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Juhn A. Wada, O.C., D.Sc.(Hon),
M.D., Med.Sc.D., F.A.A.N., F.R.C.P.(C)
Professor Emeritus,
Neurosciences & Neurology
Born in Tokyo (1924). Naturalized Canadian (1961).
Married to Mary Iwasaki with 2 children
Received M.D. (1946) and Med.Sc.D. (1950) in Clinical Neurophysiology from Hokkaido Imperial University. Japan. As an Assistant Professor of Neurology & Psychiatry (1951-54), he organised and developed Brain Surgery Unit that later evolved to the Department of Neurosurgery at the Hokkaido university.
He came to University of Minnesota as a fellow in Neurology (Dr. Baker) and Neurophysiology (Dr. Gellhorn) (1954) and moved to Montreal Neurological Institute as a fellow in Neurology (Dr. McNaughton), Neurosurgery (Dr. Penfield) and Neurophysiology (Dr. Jasper) (1955).
He joined the Department of Neurological Research (Dr. Gibson), Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia (1956) and developed Experimental Epilepsy Program & Primate Colony (1956-1996) in Kinsmen Laboratory, Epilepsy Surgery Program (1961- ) at UBC and VGH, the EEG Department (1969- ) and the Seizure Investigation Unit (1980- ) at UBC Hospital.
Professional Qualifications
Medical Licentiate, (1946) Health Ministry, Japan ; and (1959) Medical Council of Canada.
Certified Neurologist, (1961) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Hospital Appointement
1961-1980 Active Staff, Neurology & Associate in EEG, Vancouver General Hospital
1981- Honorary Staff, Neurology, Vancouver General Hospital
1969-1994 Active Staff, Neurology & Psychiatry, UBC Hospital
1969-1994 Director, EEG Department, UBC Hospital
1980-1994 Director, Seizure Investigation Unit, UBC Hospital
1994-Present, Honorary staff, Neurology; Director Emeritus, EEG & Epilepsy Program, UBC Health Sciences Center
Sabbatical Research Leave from UBC
1959-1960 (6 mos), University of Iowa (Drs.Knott and Ingram) and Brain Research Institute
(Drs. Magoun & French), University of California, Los Angeles;
1965 (3 mos), California Institute of Technology (Dr. R. Sperry), Palo Alto
1970-71, Hopital Timone (Dr. H. Gastaut) &, Centre National Recherché Scientifique (Dr. R. Naquet), Marseilles, and Functional Neurosurgery (Drs. Talairach and Bancaud), Centre Sainte-Anne , Neuropsychology (Dr.H.Hecan),Paris
1983-84, Centre National Recherché Scientifique,(Drs. Fessard & Naquet), Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Scientific Publication
Eleven books edited and 323 papers on human brain asymmetry , neurobiology of epilepsy and kindling.
Professional Society Administration:
Executive Committee Member
1975-1981, Epilepsy International Organisation
1984-1988, International Federation of EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology.
Founding Presidency
1977-1979, Canadian League Against Epilepsy
1975-01, Vancouver Society for Epilepsy Research
Presidency
1977-79, Western Institute of Epilepsy (USA)
1976-78, Epilepsy International (Organised major Public Awareness Campaign that became the tradition since)
1985-86, AmericanEEG & Clinical Neurophysiology Society (Created Herbert H. Jasper Lecture & Award Program)
1988-89, American Epilepsy Society ( Raised $800.000 for World-Wide Epilepsy Research Program for Childhood-Onset Epilepsy)
