PUBLICATIONS:

Simón, MP, Nijensohn, DE, Levin, MR : Conducto Inguinal y Capas del Escroto: Síntesis Anatómica : 1st Ed. 1964, 29 pages: 2nd Ed. 1967, 33 Pages. Fasanella Editors, Mendoza, 1964, 1967.

Simón, MP, Nijensohn, DE, Serruya, RJ, Levin, MR : El Diafragma: Estudio Integral: Morfológico y Funcional, con Breves Consideraciones Médico-Quirúrgicas 1967, 167 Pages. Fasanella Editors, Mendoza, 1967.

Arrigoni, HE, Jorge, A, Nijensohn, DE: Nefropatía Heredofamiliar Asociada:
Revista Clínica Española, 11: 33-40, Jan. 15, 1970.

Soriya, JW, Nijensohn, DE, Miller, RH: Multiple Hemangioblastomas of the Central Nervous System: Minnesota Medicine, 1059-1061, Dec. 1973.

Baker, HL, Nijensohn, DE, Laventman, J: Tomografía Axial Computadorizada de la Cabeza: Evaluación Inicial; Acta Neurológica Latinoamericana, Volumen 19:1-9, Dec. 1973. Imp. Rosgal S.A. -Ejido 1622. (This was the First Clinical Paper on CT Scan of the Head Published in the World.)

Nijensohn, DE, Sáez, RJ, Regan, TJ: Clinical Significance of Basilar Artery Aneurysms; Neurology (Minneapolis) 24: 301-305, April, 1974; Abstract in JAMA, 228: 1451, June 10, 1974. Modern Medicine, Sept. 16, 1974; Geriatrics, 29: 195-197, Nov. 1974; Year Book of Neurology and Neurosurgery, 1976.

Nijensohn, DE, Laventman, J, Miller, RH, Gómez, MR: Repeated ‘Occult’ Spinal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Spinal Cord Ependymoma: Minnesota Medicine, 57: 697-699. Sept. 1974.

Nijensohn, DE: Historical Vignette: Manuel Balado (1847-1922), a Distinguished Mayo Alumnus, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, April 1974, Volume 49: 256-258.

Nijensohn, DE, Araujo, JC, MacCarty, CS: Meningiomas of Meckel’s Cave; Journal of Neurosurgery, Volume 43: 197-202, Aug. 1975.

Kerr, FWL, Nijensohn, DE : Electroanalgesia and Acupuncture for Pain: Physiological Evidence for Prolonged Central Effects; Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Neuroelectric Society,  New Orleans, Louisiana. Nov. 21, 1974.

Kerr, FW, Wilson, PR, Nijensohn, DE: Acupuncture reduces the trigeminal evoked response in decerebrate cats. Exp Neurol. 1978 Aug; 61(1):84-95.1978.

Nijensohn, DE, Kerr, FWL: The Ascending Projections of the Dorsolateral Funiculus of the Spinal Cord in the Primate; Journal of Comparative Neurology, Volume 161, no. 3: 459-470, June 1, 1975. Presented in the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, October 24, 1974, St. Louis, Missouri.

Nijensohn, DE, Master of Science Thesis: The Ascending Projections of the Dorsolateral Funiculus of the Spinal Cord in the Primate; University of Minnesota, December 1976.

Nijensohn, DE, Ph.D Thesis, (“Doctor en Medicina”), Neuroanatomia de las Vias del Dolor, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina, 1976. 

Nijensohn et al, Neurosciences Research Program, MIT Bulletin, Symposium on Pain, participant. FWL Kerr and KL Casey, Volume 16, 1, February 1978, the MIT Press, Boston, MA. 1978.

Kerr, FWL, Wilson, PR, Nijensohn, DE: Acupuncture Reduces Trigeminal Evoked Response in Decerebrate Cats; Experimental Neurology 61, 84-95, 1978.

Opalak, ME, Nijensohn, DE: Stereotactic Neurosurgery in a Community Setting, Connecticut Medicine, 54: 8-9, Jan. 1990  

Fried, I, Nijensohn, DE, Al-Rayas, M, Spencer, DD, Criscuolo, GR: Transformation of Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor and Medulloblastoma to Differentiated Neoplasms, Cancer, 1990.

Khoury, GM, Shimkin, PM, Kleinman, G, Mastroianni, P, Nijensohn, DE: CT and MRI findings of Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis of the Spine. Spine, Vol 16, No 10, Oct. 1991.

Nijensohn, DE, Opalak, ME, Mintz, A, Sweitzer, S, Lettera, J, Mergenthaler, F: Transternal Biclavicular Surgical Approach to the Upper Anterior Thoracic Spine, Connecticut Medicine, 58: 593-594, Oct. 1994.

Harrington,WN, Fried, I, Spencer, DD, Criscuolo, GR, Nijensohn, DE, and Duncan,C: Transformation of Central Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors (cPNETs) to a Non-malignant Phenotype. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 1999.

Nijensohn et al: Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgical Treatment for Refractory Trigeminal Neuralgia. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 1999, Vol 73, No 1-4. Copyright 2003 m S, Karga AG, Basel. 1999.

deLotbiniere A, Lee S, Nijensohn D, Knisely J, Robert K, “Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgical treatment for refractory trigeminal neuralgia”, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 73: 71, 1999

Nijensohn, Daniel and Goldie: Leon Nijensohn, a Tribute, Published in 2008, New Haven, CT 

Savastano, LE, Nijensohn DE: Historia de los Neurocirujanos Argentinos en el Mundo, Primera Parte (Rev Argent Neuroc 2010; 2). 2010.

Savastano, Luis E and Nijensohn, Daniel E: “Historia de los Neurocirujanos Argentinos en el Mundo, Primera Entrega”, Revista Argentina de Neurocirugia, Volumen 2, Julio, 2010 

Savastano, LE, Nijensohn, DE: Historia de los Neurocirujanos Argentinos en el Mundo, Segunda Parte, (Rev Argent Neuroc 2010; 24:117).

Savastano, LE, Nijensohn, DE: Historia de los Neurocirujanos Argentinos en el Mundo, Tercera Parte, (Rev Argent Neuroc 2010; 24:207).

Nijensohn, DE, Savastano, LE: Neurocirujanos Argentinos en el Mundo. Drenaje de Cerebros o Embajadores Culturales, dos facetas de un mismo fenómeno: Neurocirugía, Neurocirurgia, Revista de la FLANC, Volumen 20, Setiembre, 2012 (also through Surgical Neurology International Journal, September, 2012). (See addendum #2 and link to Surgical Neurology). 

