List of neurologists
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This is a list of neurologist
s, with their year of birth and death and nationality.
Neurologist
A neurologist is a physician who specializes in neurology, and is trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat neurological disorders.Neurology is the medical specialty related to the human nervous system. The nervous system encompasses the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. A specialist...
s, with their year of birth and death and nationality.
- Abdulsalam Al sulaiman 1959 Saudi Arabia
- Théophile AlajouanineThéophile AlajouanineThéophile Alajouanine was a French neurologist.Théophile Alajouanine was a student of Joseph Jules Dejerine and a colleague to Georges Guillain and Charles Foix...
1890 - 1980 France - Alois AlzheimerAlois AlzheimerAloysius "Alois" Alzheimer, was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease....
1864 - 1915 Germany - Joseph BabinskiJoseph BabinskiJoseph Jules François Félix Babinski was a French neurologist of Polish descent. He is best known for his 1896 description of the Babinski sign, a pathological plantar reflex indicative of corticospinal tract damage....
1857 - 1932 France - Wladimir Bechterew 1857 - 1927 Canada
- Morris BenderMorris BenderMorris Bender was an American neuroscientist and professor of neurology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He joined the faculty of Mount Sinai in 1933 and became chairman of the neurology department in 1951...
1905 - 1985 United States - Hans BergerHans BergerHans Berger was born in Neuses near Coburg, Bavaria, Germany. He is best known as the first to record human electroencephalograms in 1924, for which he invented the electroencephalogram , and the discoverer of the alpha wave rhythm known as "Berger's wave".- Biography :After attending...
1873 - 1941 Germany - Lucio BiniLucio BiniLucio Bini was an Italian psychiatrist and professor at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy. Together with Ugo Cerletti, a neurophysiologist, he researched and discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy, a kind of shock therapy for mental diseases.-References:*Kalinowsky, LB: Lucio...
1908 - 1964 Italy - Otto Ludwig BinswangerOtto BinswangerOtto Ludwig Binswanger was a Swiss psychiatrist and neurologist who came from a famous family of physicians; his father was founder of the Kreuzlingen Sanatorium, and he was uncle to Ludwig Binswanger who was a major figure in the existential psychology movement...
1852 - 1929 Germany - Ludo van Bogaert 1897 - 1988 Belgium
- Russell Brain, 1st Baron BrainRussell Brain, 1st Baron BrainWalter Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain was a British neurologist. He was principal author of the standard work of neurology, Brain's Diseases of the Nervous System, and longtime editor of the eponymous neurological medical journal titled Brain...
1895 - 1966 United Kingdom - Paul BrocaPaul BrocaPierre Paul Broca was a French physician, surgeon, anatomist, and anthropologist. He was born in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Gironde. He is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe that has been named after him. Broca’s Area is responsible for articulated language...
1824 - 1880 France - Korbinian BrodmannKorbinian BrodmannKorbinian Brodmann was a German neurologist who became famous for his definition of the cerebral cortex into 52 distinct regions from their cytoarchitectonic characteristics.-Life:...
1868 - 1918 Germany - Donald CalneDonald CalneDonald Brian Calne, , is a Canadian neurologist who is a leading Parkinson's disease researcher.-Biography:Born in London, England, he received his Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine degrees from the University of Oxford. He worked in England and at the National Institute...
1936 - Canada - Ugo CerlettiUgo CerlettiUgo Cerletti was an Italian neurologist who discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy in psychiatry. Electroconvulsive therapy is a procedure in which electric currents are passed through the brain, deliberately triggering a brief seizure...
1877 - 1963 Italy - Jean-Martin CharcotJean-Martin CharcotJean-Martin Charcot was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. He is known as "the founder of modern neurology" and is "associated with at least 15 medical eponyms", including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...
1825 - 1893 France - Domenico CotugnoDomenico CotugnoDomenico Felice Antonio Cotugno was an Italian physician.Born at Ruvo di Puglia/Bari into a family of humble means, Cotugno underwent physical and economic hardships to get an education. He was sent to nearby Molfetta for training in Latin, returning to Ruvo for work in logic, metaphysics,...
1736 - 1822 Italy - Hans Gerhard CreutzfeldtHans Gerhard CreutzfeldtHans Gerhard Creutzfeldt was a German neuropathologist, who first described the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. He was born in Harburg upon Elbe and died in Munich.-Biography:...
1885 - 1964 Canada - James Crichton-BrowneJames Crichton-BrowneSir James Crichton-Browne MD FRS was a leading British psychiatrist famous for studies on the relationship of mental illness to neurological damage and for the development of public health policies in relation to mental health...