1975, 1980,1985,1990, 1995 International Kindling Symposium
1993 International Congress of EEG & Clinical Neurophysiology.
Honours
1961 Fellow, Royal college of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
1963-94 Career Investigator & Associate, the Medical Research Council of Canada
1972 Fellow, American Academy of Neurology
1975 Creation of Juhn A. Wada Award by the Japan Epilepsy Society
1981 Fellow, American Electroencephalographic (EEG) Society
1981 William G. Lennox Lecturer, American Epilesy Society
1986 Herbert H. Jasper Lecturer, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
1986 Wilder Penfield Lecturer, Japan Neurosurgical Association
1984 International Exchange Professorship, Hokkaido University
1985 William G. Lennox Visiting Professorship designated by American Epilepsy Society
1989 Birch Memorial Lecturer, International Neuropsychology Society
1989 Rosen Memorial Lecturer, American Medical EEG Association
1992, Officer of the Order of Canada, Ottawa
1993 C.L.Dolman Lecturer, University of British Columbia/ Vancouver General Hospital
1994 Wilder Penfield Lecturer, Western EEG Society (USA)
1995, The Order of Japan (Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star), Tokyo
1995, Inclusion of the Wada Test in the Dutch Neurological Society's Centennial book by Kohler et al "Het Neurologisch Onderzoek in Eponym";, Arts & Boeve, Nijmegen.
2003, Doctor of science honoris causa, University of British Columbia
Awards:
1976, Distinguished Service Award, New York, Epilepsy Foundation of America
1978, Gold Medallion, Vancouver, Epilepsy International Organisation
1981, Ambassador Award , Kyoto, Epilepsy International Organisation
1988, Wilder Penfield Gold Medal, Montreal, Canadian League Against Epilepsy & Canadian Neurological Congress
1989-1990 William G. Lennox Professorship, Epilepsy Foundation of America
1997, Distinguished Research Award and Gold Medal , Tokyo, Japan Epilepsy Research Foundation
1998, William G. Lennox Award , Boston, American Epilepsy Society
2001, Herbert H. Jasper Award, Philadelphia , American Clinical Neurophysiology Society.
2008, Distinguished Graduate Award, Sapporo , Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine
Honourary memberships:
1977 Japan Epilepsy Society, Tokyo
1981 Eastern EEG Association (USA), New York
1991 German Epilepsy Society , Nuernberg
1994 Western EEG Society (USA), Los angeles
1996 Canadian Neurological Society, San Francisco
1996 Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists, San Francisco
M.D., Med.Sc.D., F.A.A.N., F.R.C.P.(C)
Professor Emeritus,
Neurosciences & Neurology
Born in Tokyo (1924). Naturalized Canadian (1961).
Married to Mary Iwasaki with 2 children
Received M.D. (1946) and Med.Sc.D. (1950) in Clinical Neurophysiology from Hokkaido Imperial University. Japan. As an Assistant Professor of Neurology & Psychiatry (1951-54), he organised and developed Brain Surgery Unit that later evolved to the Department of Neurosurgery at the Hokkaido university.
He came to University of Minnesota as a fellow in Neurology (Dr. Baker) and Neurophysiology (Dr. Gellhorn) (1954) and moved to Montreal Neurological Institute as a fellow in Neurology (Dr. McNaughton), Neurosurgery (Dr. Penfield) and Neurophysiology (Dr. Jasper) (1955).
He joined the Department of Neurological Research (Dr. Gibson), Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia (1956) and developed Experimental Epilepsy Program & Primate Colony (1956-1996) in Kinsmen Laboratory, Epilepsy Surgery Program (1961- ) at UBC and VGH, the EEG Department (1969- ) and the Seizure Investigation Unit (1980- ) at UBC Hospital.
Professional Qualifications
Medical Licentiate, (1946) Health Ministry, Japan ; and (1959) Medical Council of Canada.