Nijensohn, DE, Savastano, LE: Neurocirujanos Argentinos en el Mundo, Reflexiones Personales de los Doctores Kaplan, Pisarello y Burgos. Neurocirugía, Neurocirurgia, Revista de la FLANC, Volumen 20, Septiembre, 2012 (also through Surgical Neurology International Journal, September, 2012). (See addendum #2 and link to Surgical Neurology).

Nijensohn, DE, Laws, ER, Jr. & Savastano, LE: George Udvarhelyi (1920-2010) Neurotarget , Revista de Neurocirugía Funcional, Estereotaxia, Radiocirugía y Dolor, Buenos Aires, Volumen 6, No 2, Páginas 5-10, Agosto, 2011. http://www.neurotarget.com/Udvarhelyi.html

Nijensohn, DE, Savastano, LE, Kaplan, AD, Laws, ER,Jr. : Prefrontal Lobotomy in the Last Months of the Illness of Eva Perón. World Neurosurgery, Elsevier, 2012, Volume 77, Issues 3-4, Pages 583-590 March-April, 2012. (View 2011 link to Article).

Nijensohn, Savastano, Kaplan, and Laws: Prefrontal lobotomy on Eva Perón in Neurocirugía, Neurocirurgia, Revista de la FLANC, Volumen 20, Setiembre, 2012 (also through Surgical Neurology International Journal, September, 2012). (See addendum #2 and link to Surgical Neurology).

Nijensohn, DE, Savastano, LE, Kaplan, AD, Laws, ER, Jr, Cremaschi, F: Nuevos aportes sobre el tratamiento neuroquirúrgico del dolor, ansiedad y agitación en el caso médico de Eva Duarte de Perón. Neurocirugía funcional antálgica en 1952. New contributions on the treatment of pain, anxiety and agitation in the medical case of Eva Duarte de Perón. Functional antalgic neurosurgery in 1952. NeuroTarget, Volume 6, #1 Pages 6-22, May, 2011). ( See addendum #3)

Nijensohn, DE, Reflexiones personales de un neurocirujano. Revista Médica Universitaria, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas , UN Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina,. Volumen 7- No 1, 2011 View Link

Nijensohn, DE, Bekerman, P: Reflexiones personales de un neurocirujano, Revista de la Universidad de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina, 2011. View Link 

Nijensohn, DE: Re: Intracranial hemorrhage from undetected aneurysmal rupture complicating transphenoidal pituitary adenoma resection. Connecticut Medicine 2011 Oct; 75 (9): 569.

Nijensohn, DE: Re: Intracranial hemorrhage from undetected aneurysmal rupture complicating transphenoidal pituitary adenoma resection. Connecticut Medicine 2011 Nov-Dec;75(10):655. 

Nijensohn, DE, Goodrich, I: Psychosurgery, Past, Present and Future, Including Prefrontal Lobotomy and the Role of Connecticut. Connecticut Medicine September, Volume 78, NO. 8 2014, Pages 453- 463. View link 

Kaplan, Alberto, Nijensohn, Daniel: Síntesis de Memoria de un Neurocirujano: Daniel Nijensohn, Alberto Kaplan blog, Octubre 10, 2014 2014:http://adkaplan.blogspot.com/2014/10/sintesis-de-memoria-de-un-neurociujano.html 

Nijensohn, Daniel: De la Memoria de un Neurocirujano, Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2014.

http://fcm.uncuyo.edu.ar/upload/nijenshon.pdf 

Nijensohn, Daniel: A Neurosurgeon Remembers: From Argentina to New England; AANS Neurosurgeon Timeline. Volume 23, Number 4 , December 2014, http://www.aansneurosurgeon.org/departments/a-neurosurgeon-remembers-from-argentina-to-new-england/comment-page-1/ 

Nijensohn, Daniel: Mayo Clinic Alumni Association: Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D., Ph.D., (NS’77) – From Argentina to New England. 2014 https://alumniassociation.mayo.edu/daniel-e-nijensohn-m-d-ph-d-ns-77-argentina-new-england/ 

Nijensohn, Daniel: A Neurosurgeon Remembers; Reflections on Medicine, Connecticut Medicine, Volume 79, Number 3,March, 2015 ,http://connmed.csms.org/i/470788-mar-2015/54 

Nijensohn, Daniel: Prefrontal Lobotomy on Evita was done for Behavior/Personality Modification, not just for Pain Control. Neurosurgical Focus 39(1): E12, July, 2015: Infamous neurological injuries and disease: cases & events of historical, political, cultural, and scientific impact/James Goodrich, Mark Preul, Chris Sloffer (Focus 14-843R1), 2015. 

Young, GJ, Bi, WL, Smith, TR, Brewster, R, Gromley, WB, Dunn, IF, Laws, ER, Nijensohn, DE: Evita’s Lobotomy; Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, available on-line 10/21/2015, in print: Volume 22, Issue 12, , Pages 1883-188, December, 2015.

Nijensohn DE (2017) Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson’s Death at the Battle of Trafalgar: A Neurosurgeon’s Forensic Medical Analysis. J Trauma Treat 6:379. doi: 10.4172/2167-1222.1000379. 2017.

Nijensohn, DE, Forcht-Dagi, T: Neurosurgical Intervention for Treatment-Resistant Psychiatric Disorders, Book Chapter, in Kim, YK (ed.), Treatment Resistance in Psychiatry,  Vol 2, Ch 25, Pages 377-403, Springer Verlag Singapore Pte Ltd, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1007/978/981-10-4358-1 25, 2019.

PRESENTATIONS

Presentations after the Residency

Nijensohn, DE, Transoral Removal of the Odontoid Process (Presented in the program honoring Dr. C.S. MacCarty, 50th Mayo Alumni Meeting, Rochester, MN, October, 1979.)

Nijensohn, DE, Simultaneous Symptomatic Presentation of Bilateral Mirror Internal Carotid Aneurysms (Presented in the Meeting of the Connecticut Neurosurgical Society, Westport, CT, May, 1981.)

Nijensohn, DE, The Treatment of Aneurysms of the Posterior Fossa Circulation. A Community Neurosurgical Group Experience (Presented in the Meeting of the Connecticut Neurosurgical Society, Westport, CT , May 1, 1981.)

Nijensohn, DE, Spinal Intradural Cysts or Diverticulae (Presented at the Meeting of the New England Neurosurgical Society, Woodstock, Vermont, March, 5, 1982.)

Nijensohn, DE, Breyan, N, Hashmi, A, Intradural Disc Rupture (Presented at the Meeting of the New England Neurosurgical Society, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, October, 1983.)

Nijensohn, DE, An Unusual Pineal Tumor (Presented at the Meeting of the New England Neurosurgical Society, MIT Endicott House, Dedham, MA, June, 1983.)

