Alim Louis Benabid
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Alim Louis Benabid is a French-Algerian emeritus professor, neurosurgeon and member of the French Academy of Sciences, who has had a global impact in the development of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. He became emeritus professor of biophysics at the Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble in September 2007, and chairman of the board of the Edmond J. Safra Biomedical Research Center in 2009 at Clinatec, a multidisciplinary institute he co-founded in Grenoble that applies nanotechnologies to neurosciences.
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Alim Louis Benabid | |
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Born | (1942-05-02) May 2, 1942 (age 81) Grenoble, France |
Occupation | Neurosurgeon, researcher |
Education | MD, PhD |
Alma mater | Joseph Fourier University |
Subject | Medicine, Physics |
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