Eelco F. M. Wijdicks

Eelco F.M. Wijdicks MD, PhD is Professor of Neurology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic. In 1991 he established the Mayo Neurocritical Care Specialty. He is an attending neurointensivist in the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester MN. He was the founding editor of the journal Neurocritical Care, the official journal of the Neurocritical Care Society. He has been named Honorary Member of the Neurocritical Care Society. He received the Winkler medal. He has been awarded by Mayo Clinic with the Karis Award and Distinguished Educator Award. He originated the FOUR Score coma scale. He is also a Professor of the History of Medicine and former president of the International Society of the History of Neurosciences. He has over 1000 research papers, practice guidelines, topic reviews, book chapters and editorials to his credit. He has single-authored, co-authored and edited 35 books on Neurocritical Care with multiple later editions. Additionally he has authored 4 books on the history of medicine and the portrayal of medicine and neurology in cinema. He lives with his wife Barbara-Jane in Rochester (MN) and Bonita Springs (FL).