Nijensohn, DE, Simultaneous Symptomatic Presentation of Multiple Intracranial Aneurysm (Presented at the Meeting of the New England Neurosurgical Society, Woodstock, VT, February 10, 1984.)

Nijensohn, DE, The Use of LASER in the Neurosurgical Removal of Brain Tumors (Presented at the British Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, invited as Honor Guest of Drs. Gold and Christensen. and Lecturer, Congress of the Hospitals of Communities of Buenos Aires, June, 1984.)

Nijensohn, DE, AVM’s of the Superior Cerebellar Vermis (Presented at the Meeting of the New England Neurosurgical Society, Dedham, MA, May 30, 1985.)

Nijensohn, DE, Guido, LJ, Two Unusual Cases of Spinal Dysraphism (Presented at the Curiosity Club, New York Neurosurgical Society, New York Hospital, October 22, 1985.)

Nijensohn, DE, Guido, LJ, Spondylitis Ossificans Ligamentosa, with Dysphagia (Presented at the Winter Meeting of the New England Neurosurgical Society, Woodstock, VT, February 21, 1986.)

Nijensohn, DE, Guido, LJ, The Human Tail: Not Such a Benign Stigma (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the New England Neurosurgical Society, MIT Endicott House, Dedham, MA, June 13, 1986.)

Greenberg, A, Nijensohn, DE, Transoral Approach to the Cranio-Cervical Junction (Presented at the 3rd International Congress, Skull Base Study Group, Monte Carlo, Monaco, September 3-5, 1986.)

Greenberg, A, Nijensohn, DE, Transoral Approach to the Cranio-Cervical Junction (Presented at the Fall Meeting of the New England Neurosurgical Society, Springfield, MA, October, 1986.)

Nijensohn, DE, Guido, LJ, Opalak, ME, Continuous Monitoring of Intracranial Pressure Using a Miniaturized Transducer-Fiber optic Disposable Catheter (Presented at the Combined Meeting of the New England Neurosurgical Society and the New York Neurosurgical Society of Neurosurgery, University Club, New York, October, 16, 1987.)

Opalak, ME, Nijensohn, DE, Stereotactic Biopsy of Deeply Located Lesion (Presented at the Bridgeport Hospital Symposium, March 10, 1988.)

Nijensohn, DE, Opalak, ME, Mintz, A, Sweitzer, S, and Austrian, D, Chemodectomas Arising from the Carotid Body (Presented at the Bridgeport Scientific Symposium, March, 1990.)

Nijensohn, DE, Opalak, ME, Mintz, A, Sweitzer, S, Surgical Management of Carotid Body Tumors (Presented at the Fall Meeting of the New England Neurosurgical Society, New Haven, CT, Sept. 14, 1990.)

Fried, I, Nijensohn, DE, Al-Rayas, M, Spencer, DD, Criscuolo, GR, Transformation of Primitive Neuroectodermal tumor- Medulloblastoma to Differentiated Neoplasms (Presented at the New England Neurosurgical Society Meeting, June 14, 1991, Harvard Club, Boston, MA.)

Nijensohn, DE, Pasternak, B, Maitem, A, Levine, RA, Jerrett, S, Pre-surgical Evaluation and Management of Patients with Carotid Bruits (A Symposium held on November 13, 1991, at the Perkin Auditorium, Norwalk Hospital.)

Nijensohn, DE, Opalak, ME, Mintz, A, Sweitzer, S, Alcaptonuria and Ochronosis: a Rare Cause of Disc Herniation (Presented at the New England Neurosurgical Society Meeting, June 5, 1992, Lyman Estate, Waltham, MA.)

Nijensohn, DE, Opalak, ME, Mintz, A, Sweitzer, S, Lettera, J and Mergenthaler, F: Trans-sternal Biclavicular Surgical Approach to the Upper Anterior Thoracic Spine (Presented at the 7th Annual Science Symposium of Bridgeport Hospital.) April 22, 1993.

Nijensohn, DE, Opalak, ME, Mintz, A, Sweitzer, S, Lettera, J, Trans-sternal Biclavicular Approach to the Upper Anterior Thoracic Spine. (Presented at the Spring Meeting of the New England Neurosurgical Society, Harvard Club, Boston, MA, June 4, 1993.)

Nijensohn, DE, Main Speaker at Grand Rounds at Bridgeport Hospital. April 9, 1998. Topic: Stereotactic Neurosurgery.

Nijensohn, DE, Main Speaker at Surgical Grand Rounds at St. Vincent’s Medical Center. May 22, 1998. Topic: Stereotactic Radioneurosurgery.

Harrington, WN, Fried, I, Spencer, DD, Criscuolo, GR, Nijensohn, DE, and Duncan, C: Transformation of Central Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors (cPNETs) to a Non-malignant Phenotype,  presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neuropathologists, Portland, Oregon, June, 1999.

DeLotbiniere,A, Lee, S. Nijensohn, DE, Knisely, J, Roberts, K: Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgical Treatment for Medically Refractory Trigeminal Neuralgia. Presented at the Winter Meeting of the New England Neurosurgical Society, March 5, 1999, Red Lion Inn, Stockbridge, MA. 

Nijensohn, DE, Davis, GL, Bartolomei, JC, Monostotic Langerhan’ Cell Granulomatosis (Eosinophilic Granuloma) of the Vertebra in an Adult. Presented at the Winter Meeting of the New England Neurosurgical Society, March 5, 1999, Red Lion Inn, Stockbridge, MA.

Fahdi, EM, Nijensohn, DE, Davis, G, Shimkin, P: Monostotic Langerhan Cell Granulomatosis (Eosinophilic Granuloma) of the Vertebra in an Adult. Presented at the Bridgeport Hospital 13th Annual Science Symposium, April 29, 1999.

TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) and ICP (Intracranial Pressure) by Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D., Surgical Grand Rounds presentation at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, July 21, 2000.

TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) and ICP (Intracranial Pressure) by Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D., Trauma Conference at Bridgeport Hospital, August 2, 2000.

Pineal Tumors by Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D., Tumor Conference at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, June 1, 2001.

Malignant Gliomas by Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D., Tumor Conference, Bridgeport Hospital, October 4, 2002.

Management of Trigeminal Neuralgia: A neurosurgeon’s 30-year personal experience. By Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D. St. Vincent’s Medical Center Grand Rounds. October 17, 2002.

Management of Trigeminal Neuralgia: A neurosurgeon’s 30-year personal experience by Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D. Yale Grand Rounds, October 23, 2002.

Malignant Gliomas by Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D. St. Vincent’s Tumor Conference. November 1, 2002. 

Management of Trigeminal Neuralgia: A neurosurgeon’s 30-year personal experience. By Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D. Saint Vincent’s O.R. and Anesthesia conference, November 14, 2002.

