1. Norman Geschwind was a pioneering American behavioral neurologist, best known for his exploration of behavioral neurology through disconnection models based on lesion analysis.
20 Facts About Norman Geschwind
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Norman Geschwind was born on January 8,1926, in New York City, New York to a Jewish family.
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Norman Geschwind was a student at Boy's High School in Brooklyn, New York.
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Norman Geschwind matriculated into Harvard University in 1942, initially planning to study mathematics.
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Norman Geschwind's education was interrupted when drafted into the Army in 1944.
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Norman Geschwind later married and had three children, Naomi, David, and Claudia.
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Norman Geschwind attended Harvard Medical School, intending to become a psychiatrist.
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Norman Geschwind's emphasis began to shift after studying neuroanatomy with Marcus Singer, at which time he began to develop an interest in aphasia and epilepsy.
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Norman Geschwind continued his studies at London's National Hospital, Queen Square, as a Moseley Travelling Fellow from 1952 to 1953, then as a United States Public Health Service fellow from 1953 to 1955.
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Norman Geschwind studied with Sir Charles Symonds who taught the importance of neurologic mechanisms to studying disorders.
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In 1955, Norman Geschwind became neurology chief resident at the Boston City Hospital and served under Derek Denny-Brown.
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Norman Geschwind joined the Neurology Department of the Boston Veterans Administration Hospital in 1958, where he met Fred Quadfasel, chief of neurology for the department.
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Norman Geschwind became Chief of Neurology at the Boston VA Hospital in 1962, and an Associate Professor in Neurology at Boston University.
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Norman Geschwind was noted for his inspirational teaching of medical students, residents, and fellows.
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Norman Geschwind significantly shaped the neurological climate in the US and Europe during his life, an influence which lives on in his students.
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Norman Geschwind is credited with coining the term behavioral neurology in the 1970s to describe the corpus of course material in the area of higher cortical functions starting to be presented at American Academy of Neurology meetings.
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Norman Geschwind credited with the discovery of Geschwind syndrome, which describes an interictal behavior pattern seen in some people with temporal lobe epilepsy.
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In later years, Geschwind worked with a number of neurologists to whose future research careers in behavioral neurology he gave significant direction; among these were Albert Galaburda, Kenneth Heilman, Elliott Ross, and David N Caplan.
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Norman Geschwind would remain at Harvard Medical School until his premature death on November 4,1984, aged 58.
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The Norman Geschwind-Rodin Prize is a Swedish award for research in dyslexia.