses of native plants practically and medicinally.
Rex deferred entry that year, and instead worked as an intern for the Democratic Majority Leader at the California State Senate, Senator John Garamendi for a year writing constituent mail and tracking legislative bills.
Out of concern and his love of nature, Rex chose to study Environmental Toxicology at the University of California Davis. Rex acted as the editor of the student newspaper, The Toxic Times. Upon graduation, Rex was offered a spot in the UC San Diego School of Medicine.
Upon entering Medical School, and based on his legislative background, Rex was asked to be the class representative to the American Medical Student Association (AMSA), a nationwide organization of medical students. He quickly became the legislative coordinator for all medical schools from the Rocky Mountain states, westward; local, national, and international topics.
The Board of Directors of the University of California Student Association (UCSA) was missing a Board member from UC San Diego Graduate Students. Rex stepped into that position. During his two-year tenure at UCSA, Rex administered a survey to science students at UC Berkeley about their health and safety when handling chemicals. After a scathing rebuke to the University, Rex introduced a Legislative Bill known as The Student Right to Know Act. Rex’s second Legislative Bill was a medical scholarship for Minority Medical Students, paid by physician license fees, a new and unique funding source to promote social justice.
Rex holds 3 patents on similar technology: The See-Light Glove. The See-Light Glove is a surgical glove with light and endoscope on the fingertip of the index finger of the non-dominate hand.
Dr. Basswood completed a University of Oklahoma Residency in Family Medicine, after which he worked as an emergency room physician around the state of Oklahoma
Dr. Basswood promoted the See-Light glove to surgeons and businesspeople in Denmark. He lived in Denmark for 1 year, where he worked as a staff physician and learned the Danish language.
Back in Oklahoma, Rex couldn’t stand the gay discrimination in Oklahoma anymore and moved to Washington State. Dr. Basswood worked in an institution for the severely disabled. After 3 years working at Rainier School, Rex took early retirement and moved to Mexico! Rex now lives in friendly Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
Crappy Movies
More than once, it’s been said: high proportions of films, well, are crappy movies. Rex intuitively rocognized these statistics and began looking at movies with a different eye. What Rex likes about movies: is the movie entertaining, are your emotions moving? Are you invested in interesting characters? Is there something to learn and a message?