JEAN JACQUES ASKENASY ,
M.D., PH.D.

I have received my doctorate in medicine degree cum laude, from the University Babesh-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca in Romania 1954. I was appointed instructor of neurology in my 5 year of medicine. Resident of Neurology- at the Neurological Institute of Academy 1956. Doctor in Science  at the University C.I.Parhon Bucharest, 1969. Chairman of the department of Neurology at the Universitary Hospital Băneasa Bucharest. In 1972 I emigrate to Israel and was appointed as neurologist at Ichilov Hospital-Tel-Aviv University. Researcher in Neuroscience at Weitzman Institute 1974-1975. In 1981 appointed Associated Prof. of Neurology at Mount-Sinai School of Medicine NY University. I participate in the project of Prof. Melvin Yahr and Prof. Eliot Weitzman "Sleep in Parkinsonian patients". Nominated Director of the Sleep Medicine Center at the Sheba Medical Center in 1985 I have organized the courses in sleep medicine at the Tel-Aviv University. In 1986 nominated Professeur Agrege at  Pierre et Marie Curie University, Clinique Charcot. In 1995 nominated Clinical Professor of Neurology at Sackler School of Medicine TAU. Professor of Forensic Science at the Faculty of Law Bucmann, Tel-Aviv University. As a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and member of the American Neurological Association I served on numerous national and international committees.  Author of 35 books, 32 chapters in books, 112 original scientific articles & case reports in the field of Neurology and Sleep Medicine, 890 articles in various journals, 82 interviews, 221 active participations in National and International congresses. 46 invited lectures.

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During my life I have met personalities who greatly influenced me. First, I will mention my friendship with Gnassingbé Eyadéma. He was the President of Togo for 38 years and I was his personal physician for the last 16 years of his life. This friendship was the equivalent of receiving an advanced degree in Behavioral Science. Meir Rosenne was a jurist, diplomat, Israel’s ambassador to the USA and France, and author of the peace treaty with Egypt. For me, his friendship was like becoming a member of the aristocracy. My friendship with Prof. Solomon Marcus, to whom a UNESCO 2025 anniversary is dedicated (100 years after his birth), represented my membership in a Faculty of Transdisciplinarity.