Background
Rapin, Isabelle was born on December 4, 1927 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Daughter of Rene and Mary Coe (Reeves) Rapin.
Rapin, Isabelle was born on December 4, 1927 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Daughter of Rene and Mary Coe (Reeves) Rapin.
Physician's Diploma. Faculte de Medicine, U. Lausanne, 1952; Doctorate in Medicine, U. Lausanne, 1955.
Intern in pediatrics, New York University Bellevue Medical Center, 1953-1954; resident in neurology, Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1954-1957; fellow in child neurology, Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1957-1958; member of faculty, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, since 1958; professor neurology and pediatrics, Albert Einstein College Medicine, since 1972; attending neurologist and child neurologist, Einstein Affiliated Hospitals, Bronx. Member National Advisory Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke Council, National Institutes of Health, 1984-1988.
Fellow American Academy Neurology (Executive Board 1995-1999). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Child Neurology Association (secretary-general 1979-1982, vice president 1982-1986, Frank R. Fordlectr. 1990), American Neurological Association (Vice-President 1982-1983), Child Neurology Society(Hower award 1987), International Neuropsychology Society, New York Academy Sciences, Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases (vice president 1986).
Married Harold Oaklander, April 5, 1959. Children: Anne Louise, Christine, Stephen, Peter.