Management of Trigeminal Neuralgia: A neurosurgeons’ 30-year personal experience. By Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D., at the American British Cowdrey (ABC) Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico. Neurology/Neurosurgery Grand Rounds Conference. December 6, 2002.

Bridgeport Hospital Surgical Grand Rounds: Trigeminal Neuralgia: A neurosurgeons’ 30-year experience. By Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D. January 9, 2003. Hollander Auditorium. 

Management of Trigeminal Neuralgia: A neurosurgeons’ 30-year personal experience. By Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D, Mendoza, Argentina March 14, 2003.

Neurosurgical Grand Rounds at Hadassah Hospital, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. October 13, 2004. 

Bridgeport Hospital, January 13, 2005. Conference on Medical Disaster Preparedness: The Israeli Experience and its Potential Application in our Community. Speaker: Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D. 2005.

St. Vincent’s Medical Center, February 1, 2005. Conference on Medical Disaster Preparedness: The Israeli Experience and its Potential Application in our Community. Speaker: Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D. 2005.

Mexico City, Mexico. Hospital Angeles, February 4, 2005: “Preparación para Desastres Médicos; La Experiencia en Israel y su Posible Aplicación en Nuestra Comunidad”. 2005.

Yale-New Haven School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery. March 2, 2005. Clinical Neuroscience Grand Rounds: Medical Disaster Preparedness: The Israeli Experience and its Potential Application in our Community. Speaker: Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D. 6 Credits, Category 1. 

St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Medical Staff Retreat. March 18-19 2005. 7 Credit hours, Category I.

St. Vincent’s Medical Center, April 14, 2005. Conference on Medical Disaster Preparedness: The Israeli Experience and its Potential Application in our Community. Given to the Departments of Anesthesia and Operating Room. Speaker: Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D. 2005.

New England Neurosurgical Society Meeting. June 3, 2005. MIT Endicott House. Dedham, MA. Special Lecture: “Israeli Experience with Mass Trauma and Terrorism”. Speaker: Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D. 

University Club, Winter Park, Florida. March 2010. Naval Warfare in South America: Coronel, Falklands, Mas a Tierra, 1914-1915; Rio de la Plata, 1939; Falklands, Malvinas, 1982. Guest Speaker: Daniel E. Nijensohn, M.D. 2010.

University Club, Winter Park, Florida, March 2011: The Dreyfus Affair. Guest Speaker, Daniel E. Nijensohn, MD. 2011.

Spring Meeting, New England Neurosurgical Society , Chatham, Cape Cod, MA: Prefrontal lobotomy in Eva Perón, speakers: Luis E. Savastano, MD and Daniel E. Nijensohn, MD, April 2011

St. Vincent’s Medical Center , Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Bridgeport, CT: Prefrontal Lobotomy in Eva Perón, speaker, Daniel E. Nijensohn, MD. May, 2011.

Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, September 2011: Prefrontal Lobotomy in Eva Perón, poster presentation , Daniel E. Nijensohn, MD. 2011.

Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Aula Magna, Mendoza, Argentina, August 2011: “Prefrontal Lobotomy in Eva Perón”. Speaker: Daniel E. Nijensohn, MD.

St. Mary’s Hospital, Thoralf Sundt Conference Room, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, September, 2011: Prefrontal Lobotomy in Eva Perón, Guest Lecturer , Daniel E. Nijensohn, MD. 2011.

Yale University, Yafle School of Medicine, Department of Neurosciences, Grand Rounds, Brady Auditorium, New Haven, CT; October, 2011: Prefrontal Lobotomy in Eva Perón” lecturer: Daniel E. Nijensohn, MD. 2011

Hospital Angeles, Instituto Mexicano de Neurociencias, Huixquilucan, Estado de México, November, 2011: “Prefrontal Lobotomy in Eva Perón”, Lecturer: Daniel E. Nijensohn, MD. 2011.

Bridgeport Hospital, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Bridgeport, CT, April, 2012: Prefrontal Lobotomy in Eva Perón, lecturer, Daniel E. Nijensohn, MD. 2012.

Savastano, Luis and Nijensohn, Daniel: Lobotomy on Eva Perón, Cleveland Clinic, University of Miami, Rotary Club, Mendoza. 2011-2012. 

Cremaschi, F, and Nijensohn, D: Eva Perón and Lobotomy, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Neurocirugía Funcional y de Dolor, Santiago de Chile, Cartagena de las Indias, Colombia, 2011. 

Nijensohn, DE: Prefrontal Lobotomy in Eva Perón, lecture at Hadassah Hospital, Hebrew University, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel, July, 2013.

Nijensohn, DE: History of Psychosurgery, Panelist, Breakfast Seminar, Psychosurgery, AANS Annual Scientific Meeting; Washington, DC, May, 2015. 

Nijensohn, DE: Head Deformations and Skull Trepanations in Ancient Cultures, New England Neurosurgical Society Meeting, Chatham, MA, June 2015. 

Nijensohn, DE: Psychosurgery, Evita’s Secret Lobotomy. Beaumont Medical History Club, Cushing Historical Library, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, October 23, 2015.

Nijensohn, DE, Keynote Speaker, 28th International Symposium of Endovascular Therapy (ISET), February 8, 2016, Diplomat Hotel, Hollywood, Florida.

Nijensohn, DE, Visiting Professor, Cushing Institute, North Shore University Hospital, Long Island, NY, invited by Dr.Michael Schulder, April, 2016.

Nijensohn, DE, Ponente con la Conferencia Magistral Virtual, 2nd International Symposium of Neuroethics, Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre, Sociedad Médica, Mexico City, Mexico, May 27, 2016.

Nijensohn, DE: Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson (1758-1805) Medical History and Death at the Battle of Trafalgar, a neurosurgeon’s perspective, Beaumont Medical History Club, New Haven, CT , October 21, 2016.

Forcht-Dagi, T, Nijensohn, DE, and Dagi, AB: Why Psychosurgery failed the first time around. Presentation at the AANS meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2018.

Nijensohn, DE: Lectures given as the Benoit Visiting Professor, University of Ottawa Medical Center: Lord Nelson, June 14, 2018 and Evita and Psychosurgery, June 15, 2018, Ottawa, Canada.

Nijensohn, DE: Military Medicine and Surgery during the Vietnam War, Beaumont Medical History Club, New Haven, CT, September 14, 2018.