1840 - 1938 United Kingdom - MacDonald CritchleyMacDonald CritchleyMacdonald Critchley CBE was a British neurologist. He was former president of the World Federation of Neurology, and the author of over 200 published articles on neurology and 20 books, including The Parietal Lobes , Aphasiology, and biographies of James Parkinson and Sir William Gowers.Macdonald...
1900 - 1997 United Kingdom - Antonio DamasioAntonio DamasioAntonio Damasio is David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Southern California, where he heads USC's Brain and Creativity Institute and Adjunct Professor at the Salk Institute. Prior to taking up his posts at USC, in 2005, Damasio was M.W...
1944 - Portugal - Joseph Jules DejerineJoseph Jules DejerineJoseph Jules Dejerine , was a French neurologist.Joseph Jules Dejerine was born to French parents in Geneva, Switzerland, where his father was a carriage proprietor. During the Franco-Prussian War Dejerine worked as a volunteer in a Geneva Hospital and in the spring of 1871 decided to pursue his...
1849 - 1917 France - Derek Denny-Brown 1901 - 1981 United States
- Guillaume DuchenneGuillaume DuchenneGuillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne was a French neurologist who revived Galvani's research and greatly advanced the science of electrophysiology...
1806 - 1875 France - Constantin von EconomoConstantin von EconomoConstantin Freiherr von Economo was a Romanian psychiatrist and neurologist of Greek origin. He is mostly known for his discovery of encephalitis lethargica and his atlas of cytoarchitectonics.- Youth and schooling :Constantin Freiherr Economo von San Serff was born in Brăila, Romania, to Greek...
1876 - 1931 Austria - Wilhelm Heinrich ErbWilhelm Heinrich ErbWilhelm Heinrich Erb was a German neurologist who was a native of Winnweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate.- Academic career :...
1840 - 1921 Germany - David FerrierDavid FerrierSir David Ferrier, FRS was a pioneering Scottish neurologist and psychologist.-Life:Ferrier was born in Woodside, Aberdeen and educated at Aberdeen Grammar School before studying for an MA at Aberdeen University...
1843 - 1924 United Kingdom - Edward FlatauEdward FlatauEdward Flatau was a Polish neurologist. His work greatly influenced the developing field of neurology. He established neurobiologic and neuropathological sciences in Poland...
1868 - 1932 Poland - Otfrid FoersterOtfrid FoersterOtfrid Foerster was a German neurologist and neurosurgeon, who made innovative contributions to neurology and neurosurgery, such as rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity, anterolateral cordotomy for pain, the hyperventilation test for epilepsy, Foerster's syndrome, the first electrocorticogram...
1873 - 1941 Germany - Charles FoixCharles FoixCharles Foix was a French internist and neurologist.Charles Foix was born in Salies-de-Béarn, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. He studied medicine at the University of Paris and was a pupil of Pierre Marie at the Salpêtrière Hospital...
1882 - 1927 France - Raymond Garcin 1897 - 1971
- Henri GastautHenri GastautHenri Gastaut was a French neurologist.Henri Gastaut was educated in neurology and neuroanatomy at the University of Marseille, graduating M.D. in 1945. In 1953 he became head of the neurobiological laboratories. He was appointed professor of anatomical pathology in 1954 and director of the...
1915 - 1995 France - Norman GeschwindNorman GeschwindNorman Geschwind pioneered behavioral neurology in America. He is best known for his exploration of behavioral neurology through disconnection models based on lesion analysis.- Early life :...
1926 - 1984 United States - William Richard GowersWilliam Richard GowersSir William Richard Gowers was a British neurologist.The Gowers' tract is named after him....
1845 - 1915 United Kingdom - Mario Gozzano 1898 - 1986 Italy
- Georges GuillainGeorges GuillainGeorges Charles Guillain was a French neurologist born in Rouen.He studied medicine in Rouen and Paris, where he learned clinical education at several hospitals. He developed an interest in neurology, and his first important scientific work involved lesions of the plexus brachialis...
1876 - 1961 France - Alan W. Halliday 1953- United States
- William Alexander HammondWilliam Alexander HammondWilliam Alexander Hammond, M.D. was an American neurologist and the 11th Surgeon General of the U.S. Army...
1828 – 1900 United States - Henry HeadHenry HeadSir Henry Head, FRS was an English neurologist who conducted pioneering work into the somatosensory system and sensory nerves. Much of this work was conducted on himself, in collaboration with the psychiatrist W. H. R. Rivers, by severing and reconnecting sensory nerves and mapping how sensation...
1861 - 1940 United Kingdom - H. Hécaen France
- Gordon Morgan HolmesGordon Morgan HolmesSir Gordon Morgan Holmes CMG CBE FRS was a British neurologist. He is best known for carrying out pioneering research into the cerebellum and the visual cortex....
