Background
Aicardi, Jean François was born on November 8, 1926 in Rambouillet, Ile-De-France, France. Son of Joseph Jean-Baptiste and Laurence Pauline (Dor) Aicardi.
Aicardi, Jean François was born on November 8, 1926 in Rambouillet, Ile-De-France, France. Son of Joseph Jean-Baptiste and Laurence Pauline (Dor) Aicardi.
Doctor of Medicine, Faculté de Society Française Médecine Légale, Paris, 1955.
Assistant physician Paris Hospitals, 1957-1959, associate physician, 1959-1969. Chief physician Sick Children's Hospital, 1969-1986. Chief investigator National Institutes of Health, Paris, 1968-1986, director investigation, 1986-1991.
Honorary professor child neurology Institute Child Health, London, since 1991.
Fellow Royal College Physicians, Royal College Paediat. and Child Health (honorary). Member French Association Rett Syndrome (president), French Association for Tuberous Sclerosis (president), American Neurological Association (honorary).
Married Jeanne Eugénie Couturier, July 4, 1958.