Nijensohn, DE: Evita’s Secret Lobotomy, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Servicio de Neurocirugia, January 25, 2019, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Nijensohn, DE: Lectures given as Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan Medical Center: Lord Nelson’s Death and Military Medicine and War Surgery, June 20, 2019, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES/CONVERSATION AS ENRICHMENT GUEST LECTURER

A few of the around 200 lectures-conversations given in different cruises in South America, Caribbean, Central and North America, South Pacific, Indochina, China, Japan and Taiwan, and others.

a) Silver Cloud, Silversea, Buenos Aires to Valparaiso, November and December 2009. 

b) Silver Whisper, Silversea, Barbados to Rio de Janeiro, November, 2010. 

c) Silver Cloud , Silversea, Manaus to Barbados, November 2011. 

d) Oceania Marina, 12/10/2012 to 12/27/2012, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Valparaiso, Chile. 

e) Silver Cloud, Silversea, February, 2013, from Valparaiso , Chile to Ft. Lauderdale, USA.

f) Oceania Regatta, November, 2013, Valparaiso- Miami. 

g) Seabourn Quest, February, 2014, Buenos Aires-Manaus.

h) Seabourn Quest, March, 2014, Ft. Lauderdale-Barcelona.

i) Seabourn Quest, November, 2014, Ft. Lauderdale-Manaus. 

j) Oceania Regatta, January 2015, Miami-Callao. k)Oceania Regatta, February, 2015, Callao-Buenos Aires.

l) Oceania Regatta, March, 2015, Buenos Aires-Rio de Janeiro. 

m)Oceania Marina, December 2015-January 2016, Buenos Aires-Valparaiso

n)Oceania Regatta, January-February 2016, Los Angeles-Miami

o)Seabourn Quest, March 2016, Manuas-Ft. Lauderdale (Amazonia)

p)Oceania Marina, April 2016, Tahiti-Callao

q) 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (this section is to be completed)

  1. Oceania Regatta: LA to Miami through the Panama Canal. Jan 4-20, 2016.
  2. Seabourn Quest: Manaus, Brazil to Ft. Lauderdale. Mar 15-30, 2016.
  3. Oceania Marina: Papeete, Tahiti to Callao, Peru. Apr 11-28, 2016.
  4. Oceania Sirena: New York City to Miami through Bermuda, the Caribbean, the Amazon, Manaus and Devil’s Island. October 28-November 25, 2016.

Brief Introductory Biography:

Dr. Daniel E. Nijensohn was born and raised in Mendoza, Argentina, where he graduated in the National University of Cuyo Medical School with an MD degree. He was the valedictorian, Summa cum Laude and gold medalist, ranking first in his class. He served as foreign medical war volunteer in the 1967 Six-Day-War at the Tel-Hashomer Army Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel.

He interned at the University of Buenos Aires teaching hospitals, followed by a surgical internship at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas. He subsequently moved to Rochester, Minnesota where he trained as a neurosurgeon at the Mayo Clinic. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Neurosurgery from the University of Minnesota (MS) as well as a Doctorate from the National University of Cuyo (PhD) with special emphasis in neuroanatomy.

Dr. Nijensohn is an Honorary Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine. Besides being a Yale Professor, he has lectured extensively on many occasions and on multiple subjects, as a cultural historian. He has participated in destination related enrichment programs on about 30 ocean cruises to diverse and distant destinations all around the world. His present interests, among others, include History, Geography, Biology, the Arts, Science, World Affairs and/or Extraordinary Lives relating to the itinerary and ports of calls, Neuromodulation for psychiatric disease, Medical Professionalism and Neuroethics.

His biography has appeared in several publications (see nijensohn1.wpengine.com). Dr. Nijensohn led a team of researchers that investigated a prefrontal lobotomy on Eva Perón, Evita, performed secretly before her death in 1952 ( https://youtu.be/BTFzNxj_u3M). This research has been published in several peer review scientific medical journals and has been featured in thousands of articles in the world’s media.

Dr. Nijensohn has recently completed a chapter on psychosurgery for a 2019 book on treatment resistant psychiatric disease.

His wife Goldie was born and raised in Mexico City. They live in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, and travel extensively and frequently to all continents. Both have been US citizens since the 1970’s. Their children and grandchildren live in Massachusetts and Vermont in New England.

TALKS

 
 

LECTURES BY REGION AND TOPICS
ALL TALKS ARE DESIGNED TO INTRIGUE, EXCITE 
AND ENTERTAIN AUDIENCES AND ARE DESTINATION SENSITIVE

1-ASIA

1-The end of the battleship era, 1941- the Bismarck Campaign. December 10, 1941, the sinking of HMS Repulse and Prince of Wales, the fall of Singapore.  
2-God-Kings, Temple-Mountains/ Art-Architecture-Religion of Ancient Khmer Cambodia at Angkor. Hinduism and Buddhism. Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Ta Prohm.
3-Tibet, China: Lhasa and the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Uprising of March 10-1959. Nationalism, Religion and control of strategic terrain. Shangri La and the Third Eye. The forbidden city. The Potala Palace.
4-The 19th Century Opium Wars- Hong Kong- leading to the Opioid Epidemic in 2019- The Boxer Rebellion at the end of the 19th Century, China. 
5-Military Surgery and Medicine during the Viet Nam War.
6-The Korean War, 1950-3- MASH- WMDs in 2019.
7-The Russo- Japanese War of 1905. Port Arthur. Naval Battle of Tsushima. Peace Treaty and Theodore Roosevelt.
8- The A-Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, August 1945. Disaster medical management for conventional, chemical, biological and nuclear attacks.
9-The Piltdown Man, the Peking Man, China; the missing links and forgeries. Evolution, genetics, Darwin. 
10-Taiwan and the treasures of China in Taipei at the National Museum of China. Chinese nationalism in Formosa island.
11-Nepal, Kathmandu, Hinduism and the followers of the Buddha at the foot of the Himalayas. Medieval city of Bhaktapur.
12-The Taj Mahal in Agra, India. A beautiful mausoleum and mosque, an architectural jewel. The Mughal Empire. Shah Jahan. The Red Fort.

2-THE MIDDLE EAST

1-The Six Day War, 1967, Israel. Medical foreign volunteer at Tel Hashomer Army Hospital, Tel Aviv. A breakfast with Danny Kaye and General Moshe Dayan.
2-The lost city of Petra and the Nabateans, Jordan. The Desert.

The End of the Ottoman Empire The Aaronsohns’ siblings, Sarah, NILI, and Lawrence of Arabia, Ottoman Palestine. Wadi Rum, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. The Bedouins. WWI and the Arab Revolt. Zionism,
3-Jerusalem, Years 33, 70, 135 and 1967 of the Common Era. The First Temple, Nabuco. The Second Temple, Solomon, Jedediah. The Wall around the Old City. Zionism, Israel, the “Third Temple”. The Zionist Movement. Herzl, Weitzman, Einstein and Nijensohn
4-The Suez Canal and Egypt, Lesseps, Queen Victoria, Disraeli, the Rothschilds’ and Aida by Verdi.
5-Luxor, Egypt and the Tombs of Kings and Queens. Gizah and the Mena House. The Nile.
6-Turkey: Istanbul, Constantinople; the Topkapi, Haghia Sophia, the Blue Dome Mosque, the Suleymaniye Mosque, the Bosphorus and the Dolmabahce and Ciragan Kempinski Palaces on the Strait. The Sultan’s harems.

