In memoriam Ladislau Steiner, neurosurgeon: some people from transylvania do live forever.
We review the extraordinary professional trajectory of Ladislau Steiner, a prolific neurosurgeon and radiosurgeon, who died earlier this year. Dr. Steiner trained and practiced as a neurosurgeon in his native Romania until he was 42, before moving to Stockholm. After 25 years at the Karolinska Institute, when most people consider retirement, he spent the following 25 years of his life as director of the Lars Leksell Center for Gamma Knife Radiosurgery at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. At 90, nostalgia for Europe made him accept the position of director of the Gamma Knife Center at the International Neuroscience Institute in Hannover, Germany. His life was dedicated to the 15,000 patients whose lives he saved in his lengthy career.
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, York, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Eduard.dinca@gmail.com.
Eduard B
EB
Dinca
Neurosurgery Department, Sanador Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
Alexandru V
AV
Ciurea
Leksell Gamma Knife Center, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpétrière, Paris, France.
Charles-Ambroise
CA
Valéry
D005060:Europe; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history*; D010346:Patient Care Management; D012383:Romania; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014768:Virginia
Gamma Knife; History; Neurosurgery; Stereotactic radiosurgery