Robert Wartenberg

Dr.
Robert Wartenberg
Born(1887-06-19)June 19, 1887[1]
Grodno, Russian Empire[2]
Died(1956-11-16)November 16, 1956[3]
San Francisco, U.S.A.[3]
Education
Known forContributions to clinical neurology, namesake of the Wartenberg wheel[4]
Spouse
Baroness Isabelle von Sazenhofen
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(m. 1929)​
Scientific career
FieldsNeurology
Institutions

Robert Wartenberg (June 19, 1887 – November 16, 1956)[1] was a clinical neurologist and professor.[5]

Born in the then-Russian Empire, he attended university and established his career in Germany.[2] As a Jew, he was fired from his position as the University of Freiburg's Clinical Department of Neurology during the Nazi regime.[6] He immigrated to the US, settling in San Francisco and teaching at the University of California in San Francisco.[1][7]

He authored more than 150 papers and four books and made many significant discoveries in the area of clinical signs of neurological conditions. [3][1][4][2] He continues to be commemorated by the American Academy of Neurology's annual Robert Wartenberg Lecture and by many eponyms in the field of neurology.[8]

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  7. ^ Burkholder, David B.; Boes, Christopher J. (August 10, 2021). "Robert Wartenberg and the American Academy of Neurology". Neurology. 97 (6): 268–272. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000012104. ISSN 0028-3878. Archived from the original on July 18, 2024.
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