Others: 
Napoleon in Egypt, The Chagall Windows, Jewish History, Israel Museums 

3-EUROPE

1-Naval Threats to the British Isles. The Spanish Armada, 1588. Spain v. England. King Philip of Spain. Queen Elizabeth I of England. The Dutch Revolt. Drake, the English Channel, the Battle of Gravelines, the Tilbury speech. The defeat of the Armada.
World War I Naval Warfare: The Battle of Jutland, 1916. The British Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe against the Imperial German Navy’s High Seas Fleet under Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer, May 31-June 1, 1916. The North Sea. Scheer and Hipper. Beatty.

2-Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson’s (1758-1805) medical history and the Battle of Trafalgar. Great Britain v. France and Spain. Nelson’s Sea sickness all his life. Malaria, 1776. Dysentery, yellow fever and food poisoning, 1780. Scurvy, 1782. Wedding, and mistress. A cut in the back, 1794, Bastia Corsica. The loss of right eye vision, 1794, Calvi, Corsica. Abdominal wound, 1797, Cape St. Vincent. Loss of the right arm, 1797, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Head injury, 1798, Battle of the Nile. Fatal wound, Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805. GSW to Chest, T6-7 paraplegia. Funeral. Honors. A forensic analysis, published in a medical journal.

3-Naval Warfare in the 20th Century. WWII, the Bismarck, 1941.Great Britain v, Germany. The German Battleship era. The Prinz Eugen. The Hood and the Prince of Wales, May 27, 1941. Raeder, Lutjens and Lindemann. Tovey, Holland and Kerr. Operation Rheinubung. May 18-27, 1941. Sink the Bismarck! The Bismarck disappears. PBY Catalina. HMS King George V. Force H, Gibraltar. HMS Ark Royal. The Sheffield. The swordfish biplane torpedo bombers. Sinking of the Bismarck, May 27, 1941. James Cameron expedition. Robert Ballard’s. David Mearns’. Bismarck: sunk or scuttled? The German Battleship Tirpitz. 

4- The Norse and the Vikings.;. The Arctic ports. Norwegian Fjords. Nordkapp. Murmansk, Solovetsky, Archangel, Russia.  
Norway, Sweden, Scandinavia. History, geography, biology. Gotland and the Hanseatic League. The Vikings. Runic inscriptions and sagas. Navigation and explorations. Newfoundland and Leif Erikson. Iceland. The Vinland Map and Yale University. True or Fake, America and the Waldseemuller Map of 1507. Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci. Scandinavian Minnesota. The Minnesota Vikings. 

5-The Death of Napoleon Bonaparte in St Helen Island. A political assassination in the 19th Century?

6-The Oceanographic Museum of Monte Carlo and Polar Exploration. The Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo. Vaslav Nijinsky. Albert I of Monaco. Jacques Cousteau. The Bathyscaphe. Physicians and Polar explorations in the early 20th Century. The “Pourquoi Pas” and Charcot.

7-Madeira, a beautiful Portuguese island with intriguing Wines, in the Atlantic, on our way to Europe. Volcanic landscape with flowers and birds. From Winston Churchill to Cristiano Ronaldo. The wines of Madeira as aperitifs and as accompaniments to desserts. Through the Gibraltar Strait into the Mediterranean and Barcelona.

8-St Petersburgh, Russia. The October Revolution, 1917. Lenin and Trotsky v. Kerensky.

9- Andorra, Aragon and Catalunya. The Basques, Guernica, San Sebastian and Bilbao. Madrid, Toledo and Salamanca. Andalusia: Cordoba, Seville and Granada.The Alhambra and the Generalife.

Others:

Greek mythology. Histories and Stories. 

4-THE POLAR REGIONS

1-The exploration of the South and North Poles. Amundsen. Scott. The Arctic, The NE and the NW Passages. North-about. Antarctica. Penguins and wild life in the South Atlantic. South Georgia Islands.

2-Malvinas-Falklands Islands Conflict-War, 1982. The UK v. Argentina. War in the South Atlantic in the 20th Century. History, geography, biology. Sovereignty v. self-determination. Medical Angle.

5-AFRICA

1-Tanzania, the Serengeti Plain and the Kilimanjaro. Olduvai Gorge and Crater: a rich archaeological site where evidence of the first humans was found. Human evolution. Modern genetics. The savanna and the Maasai.

2-South Africa, the War of the Boers.

3-Morocco, Tangier, Marrakesh and Casablanca. The Koutoubia Mosque and Bahia Palace. The snake charmers of Deja el Fna and the Mamounyia Hotel. The Berber Culture and the Atlas Mountains.

6-THE AMERICAS

1-A 1654 Voyage from South to North America. From Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, South America to New Amsterdam, New York City, North America. Pangea and the tectonic plates. The end of the 15th Century and the “Discovery” of America, the Fourth Part of the World. Spain, Portugal, the Dutch Republic; Brazil, the Jews, the Inquisition; France, England, New England, the Yankees, New Amsterdam, NYC; the USA. American Exceptionalism. 

2- Flags of the Caribbean. European contests and wars in the Caribbean. Spain, the Greater Antilles: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola-the Dominican Republic. Trinidad and Port of Spain. The Dutch: St. Marteen. The French: St. Martin, St. Barth, Guadeloupe, Martinique. The USA: USVIs. The British Caribbean: BVIs, Jost Van Dyke, St. John’s (Antigua), Barbados, Nevis, Jamaica, Grenada, St. Lucia. The Pirates of the Caribbean and the Skull and Bones. Flags: Spain, France, England, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, USA. History. Integration efforts. In depth: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Martin, USVIs. The Hurricanes of 2017. 

3- Devil’s Island, Cayenne, French Guiana. The Dreyfus Affair: 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1906, 1908. Dreyfus, Picard. Zola. Antisemitism, Herzl, Zionism, State of Israel. Papillon: the book and the 1973 movie. Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman. 

4- Biology, geography and history of Amazonia. Flora and fauna of the rain forest. Wild life. Plants and fruits. Monkeys. Local aborigines.

5- Brazil and Amazonia II. Birds, flowers. Pharmacology of the rain forest in Amazonia. The rubber Plantations. The Manaus Opera House. Brasilia, the “new” capital of Brazil. Explorers-Scientists: Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin, The voyage of the Beagle. The Theory of Evolution. Modern genetics. 

