Ruben Kuzniecky

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ruben Kuzniecky
Occupation	Neurologist
Date Of Birth	Aug 18, 1957(1957-08-18)
Age	67
Birthplace	Panama City
Country	Panama
Birth City	Panamá
Horoscope	Leo

Ruben Kuzniecky Biography

Ruben Kuzniecky is one of the most popular and richest Neurologist who was born on August 18, 1957 in Panama City, Panamá, Panama.

After finishing medical school, Kuzniecky did a six-month stint as a research fellow at the Institute of Medical Research of the University of Buenos Aires. He then returned to Panama where he completed a one-year internship at the CSS hospital in Panama City and then went into his second year of internship in the countryside. In 1983 he was accepted to the Montreal neurological Institute, McGill University, for a neurology residency. He went into an epilepsy/EEG fellowship at the Montreal Neurological Institute under Drs. Pierre Gloor and Fred Andermann, which he completed in 1988. That year he was appointed as Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Alabama Birmingham, where he began his academic career. In 1992 he became Director of the UAB epilepsy center, a post he held until 2003. In 1997-1998 he was appointed as visiting professor at the Department of Physics at the University College of London, where he did magnetic resonance imaging research.

Kuzniecky described the Kuzniecky Syndrome in 1991, also known as perisylvian polymicrogyria. The syndrome is characterized by seizures, cognitive abnormalities, and a peculiar inability to use the mouth and tongue muscles. This syndrome is recognized by as a specific malformation of the brain.

Ruben Kuzniecky Net Worth

Ruben Kuzniecky is one of the richest Neurologist from Panama. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ruben Kuzniecky 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kuzniecky was born in Panama City, Republic of Panama, the son of Betzalel and Sara Kuzniecky. His parents were educators and founded and directed schools in Panama such as the Instituto Alberto Einstein and later on the Instituto Pedagogico. Kuzniecky attended the Instituto Pedagogico in Panama and graduated from the Instituto Wolfshon in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He excelled in high school as an athlete, finishing in 4th place in the 100 and 200 meter dash at the age of 16 in the Panama national school track and field championship. He entered the Universidad de Buenos Aires medical school in 1975 and graduated in 1981.

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In the past years, Kuzniecky began a program to help children from Panama with severe epilepsy to have access to surgical treatment by collaborating with Panama neurologists and bringing a US epilepsy team member to Panama’s children’s hospital. Since 2013, in conjunction with Dr. Howard Weiner from Texas Children’s Hospital and others, the team has operated on many children with severe epilepsy. The program has been supported by Panama’s first lady office of social programs. In 2016 he founded the non-profit foundation LUCES PANAMA that provides free anti-seizure medications to poor children with epilepsy in Panama.[5]

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Eric Ranked on the list of most popular Neurologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Panama. Ruben Kuzniecky celebrates birthday on August 18 of every year.

Additional research projects include the development of a watch sensor to detect convulsive seizures.. Kuzniecky continues to work on the Analysis of the Epilepsy Genome Phenome project through the EPi4K Genomic Discovery team. In addition, Kuzniecky, in conjunction with Dr. Daniel Lowenstein and Dr. Jacqueline French, launched the Human Epilepsy Project (HEP). This project, involving 30 sites, aims to recruit 500 patients with new onset epilepsy and follow them up for seven years. In 2018, the HEP 2 project funded through the epilepsy foundation of America is starting to recruit patients at Northwell health. More recently, Dr. Kuzniecky launched a study of cardiac function in epilepsy using the Linq cardiac monitor with the aim of monitoring cardiac rhythm long-term.