Fazekas biography

Franz Fazekas

Austrian neurologist

Franz Fazekas (born ) is an Austrian neurologist and former head of the department of neurology at the Medical University of Graz.

Career

Fazekas studied medicine at the faculty of medicine of the University of Graz and completed his studies in Afterwards, he started his residency at the department of neurology and psychiatry of the university hospital of Graz.

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Fazekas received a Fulbright scholarship in and spent a two-year research stay at the University of Pennsylvania.[1]

Fazekas received his habilitation in and was made full professor of neurology in In he become head of the department of Neurology at the Medical University of Graz.[2]

Fazekas was president of the Austrian Stroke Society from to and president of the Austrian Society of Neurology from to In Fazekas was elected president of the European Academy of Neurology for a two-year term.[2]

Scientific expertise

The scientific focus of Fazekas is neuroimaging using magnetic resonance imaging, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and dementia.

Fazekas suggested a scale to grade white-matter hyperintensities, which was later named the Fazekas scale and is used worldwide in neurology and neuroradiology.[3] Additionally, Fazekas is one of the first researchers who suggested MRT-based criteria for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.[1] Fazekas is the author of more than articles in scientific journals and was an editorial board member of several high-impact scientific journals: Neurology, Stroke, and Multiple Sclerosis Journal.[2]

Sources

  1. ^ abAdrian Burton (October ), "Franz Fazekas: a specialist in not overspecialising", Lancet Neurology (in German), vol.&#;18, no.&#;10
  2. ^ abc"Franz Fazekas".

    Research portal of the Medical University of Graz.

  3. ^F Fazekas, J B Chawluk, A Alavi, H I Hurtig, R A Zimmerman (), "MR signal abnormalities at T in Alzheimer's dementia and normal aging", AJR Am J Roentgenol (in German), vol.&#;, no.&#;2, pp.&#;–, doi/ajr, PMID&#;, S2CID&#;: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)