Prof. Philippe Evrard
Full Professor, classe exceptionnelle, emeritus, University of Paris Diderot Medical School (Pediatrics and Neuroscience)
- Former chief of Pediatric Neurology and Metabolic Diseases, Hôpital Robert-Debré (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris)
- Former Director of the Research Laboratory INSERM E9935 (Developmental Neuroscience)
- Former full professor and chief of service and research unit at the University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium
- Member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine
- Honorary Professor, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
- Former Visiting Professor, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
- Founder, and former Secretary general, EPNS [European Pediatric Neurology Society]
- Former Board Member of the ICNA [International Child Neurology Association]
- Former Member of the Standing Committee of the International Pediatric Association (representing the ICNA and French Pediatrics)
- Member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Member of the Child Neurology Society (USA)
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the University Paris 13 (as representative of the INSERM Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale)
- Former President of the European Academy of Childhood Disability
- Formerly President of the Scientific Council, Trustee, and member of the executive board, Office de la Naissance et de l'Enfance [ONE], Belgian governmental agency for Mothers and Children
- Formerly Founder and President, Société Européenne de Neurologie Pédiatrique.
- Formerly Visiting Scientist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Founder and formerly president of the Formerly President, Belgian Pediatric Neurology Society
- Former Chairman, Autism National Committee (Bonnes Pratiques), Haute Autorité de Santé, France
Main research contributions:
- Ontogenic and phylogenic neocortical units.
- Mechanisms, disturbances and diseases of neuronal migration.
- New concepts and tools for "neuroprotection".
Awards:
- Mac Keith Award (British Pediatric Neurology Association)
- Segawa Award (Japanese Pediatric Neurology Society)
- Bengt Hagberg Award (Swedish Pediatric Neurology Society)
- Alpha Omega Alpha Award, California Chapter, U.S.A.
- Michael J. Bresnan Award and Visiting Professorship 2001,
- Children’s Hospital – Harvard Medical School, Boston.
- Heinz Prechtl Award in Developmental Neurology, May 2003
Publications: See original papers on MedLine and books on PubMed