title: 500th birthday of Andreas Vesalius, the founder of modern anatomy: "vivitur ingenio, caetera mortis erunt" ("genius lives on, all else is mortal").
abstract: It is often said that regional anesthesia is the practice of applied anatomy. Therefore, it is fitting that on the occasion of his 500th birthday, we celebrate the life and work of the brilliant Flemish anatomist, Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), the founder of modern anatomy.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Anesthesiology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY; †Departments of Pathology and Anesthesiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium; and ‡Department of Anesthesiology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; and §Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Vesalius Institute of Anatomy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Admir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hadzic
authors.forename: Neda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sadeghi
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vandepitte
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vandepitte
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van de Velde
authors.forename: Alen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hadzic
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Robays
authors.forename: Rene
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Heylen
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herijgers
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vloka
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Zundert
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction / Q000266:history*; D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events; D001271:Atlases as Topic / Q000266:history; D001530:Belgium; D002102:Cadaver; D004210:Dissection / Q000266:history; D049669:History, 16th Century; D006801:Humans; D009420:Nervous System / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D059408:Pain Management / Q000266:history*