The Geschwind Visiling Professorship was established by IIJe Deparfl1lelll of THE 15TH ANNUAL in of Normalf Geschwil1d, M.D., the James Jackson Pulnam Professor of Neurology at llarvard Medical School and ChOlrman Norman Geschwind of tlJe Departme1l1 from / 967. fUitii his untimely death;/1 1984.

We are pleased to welcome Dr. V.s. Ramachandranas the 15th NormanGeschwind Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran Visiting Professor in .D r. Ramachandranrece ived his M.D. degree Professor, NeurosciencesProgram & Departmentof Psychology from the Universityof Madras and then went to the Universityof Cambridge. where he Universityof California at SanDiego receive his Ph.D. from Trinity College in 1978. He then was a post-doctoral fellow with Director.Center for and Cognition Dr.Jack Pettigrew at Cal Techbefore }Dining the faculty of the Universityo f California at San Diego, wnere he rapidly rose through the ranks to become a Professor in 1987, Universityo f California at SanDiego and Directorof the Center for Brain and Cognition in 1996. Adjunct Professorof Biology, Salk Institute, La Jolla, California Dr.Ramachandran is best known for his work on sensory and its bearing on . Hisearly work, includinga series of papers in Nature,focused on Wednesday, May 30, 2008 stereopsis and binocular rivalryas well as color and motion perception, by using clever 9:30 a.m. combinations of neuropsychologyand psychophysicsin human subjects. Hisstudies on visual illusionsallowed him to derived important principlesof higher order visual Norman Geschwind Memorial Lecture processing in the . In the 1990's, he began focusing on how the brain fills "Reviving the Golden Age of Neurology; in gaps in perception.This work led him from the visual system to the phenomenon of Phantom Limbs, Body Image and Synesthesia" phantom limb and plasticity of ory systems, including syn thesia, in sensation, sens the es HarvardInstitut e of Medicine, Bray Room, l SI floor which sensory experiences produce per eptions in different modalities, suc as hear ng c h - i Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center colors or tasting shapes.- These studies into how the brain perceives its environment have led to insights into consciousness itself. In addition to authoring over 100 scientific publications. Dr. Ramachandran has also contributed to education of the general public 10:30 a.m. on these issues, with several articles in ScientificAmerican and books such as Phantoms Reception in the Brain and A Brief Tourof Human Consciousness. Harvard Institute of MedicineConference Room, 8 m Floor BIOMC.Easl Campus Dr. Ramachandran has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gold Medal from the Institute of Neurology in Madras, the Ramon y Cajal Award from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. the International Neuropsychiatry Society,the Aliens Cappers Awardfrom the Royal Netherlands Institute of Science, and the HenryDale medal by the RoyalSociety of Lunch with Residents london, as well as two honorary doctorates. He has given many named lectures, farr 11 ConferenceRoom includinga presidential special lecture and a Decadeo f the Brainlecture at the Society BIDMC,West Campus for Neuroscience, and was chosen by Newsweekmagazine as one of the 100 most promisingpeop le to watch in the next century. 1 :30 - 3:00 p.m. Professor's Rounds Case Presentation Kirstein living Room BIOMC.Ea st Campus

This Visiting Professorshipis sponsored by the Department of Neurology, Beth Israel DeaconessMedi cal Center, and the Ganz Memorial Fund.