Biographical Sketch

Academic career:

MD degree University of Vienna 1949. Gastarzt University Hospital for Neurology and Psychiatry 1950. Internship Staten Island Hospital NY, New York 1950-1951. Fellowship in Neurology and Electroencephalography Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota 1951-1955. MS, Neurology University of Minnesota 1955.

 Subsequently academic appointments at University of Michigan Ann Arbor (Instructor, Assistant Professor) and Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan (Associate Professor, Professor). Currently Adjunct Professor Department of Neurology, University of Utah. Engaged in research dealing with electrical and magnetic activity of the brain.

Other appointments:

Chief of Neurology and Electroencephalography Lafayette Clinic Detroit, Michigan. Medical Director Epilepsy Center of Michigan, Director of Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory Harper Hospital Detroit, Michigan. Retired from clinical practice 1990.

Biographical listing: Who’s Who in the World, Editions 1984-85 through 1994-1995.

Awards:

S Weir Mitchell Award American Academy of Neurology. Ambassador for Epilepsy, International League against Epilepsy and International Bureau for Epilepsy.

Membership in scientific societies:

American Clinical Neurophysiology Society – past President; Eastern EEG Society – past President; Western Clinical Neurophysiology society – Honorary member of Great Distinction. American Epilepsy Society – Senior Member. American Academy of Neurology – Senior Member.

Publications:

Over 120 peer reviewed scientific articles on clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy (most of them viewable on PubMed under Rodin E). Twenty invited chapters in monographs on epilepsy or clinical neurophysiology. Books: The Prognosis of Patients with Epilepsy; Epilepsy, Sleep and Sleep Deprivation with R. Degen.

Personal data:

Born August, 30 1925 Vienna, Austria. Married Martha J. Kinscher 1951. U.S. citizenship 1957. Three children, six grandchildren. Previous hobbies: Skiing, sailing, bike riding. Life Member Grosse Pointe Sail Club. Advanced age precludes active participation. Current interests apart from science: reading and writing about history, philosophy, religion and their impact on today’s policies.

e-mail: erodin@pol.net.