// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Theodore Rasmussen say to his brain? "You're always on my mind.
Theodore Brown Rasmussen (1910-2002), was a Canadian-American neurosurgeon. He succeeded Wilder Penfield as head of the Montreal Neurological Institute and served as Neurosurgeon-in-Chief at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
Born in Provo, Utah, Rasmussen attended the University of Minnesota for his Medical Degree, graduating in 1935, and his Master of Science degree in neurology which he received in 1939.[1] Afterwards, he pursued a fellowship in Neurology at Mayo Clinic, before finishing his neurosurgical training at the Montreal Neurological Institute under Wilder Penfield.[2] In 1947, Rasmussen move to work at the University of Chicago for 7 years, before returning back to McGill University in Canada in 1954.[1]
Rasmussen was drafted for the Second World War, in 1942,[3] working as the chief of the neurosurgical section of the 14th Evacuation Hospital, being discharged in 1945, as a Lieutenant-colonel.[1][2]
Rasmussen syndrome is named for him. [4][5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Weir, Bryce (August 2002). "Theodore Rasmussen, 1910-2002". Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 29 (3): 289–290. doi:10.1017/S0317167100002092. ISSN 0317-1671.
- 1 2 Stahnisch, Frank W.; Nakashima, Amy S. (October 2013). "Theodore Brown Rasmussen (1910–2002)". Journal of Neurology. 260 (10): 2694–2696. doi:10.1007/s00415-013-6862-x. PMC 3824631. PMID 23430164.
- ↑ Gray, C. (1982-01-15). "Theodore brown rasmussen". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 126 (2): 202. ISSN 0008-4409. PMC 1862919. PMID 20313667.
- ↑ "Theodore Brown Rasmussen, MD". The Neuro. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ↑ Feindel, William (1 March 2003). "Theodore Brown Rasmussen (1910–2002): epilepsy surgeon, scientist, and teacher". Journal of Neurosurgery. 98 (3): 631–637. doi:10.3171/jns.2003.98.3.0631. PMID 12650440.
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