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Alim-Louis Benabid

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French neurosurgeon

FranceAcademicsBorn 1942 · age 84
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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.

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2016European Inventor Award
2015Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
2014Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
2012Officer of the Legion of Honour
2009Neuronal Plasticity Prize
2008Inserm honor price
Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms
honorary doctorate of the University of Porto
honorary doctorate from the McGill University

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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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France
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Born 1942 · age 84
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