1876 - 1965 Ireland - Victor HorsleyVictor HorsleySir Victor Alexander Haden Horsley was an accomplished scientist and professor. He was born in Kensington, London. He was educated at Cranbrook School, Kent and studied medicine at University College London and in Berlin, Germany , and in the same year started his career as a house surgeon and...
1857 - 1916 United Kingdom - Chen Ya Huang Hong Kong
- Robert Roland HughesRobert Roland HughesRobert Roland Hughes MB ChB MD FRCP was a British neurologist and pioneer of Electroencephalography and neurology. He studied medicine at Liverpool University and spent the bulk of his life as a consultant in the Liverpool and North Wales area, particularly in the Liverpool Royal Infirmary.Hughes...
1911 - 1991 United Kingdom - James Ramsay HuntJames Ramsay HuntJames Ramsay Hunt was an American neurologist.He graduated M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1893. He then studied in Paris, Vienna, and Berlin and returned to practise neurology in New York, working at Cornell University Medical School from 1900 - 1910 with Charles...
1872 - 1937 United States - John Hughlings JacksonJohn Hughlings JacksonJohn Hughlings Jackson, FRS , was an English neurologist.- Biography :He was born at Providence Green, Green Hammerton, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, the youngest son of Samuel Jackson, a yeoman who owned and farmed his land, and the former Sarah Hughlings, the daughter of a Welsh revenue collector...
1834 - 1911 United Kingdom - Alfons Maria JakobAlfons Maria JakobAlfons Maria Jakob was a German neurologist with important contributions on neuropathology....
1884 - 1931 Germany - Herbert JasperHerbert JasperHerbert Henri Jasper, was a Canadian psychologist, physiologist, anatomist, chemist and neurologist.Born in La Grande, Oregon, he attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon and received his PhD in psychology from the University of Iowa in 1931 and earned a Doctor of Science degree from the...
1906 - 1999 Canada - Robert Foster KennedyRobert Foster KennedyRobert Foster Kennedy was an Irish-American neurologist.Foster Kennedy studied medicine at Belfast University and took his final exams at the Royal University of Ireland/Dublin...
1884 - 1952 Ireland and United States - Karl KleistKarl KleistKarl Kleist was a German neurologist and psychiatrist who made notable advances in descriptive psychopathology and neuropsychology. His work links to that of Carl Wernicke and Karl Leonhard. Kleist coined the terms unipolar and bipolar that are now used in the concepts of Unipolar depression and...
1879 - 1961 Germany - Alexis Yakovlievich Kojewnikoff 1836 - 1902 Russia
- Sergei Sergeievich Korsakoff 1854 - 1900 Russia
- Georg N. KoskinasGeorg N. KoskinasGeorg N. Koskinas was a Greek neurologist-psychiatrist. He was born on December 1, 1885 in Geraki, near Sparta. He studied medicine at the University of Athens, graduating in 1910, and subsequently trained as a resident in the Clinic of Psychiatry and Neurology of Aiginiteion Hospital under Michel...
1885 - 1975 Greece - Antonio Lefevre 1916 - 1981 Brazil
- Jean LhermitteJean LhermitteJacques Jean Lhermitte was a French neurologist and neuropsychiatrist.He was born in Mont-Saint-Père, Aisne, son of Léon Augustin Lhermitte, a French realist painter. Following his early education at Saint-Etienne, he studied in Paris and graduated in medicine in 1907...
1877 - 1959 France - Hugo LiepmannHugo LiepmannHugo Karl Liepmann was a German neurologist and psychiatrist who was a native of Berlin. From 1895 to 1899 he was an assistant to Carl Wernicke in Breslau, and in 1901 received his habilitation at the Charité-Berlin...
1863 - 1925 Germany - Pierre Marie 1853 - 1940 France
- Gheorghe MarinescuGheorghe MarinescuGheorghe Marinescu was a Romanian neurologist, founder of the Romanian School of Neurology.After the attendance of Medicine at the Bucharest University, Marinescu received most of his medical education as preparator at the laboratory of histology at the Brâncoveanu Hospital and as assistant at...
1863 - 1938 Romania - Ladislas J. MedunaLadislas J. MedunaLadislas J. Meduna was a Hungarian neurologist and neuropathologist noted for his development of shock treatment for persons suffering from schizophrenia.Meduna was born to a well-to-do family in Budapest, Hungary, in 1896...
1896 - 1964 Hungary - Friedrich MeggendorferFriedrich MeggendorferFriedrich Meggendorfer was a German psychiatrist and neurologist.- Life :Born in Bad Aibling, Bavaria, he was intended to take over the local colonial goods store of his ancestors. He enjoyed an excellent international education aimed at preparing him for this role...
