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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Charles Marcel Poser (1923–2010) was an American neurologist. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCPE). | Charles Marcel Poser (1923–2010) was an American neurologist. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCPE). | ||
Poser was born on December 30, 1923, in Antwerp, Belgium. He died on November 11, 2010, in Boston, Massachusetts, US. | Poser was born on December 30, 1923, in Antwerp, Belgium. He died on November 11, 2010, in Boston, Massachusetts, US. | ||
His parents, fearing the outbreak of World War II, tried to move to the United States. | His parents, fearing the outbreak of World War II, tried to move to the United States. And assigned to Army military intelligence due to his ability to speak French, Dutch, and German. Poser was stationed in Bastogne, when it was surrounded by German troops, during the Battle of the Bulge. He was present during the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp. | ||
After the war, he finished his degree at CCNY, and earned a medical degree at the Columbia Medical School. After earning his medical degree, he was a resident in Neurology at the New York Neurological Institute of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, where he worked under H. Houston Merritt. | After the war, he finished his degree at CCNY, and earned a medical degree at the Columbia Medical School. After earning his medical degree, he was a resident in Neurology at the New York Neurological Institute of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, where he worked under H. Houston Merritt. | ||
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Poser's particular interest was diseases of the myelin. His major scientific accomplishment was "the first definitive system for measuring and describing MS", the Poser criteria unveiled in 1983. | Poser's particular interest was diseases of the myelin. His major scientific accomplishment was "the first definitive system for measuring and describing MS", the Poser criteria unveiled in 1983. | ||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||