7- Naval warfare in South America in the 20th Century. The British v. Germany. WWI: Naval battles of Coronel and Falklands (1914), Más a Tierra (1915). (WW II: River Plate, 1939). Chile, Argentina, Uruguay.

8- The Battle of the River Plate-Punta del Este, Uruguay (1939). The pocket battleship Graf Spee. Langsdorff. Uruguay and Argentina. Germany v. Great Britain. The Exeter, Ajax and Achilles.

9- The Southern Cone of the American Continent (I and II). Patagonia. History and Geography. The Horn. Over the Edge of the World. Magellan. Tierra del Fuego aborigines. Julius Popper. Orelie de Tounens. Drake, Cook, Darwin. Amundsen, Scott, Shackleton. Mendoza, Los Andes, Aconcagua. Bariloche. Lakes. Peninsula Valdés, the Falklands, the Straits, sheep farms, the southern skies, El Calafate, glaciers, Torres del Paine, Fjords, volcanoes. 

10- Machu Picchu, Peru and Yale University. The Lost City of the Incas. Hiram Bingham III, Yale University, The National Geographic. The Inca Empire. The legal fight between Yale and Perú. Modern archeology. Repatriation.

11-Borders among Nations in South America. The wars of independence. The War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870) or the Paraguayan War. The Chaco War (1932-35). The Wars of the Pacific. The Inca civil war: Atahualpa vs Huascar. Ecuador v. Perú (1857-1860). First War of the Pacific: The Chincha Islands War, the Guano Wars (1864-66). Chile, Bolivia v. Peru. Spain v. Latin America. 

12-Malvinas-Falklands Islands Conflict-War, 1982. The UK v. Argentina. War in the South Atlantic in the 20th Century. History, geography, biology. Sovereignty vs self-determination. Medical Angle. 

13-The Construction of the Panama Canal and the Control of Tropical Illnesses. History. Balboa. Nicaragua vs Panamá. The Failure of the French Company. Lesseps. Sovereignty-Theodore Roosevelt. The Hay-Bunau-Varila Treaty. Torrijos, Noriega, Carter (’77), Reagan (’89). American Engineering, canal locks, heavy steam machinery. Tropical Medicine: Yellow Fever, Dengue, Malaria and mosquitoes. Finlay, Ross, Reed and Gorgas. 2016: Widening of the Canal. The Nicaraguan Canal and China, 2019.

14-Brazil’s African Slave Trade. Salvador, Bahia. Africa. Slaves. Transport. Sugar Plantations. Coffe. Dances. Music. Black Magic. 

15-Pre-Columbian Cultures, Mesoamerica, the Maya. México, the Historic District, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. The Olmecs. Teotihuacán. The Pyramids of the Sun and of the Moon. The Aztecs- Mexicas Tenochtitlan. The Codices. The Mendoza Codex. The Maya. The Gods, constellations, human sacrifices. 
The Maya Code. The decoding of the Maya Writing. Yale. Calendars and Astronomy. Palenque, Lord Pakal. Tikal. Yucatán, Chiapas, Guatemala.

16-The Aztecs- Mexicas and Cortés, the Conquest of Mexico, the Fall of Tenochtitlan, 1521. The US-Mexican War, the Fall of Mexico City, 1847.
The Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlán, Cortés and La Malinche. The Conquest of México, 1519-1521. Moctezuma, Cuauhtémoc. La Noche Triste. The Fall of Tenochtitlán, 1521. New Spain. Viceroyalty. The Mexican-American War, 1846-48. President Polk. Jackson. Winnfield Scott. López de Santa Ana. Lee, Grant, Stonewall Jackson, Beauregard, Longstreet. The Battle of Cerro Gordo. The Battle of Molino del Rey. The Battle of Chapultepec. Los Niños Héroes. Pickett. The occupation of Mexico City. The Hanging of the San Patricios. Texas, The Alamo. The US Civil War.

17-The Arctic, The NE and the NW Passages. The Norse and the Vikings. The Vinland Map-Yale University; Scandinavian Minnesota. The Vikings. Runic inscriptions and sagas. Navigation and explorations. Newfoundland, Canada and Leif Erikson. The Vinland Map and Yale. True or Fake. America and the Waldseemuller Map of 1507. Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci. The Minnesota Vikings. The Fairfield Scandinavian Club. 

18-Artificial Head Deformations and Skull Trepanations in Ancient Cultures-Civilizations. The 17th Dynasty: Pharaoh Akhenaton and family, Tel- Amarna, Egypt. Mesoamerica, the Maya, Palenque and Lord Pakal. The Peruvian cultures. Inca and Pre-Inca: Chimu, Chan-Chan, and Moche, in the North. Paracas, in the South. The Ice-Maidens: Juanita and Sarita. Arequipa, Sisti Mountain and Johan Reinhardt. The Nazca Lines and Human Evolution. Primitive neurosurgery and psychosurgery. Craniosynostosis. 

23-Eva Perón’s Secret Lobotomy I, psychosurgery in 1952 and in 2019. Dr. Daniel E. Nijensohn’s acclaimed research unveiling a top state secret in Argentina. Yale University and the Mayo Clinic, Nijensohn’s lectures and media articles. Publications. Argentina, South America. Juan and Eva Perón. Evita’s illness and death. Embalming and the travails of Evita’s body. History of Psychosurgery. Connecticut and Yale’s contribution. Fulton, Delgado. Moniz, Freeman. New England, Scoville, Poppen. Hollywood and modern advances. From DBS to optogenetics. From prefrontal lobotomy to implants and to transhumanity. Psychosurgical treatment of aggressive behavior disorders. Evita’s secret lobotomy. Evita’s illness and death. George Udvarhelyi. Luis Savastano. Skull x-ray findings. Manena Riquelme. Dr. James L. Poppen. Sinister political conspiracy. Juan vs Eva. The Right vs the Left. The Connectome Project. The Brain initiative. 

7-THE PACIFIC

1, 2- The South Pacific. Tahiti- Bora-Bora, Raiatea, Moorea, Rangiroa, Fakarava. Hanga Roa- The Pacific theater in WWII. The South Pacific: Broadway and Hollywood. HMS Bounty, 1789. Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian. The mutiny and Pitcairn Islands. Movies. Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, 1935. Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard and Richard Harris, 1962. Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins, 1984. Gauguin and the French avant-garde post- impressionists. The mysteries of Easter Island. The Rapa Nui people, the Moais and the Polynesian Triangle. Collapse of Civilization and Jarred Diamond. The Birdman religion. The Kon-Tiki expedition and Thor Heyerdahl. The peopling of South America. Chickens and Polynesians.