1880 - 1953 Germany - H. Houston MerrittH. Houston MerrittH. Houston Merritt was one of the pre-eminent academic neurologists of his day. As the chair of the Neurological Institute of New York from 1948 to 1967, he oversaw the training of hundreds of neurologists; 35 of his former students have become chairs of academic neurology departments across the...
1902 - 1979 United States - Giovanni Mingazzini 1859 - 1919 Italy
- Pierre Mollaret 1898 - 1987 France
- Constantin von Monakow 1853 - 1930 Switzerland
- Egas MonizEgas MonizAntónio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz , known as Egas Moniz , was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography...
1874 - 1955 Portugal - Max NonneMax NonneMax Nonne was a German neurologist.Max Nonne was educated at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums. He studied in Heidelberg, Freiburg, and Berlin, receiving his doctorate at Hamburg University in 1884...
1861 - 1959 Germany - Hermann OppenheimHermann OppenheimHermann Oppenheim was one of the leading neurologists in Germany. He studied medicine at the Universities of Berlin, Göttingen and Bonn. He started his career at the Charité-Hospital in Berlin as an assistant of Karl Westphal...
1858 - 1919 Germany - James ParkinsonJames ParkinsonJames Parkinson was an English apothecary surgeon, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist. He is most famous for his 1817 work, An Essay on the Shaking Palsy in which he was the first to describe "paralysis agitans", a condition that would later be renamed Parkinson's disease by...
1755 - 1824 United Kingdom - Heinrich Pette 1887 - 1964 Germany
- Vilayanur S. RamachandranVilayanur S. RamachandranVilayanur Subramanian "Rama" Ramachandran, born 1951, is a neuroscientist known for his work in the fields of behavioral neurology and visual psychophysics...
1951- India - Sigvald Refsum 1907 - 1991 Norway
- Moritz Heinrich RombergMoritz Heinrich RombergMoritz Heinrich Romberg was a Jewish physician from Berlin who published his classic textbook in sections between 1840 and 1846; Edward Henry Sieveking translated it into English in 1853....
1795 - 1873 Germany - Grigory Rossolimo 1860 - 1928 Russia
- Oliver SacksOliver SacksOliver Wolf Sacks, CBE , is a British neurologist and psychologist residing in New York City. He is a professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University, where he also holds the position of Columbia Artist...
1933 - United Kingdom - Manfred SakelManfred Sakel*Fink, M , "Meduna and the Origins of Convulsive Therapy", American Journal of Psychiatry, 141: 1034-1041 *Fink, M (1984), "Meduna and the Origins of Convulsive Therapy", American Journal of Psychiatry, 141(9): 1034-1041 *Fink, M (1984), "Meduna and the Origins of Convulsive Therapy", American...
1900 - 1957 Poland - Jean-Athanase SicardJean-Athanase SicardJean-Athanase Sicard was a French neurologist and radiologist who was born in Marseille.He studied medicine in Marseille and Paris, where he studied with Charles Emile Troisier , Édouard Brissaud , Henri-Alexandre Danlos , Fulgence Raymond and Georges-Fernand-Isidore Widal...
1872 - 1929 France - Oskar VogtOskar VogtOskar Vogt was a German physician and neurologist. He was born in Husum - Schleswig-Holstein...
1870 - 1959 Germany - Adolf WallenbergAdolf WallenbergAdolf Wallenberg was a German internist and neurologist.Wallenberg was born in Preussisch Stargard. He studied at Heidelberg and Leipzig, receiving his doctorate from the latter University in 1886. From 1886 to 1888 he was assistant in the Städtisches Krankenhaus in Danzig, where he settled as a...
1862 - 1949 Germany - Julius Wagner-JaureggJulius Wagner-JaureggJulius Wagner-Jauregg was an Austrian physician, Nobel Laureate, and Nazi supporter.-Early life:...
1857 - 1940 Austria - Robert WartenbergRobert WartenbergRobert Wartenberg was an American neurologist.Wartenberg was born in 1886 in Grodno, Belarus, then in the Russian Empire. He graduated from the University of Rostock, Germany in 1919. He worked with Max Nonne in Hamburg and Otfrid Foerster in Breslau. In 1933, he became head of the neurological...
1887 - 1956 United States - Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal 1833 - 1890 Germany
- Samuel Alexander Kinnier WilsonSamuel Alexander Kinnier WilsonSamuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson was a British neurologist who was the first to describe Wilson's disease.-Biography:...
1878 - 1937 United Kingdom - Klaus-Joachim Zülch 1910 - 1988 Germany