Per Alf Brodal

Per Alf Brodal (born 17 October 1944) is a Norwegian professor of medicine.

He was born in Oslo. ^[1] He was a son of professor of anatomy Alf Brodal, ^[2] and thus a nephew of violinist Jon Brodal and psalm writer Anne Margarethe "Pus" Brodal.

He finished his secondary education at Valler in 1963. ^[3] He took the cand.med. degree at the University of Oslo in 1971 and the dr.med. degree already in 1972. He was appointed as a professor at the University of Oslo in 1985. He is known for completely revamping the education plan for medicine students in Oslo, and also for his textbook on neurobiology. ^{[1] [2] [4] [5]}

He resides at Lønnås. ^[1]

References

1. "Per Alf Brodal 60 år 17. oktober" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 24 September 2004.
2. Wiese, Ingeborg (1 February 1999). "Per Alf Brodal: Med lillehjernen i bløt". Apollon (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
3. Halvorsen, Stein (16 September 2013). "Gjensyn etter 50 år for Valler-elever". Budstikka (in Norwegian). p. 26.
4. Brodal, Per (2004). The Central Nervous System: Structure and Function (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-516560-9.
5. Brodal, Per (2016). The Central Nervous System (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-022895-8.