Certified Neurologist, (1961) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Hospital Appointement
1961-1980 Active Staff, Neurology & Associate in EEG, Vancouver General Hospital
1981- Honorary Staff, Neurology, Vancouver General Hospital
1969-1994 Active Staff, Neurology & Psychiatry, UBC Hospital
1969-1994 Director, EEG Department, UBC Hospital
1980-1994 Director, Seizure Investigation Unit, UBC Hospital
1994-Present, Honorary staff, Neurology; Director Emeritus, EEG & Epilepsy Program, UBC Health Sciences Center
Sabbatical Research Leave from UBC
1959-1960 (6 mos), University of Iowa (Drs.Knott and Ingram) and Brain Research Institute
(Drs. Magoun & French), University of California, Los Angeles;
1965 (3 mos), California Institute of Technology (Dr. R. Sperry), Palo Alto
1970-71, Hopital Timone (Dr. H. Gastaut) &, Centre National Recherché Scientifique (Dr. R. Naquet), Marseilles, and Functional Neurosurgery (Drs. Talairach and Bancaud), Centre Sainte-Anne , Neuropsychology (Dr.H.Hecan),Paris
1983-84, Centre National Recherché Scientifique,(Drs. Fessard & Naquet), Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Scientific Publication
Eleven books edited and 323 papers on human brain asymmetry , neurobiology of epilepsy and kindling.
Professional Society Administration:
Executive Committee Member
1975-1981, Epilepsy International Organisation
1984-1988, International Federation of EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology.
Founding Presidency
1977-1979, Canadian League Against Epilepsy
1975-01, Vancouver Society for Epilepsy Research
Presidency
1977-79, Western Institute of Epilepsy (USA)
1976-78, Epilepsy International (Organised major Public Awareness Campaign that became the tradition since)
1985-86, AmericanEEG & Clinical Neurophysiology Society (Created Herbert H. Jasper Lecture & Award Program)
1988-89, American Epilepsy Society ( Raised $800.000 for World-Wide Epilepsy Research Program for Childhood-Onset Epilepsy)
1975, 1980,1985,1990, 1995 International Kindling Symposium
1993 International Congress of EEG & Clinical Neurophysiology.
Honours
1961 Fellow, Royal college of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
1963-94 Career Investigator & Associate, the Medical Research Council of Canada
1972 Fellow, American Academy of Neurology
1975 Creation of Juhn A. Wada Award by the Japan Epilepsy Society
1981 Fellow, American Electroencephalographic (EEG) Society
1981 William G. Lennox Lecturer, American Epilesy Society
1986 Herbert H. Jasper Lecturer, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
1986 Wilder Penfield Lecturer, Japan Neurosurgical Association
1984 International Exchange Professorship, Hokkaido University
1985 William G. Lennox Visiting Professorship designated by American Epilepsy Society
1989 Birch Memorial Lecturer, International Neuropsychology Society
1989 Rosen Memorial Lecturer, American Medical EEG Association
1992, Officer of the Order of Canada, Ottawa
1993 C.L.Dolman Lecturer, University of British Columbia/ Vancouver General Hospital
1994 Wilder Penfield Lecturer, Western EEG Society (USA)
1995, The Order of Japan (Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star), Tokyo
1995, Inclusion of the Wada Test in the Dutch Neurological Society's Centennial book by Kohler et al "Het Neurologisch Onderzoek in Eponym";, Arts & Boeve, Nijmegen.
2003, Doctor of science honoris causa, University of British Columbia
Awards:
1976, Distinguished Service Award, New York, Epilepsy Foundation of America
1978, Gold Medallion, Vancouver, Epilepsy International Organisation
1981, Ambassador Award , Kyoto, Epilepsy International Organisation
1988, Wilder Penfield Gold Medal, Montreal, Canadian League Against Epilepsy & Canadian Neurological Congress
1989-1990 William G. Lennox Professorship, Epilepsy Foundation of America
1997, Distinguished Research Award and Gold Medal , Tokyo, Japan Epilepsy Research Foundation
1998, William G. Lennox Award , Boston, American Epilepsy Society
2001, Herbert H. Jasper Award, Philadelphia , American Clinical Neurophysiology Society.
2008, Distinguished Graduate Award, Sapporo , Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine
Honourary memberships:
1977 Japan Epilepsy Society, Tokyo
1981 Eastern EEG Association (USA), New York
1991 German Epilepsy Society , Nuernberg
1994 Western EEG Society (USA), Los angeles
1996 Canadian Neurological Society, San Francisco
1996 Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists, San Francisco
Submitted on February 20, 2015 in By David.
