Homenaje a George B. Udvarhelyi (1920-2010)

Daniel E. Nijensohn; Edward R. Laws Jr.; Luis E. Savastano

doi:10.47924/neurotarget2011286

Authors

Daniel E. Nijensohn Brain, Spine and Nerve Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Edward R. Laws Jr. Pituitary/Neuroendocrine Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Luis E. Savastano Área de Anatomía Normal, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47924/neurotarget2011286

Keywords:

functional neurosurgery, History of neurosurgery in Argentina, Argentine neurosurgeons in the world, Argentine neurosurgeons at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Argentine neurosurgeons, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Abstract

Argentina, a promising land of opportunity, has traditionally been a country of immigrants. This phenomenon reversed in the second half of the 20th Century when highly educated professionals emigrated and practiced with distinction the medical specialty of neurosurgery around the world. In a few cases, immigrant physicians to Argentina stayed for only a few years and then left in search of brighter horizons elsewhere. Although their stay in Argentina was transitory, some of them considered it very important in their personal and professional lives and some were witnesses or participants in important historical events while there. This is the case of Dr. George B. Udvarhelyi. Although he was born and raised in Hungary and practiced his specialty of neurosurgery mostly in the US, his life has a strong connection to Argentine history and to Argentine neurosurgery, as we have recently published in Neurotarget in the article «New Contributions on the Treatment of Pain, Anxiety and Agitation in the Medical Case of Eva Perón. Functional Antalgic Neurosurgery in 1952». This biography of Dr. Udvarhelyi, who recently died in Baltimore, Maryland, emphasizes his Argentine years and his contributions to functional neurosurgery. We hope that this study adds to the History of Argentine Medicine and complements the published contributions on the History of Argentine Neurosurgeons in the World in the Argentine Journal of Neurosurgery.

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