In the history of medicine, Michel Ferrari is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Michel Ferrari as Swiss neurologist.
Michel Ferrari was born at Tanjungpandan in 1954. His recorded nationality is Switzerland. He trained at Leiden University.
Antibiotics, imaging and the randomised trial defined twentieth-century medicine; evidence replaced authority as the standard.
His posts were held at Leiden University.
The test of medical work is whether practice changed, not whether the argument was elegant.
Recognition followed: Spinoza Prize (2009).
That the work was done from Switzerland matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Michel Ferrari is still working, and the assessment of the contribution is not yet complete.
Achievements
- Spinoza Prize — 2009
- Held posts at Leiden University
