Frederick Andermann

Frederick Andermann (1930 to 2019) was a Canadian neurologist and epileptologist. Born in Chernivtsi, then part of Romania and now in Ukraine, he moved with his family through Bucharest, Switzerland and Paris before emigrating to Canada in 1950, where he studied medicine at the Université de Montréal and neurology at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital. He became a professor at McGill University and for many years directed the epilepsy unit and clinic of that institute. He held leading posts in Canadian neurological societies and, within the International League Against Epilepsy, chaired its task force on classification and its commission on classification and terminology from 1993 to 1997. In 1972 he described Andermann syndrome, which bears his name, and he edited many volumes on epilepsy, its causes and related disorders.