3-Apia, Samoa. Polynesian culture. The fía fia dance and song.

4-Australia and New Zealand. The Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest. The Aborigines. Botany Bay. Sidney, NZ South Island. Maoris.

8- NAVAL WARFARE 

December 10, 1941, the sinking of HMS Repulse and Prince of Wales, the fall of Singapore. The end of the battleship era, the 1941- the Bismarck Campaign.

The Russo- Japanese War of 1905. Naval Battle of Tsushima.

Naval Threats to the British Isles. The Spanish Armada, 1588, Spain vs England. King Philip of Spain. Queen Elizabeth I of England. The Dutch Revolt. Drake, the English Channel, the Battle of Gravelines, the Tilbury speech. The defeat of the Armada, 1588. 

The Battle of Jutland, 1916. The British Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe against the Imperial German Navy’s High Seas Fleet under Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer, May 31-June 1, 1916. The North Sea. Scheer and Hipper. Beatty.

Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson’s (1758-1805) medical history and the Battle of Trafalgar. Great Britain v. France and Spain. Cadiz. sickness all his life. Malaria, 1776. Dysentery, yellow fever and food poisoning, 1780. Scurvy, 1782. Wedding, and mistress. A cut in the back, 1794, Bastia Corsica. The loss of right eye vision, 1794, Calvi, Corsica. Abdominal wound, 1797, Cape St. Vincent. Loss of the right arm, 1797, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Head injury, 1798, Battle of the Nile. Fatal wound, Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805. GSW to Chest, T6-7 paraplegia. Funeral. Honors. 

Naval Warfare in the 20th Century. WWII, the Bismarck, 1941. The Tirpitz, 1944 Great Britain v. Germany The German Battleship Bismarck. The Prinz Eugen. The Hood and the Prince of Wales, May 27, 1941. Raeder, Lutjens and Lindemann. Tovey, Holland and Kerr. Operation Rheinubung. May 18-27, 1941. Sink the Bismarck! The Bismarck disappears. PBY Catalina. HMS King George V. Force H, Gibraltar. HMS Ark Royal. The Sheffield. The swordfish biplane torpedo bombers. Sinking of the Bismarck, May 27, 1941. James Cameron expedition. Robert Ballard’s. David Mearns’. Bismarck: sunk or scuttled? The German Battleship Tirpitz.

Naval warfare in South America in the 20th Century. The British v. Germany. 
WWI: Naval battles of Coronel and Falklands (1914), Más a Tierra (1915). Chile, Argentina, Uruguay

The Battle of the River Plate-Punta del Este, Uruguay (1939). The pocket battleship Graf Spee. Langsdorff. Uruguay and Argentina. Germany v. Great Britain. Exeter, Ajax and Achilles.

9- BIOS 

Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson’s (1758-1805) medical history and the Battle of Trafalgar. Great Britain v. France and Spain. Cadiz. sickness all his life. Malaria, 1776. Dysentery, yellow fever and food poisoning, 1780. Scurvy, 1782. Wedding, and mistress. A cut in the back, 1794, Bastia Corsica. The loss of right eye vision, 1794, Calvi, Corsica. Abdominal wound, 1797, Cape St. Vincent. Loss of the right arm, 1797, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Head injury, 1798, Battle of the Nile. Fatal wound, Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805. GSW to Chest, T6-7 paraplegia. Funeral. Honors.

Eva Perón’s Secret Lobotomy I and II psychosurgery in 1952 and in 2018. Dr. Daniel E. Nijensohn’s acclaimed research unveiling a top state secret in Argentina. Yale University and the Mayo Clinic, Nijensohn’s lectures and media articles. Publications. Argentina, South America. Juan and Eva Perón. Evita’s illness and death. Embalming and the travails of Evita’s body. History of Psychosurgery. Connecticut and Yale’s contribution. Fulton, Delgado. Moniz, Freeman. New England, Scoville, Poppen. Hollywood movies and modern advances. From DBS to optogenetics. From prefrontal lobotomy to implants and to transhumanity. Apuzzo, Lee and Fried. Psychosurgical treatment of aggressive behavior disorders. Evita’s secret lobotomy. Evita’s illness and death. George Udvarhelyi. Luis Savastano. Skull x-ray findings. Manena Riquelme. Dr. James L. Poppen. Sinister political conspiracy. Juan vs Eva. The Right vs the Left. The Connectome Project. The Brain initiative.

The Death of Napoleon Bonaparte in St Helen Island. A political assassination in the 19th Century?

10-some Great SUBJECTS

Psychosurgery in 1952 and in 2018. Dr. Daniel E. Nijensohn’s acclaimed research unveiling a top state secret in Argentina. Yale University and the Mayo Clinic, Nijensohn’s lectures and media articles. Publications. Argentina, South America. Juan and Eva Perón. Evita’s illness and death. Psychosurgery: Connecticut and Yale’s contribution. Fulton, Delgado. Moniz, Freeman. New England, Scoville, Poppen. Hollywood movies and modern advances. From DBS to optogenetics. From prefrontal lobotomy to implants and to transhumanity. Apuzzo, Lee and Fried. Psychosurgical treatment of aggressive behavior disorders. Evita’s secret lobotomy. Evita’s illness and death. George Udvarhelyi. Luis Savastano. Skull x-ray findings. Manena Riquelme. Dr. James L. Poppen. Sinister political conspiracy. Juan vs Eva. The Right vs the Left. 
The Connectome Project. The Brain initiative.

Artificial Head Deformations and Skull, Trepanations in Ancient Cultures-Civilizations. The 17th Dynasty: Pharaoh Akhenaton and family, Tel- Amarna, Egypt. Mesoamerica, the Maya, Palenque and Lord Pakal. The Peruvian cultures. Inca and Pre-Inca: Chimu, Chan-Chan, and Moche, in the North. Paracas, in the South. The Ice-Maidens: Juanita and Sarita. Arequipa, Sisti Mountain and Johan Reinhardt. The Nazca Lines and Human Evolution. Primitive neurosurgery and psychosurgery. Craniosynostosis.

Communism, The October Revolution, 1917 in Russia, 

Opium and the Opioid Epidemic in 2018.

Human Evolution and Genetics. Darwin. 

Military Surgery and Medicine during the Viet Nam and the Korean Wars, 1950-3- MASH- 2018 WMD. Medical disaster management.

The A Bomb on Japan. A nuclear world.

 
 

CRUISE HISTORY / EXPERIENCE

 
 

About 35 cruises as Enrichment Lecturer to diverse and different destinations with Seabourn,  Viking, Oceania and Silversea done in the past five years.

 
 
 

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