Background
Silfvenius, Herbert Karl Johannes was born on March 16, 1931 in Borga, Finland. Son of Mikko and Astrid Judith (Engberg) Silfvenius.
Silfvenius, Herbert Karl Johannes was born on March 16, 1931 in Borga, Finland. Son of Mikko and Astrid Judith (Engberg) Silfvenius.
Doctor of Medicine, Helsinki University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Umea University, 1972.
Associate professor neurosurgery Umea (Sweden) University, since 1982. Head department neurosurgery Umea University Hospital, 1984-1986. Co-chairman ILAE Commission Neurosurgery of Epilepsy, 1987-1993, Commission Economic Aspects Epilepsy, since 1994.
Member World Health Organization Commission Dictionary of Epilepsy, since 1993. Invited lecturer in field.
Married Ulla-Britta Iris Liljestrand, June 29, 1959. Children: Bodil, Christopher.