Founders of Neurosurgery in France

Contribution of France in the development of Neurosurgery as a subspeciality of surgery had been exemplary and French Neurosurgeons had been the Pioneers.


Dr. Clovis Vincent

THIERRY DE MARTEL  (1875-1940) and CLOVIS VINCENT ( 1879-1947) developed neurosurgery as a discipline in France.
Thierry De Martel, as a student in a school for training engineers, had interest in neurosurgical instruments. Together with Vincent they developed neurosurgery as a discipline in France.In World War I De Martel was a medical officer and received many decorations for his services and his bravery.
Vincent Clovis began his carrier as a neurologist and finally became neurosurgeon at an advanced age. He was mainly interested in pituitary tumors and his work on oncologic neurosurgery remains valuable.
In 1914, when the First World War broke out, he served as a doctor. He received the Legion of Honor as a soldier and the Military Medal in 1915. He was appointed chief physician of the neurological center of the ninth French military region and there, he fostered a new treatment to get soldiers with psychic disease symptomes back to the front.

Clovis Vincent founded the French school of neurosurgery.

Dr. Martel

                                                                      

Jean Talairach (January 15, 1911 – March 15, 2007) was a neurosurgeon who practiced at the Centre Hospitalier Ste. Anne in Paris, and who is noted for his work in stereotaxy : the Talairach coordinates.

Pierre Wertheimer ( 1892-1982): Neurosurgical innovations in Lyon

Gerard Guiot ( 1912-1996): Pituitary Surgery

Living Legend Dr Maurice Choux contributed significantly in the development of Pediatric neurosurgery in France and encouraged many neurosurgeons worldwide to devote their practice to pediatric neurosurgery.

Sources:
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http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcne/founders
www.neurosar.ru
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