Abraão (Abraham) Akerman, Russian-born Brazilian neurosurgeon (Petrograd, Russia  27 February 1908 – Rio de Janeiro 19 July 1985)

ACHIEVEMENTS

Gained international recognition for his studies concerning central nervous system diseases

Described Alajouanine-Akerman ataxic unstable hand

With T. A.J. Alajouanine. Attitude de la main dans une poussée monobrachiale astéréognosique de la sclérose en plaques. Rev. Neurol. 1:318-322, 1931.

Published with Paulo Niemeyer and Barreto Neto the paper Arterite de célula gigante (Arterite Temporal). Med. Cirurgia e Farm. (Rio de Janeiro) 252:117, 1957, that gained success in United States and USSR. 

SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY

Clinica das discinesias. Med. Cir. Farm. 231:306-28, 1955

Tratamento da paralisia facial de Bell pela cortisona. Arq. Neuropsiqu. 12:440, 1954

A paralisia facial periférica nos doentes de hipertensão arterial. Med. Cir. Farm. 221:408-14, 1954

With P. Niemeyer. Hematoma cerebral espontâneo. Med. Cir. Farm. 202(2):53-73, 1953

With P. Niemeyer. Diagnóstico e tratamento cirúrgico dos aneurismas arteriovenosos do cérebro. Med. Cir. Farm. 204:111-47, 1953

OTHERS

Visiting Professor, Mount Sinai School, University of New York