Ajmone Marsan, Cosimo

Cosimo Carlo Ajmone Marsan was born on January 2, 1918, in Cossato Verc, Italy.

He was an American physician. He was chief of the Clinical Neurosciences Branch, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke (1954-1979) and professor of neurology at the University of Miami Medical School. He also was on the faculty of G.W.U. School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Before joining NINCDS, Dr. Ajmone Marsan taught neurophysiology at McGill University and directed a laboratory of neurophysiology at the Montreal Neurological Institute, where he had previously been a Rockefeller Fellow. A graduate of the University of Turin Medical School and later certified by the American Board of Electroencephalographers, he wrote over 100 publications, including two monographs. Throughout his career, Dr. Ajmone Marsan was active in several professional organizations and served as their president. He was the director of symposia of the UNESCO International Brain Research Organization. Dr. Ajmone Marsan was a leading figure in epilepsy research and care for over half a century. His contributions to both clinical and basic science aspects of epilepsy have been monumental. Dr. Ajmone Marsan has trained numerous students from all over the world into distinguished epileptologists.

He died on August 31, 2004, in Biella, Italy.