# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otfrid-foerster
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:16:51.989Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otfrid-foerster"
name: "Otfrid Foerster"
slug: "otfrid-foerster"
description: "Otfrid Foerster was a German neurologist and neurosurgeon, who made innovative contributions to neurology and neurosurgery, such as rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity, anterolateral cordotomy for pain, the hyperventilation test for epilepsy, Foerster's syndrome, the first electrocorticogram of a brain tumor, and the first surgeries for epilepsy. He also made influential contributions in advancing knowledge of dermatomes, building upon previous work of Herringham, Thorburn, Sherrington, and others. He also helped map the motor cortex of the cerebrum."
tagline: "German neurologist (1873–1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otfrid_Foerster_portrait_-_Wellcome_L0070084_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1873-11-09"
deathDate: "1941-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.43
  momentum:             7.962962962962964
  historical:           8.957705333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Otfrid Foerster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "أوتفريد فورستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اوتفريد فورستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Otfrid Foerster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfrid_Foerster"
    title: "Otfrid Foerster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfrid_F%C3%B6rster"
    title: "Otfrid Förster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfrid_Foerster"
    title: "Otfrid Foerster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfrid_Foerster"
    title: "Otfrid Foerster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfrid_Foerster"
    title: "Otfrid Foerster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%91%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Фёрстер, Отфрид"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump