2005 ASNR Honorary Member

Dr. Luc Picard, a neuroradiologist and a neurologist, graduated from the University of Nancy, France. He was initially trained in neurology and worked in close cooperation with an interventional neuroradiology pioneer in Paris, Professor René Djindjian. Having been appointed Associate Professor of Radiology in 1970, he was in charge of all the neuroradiological investigations of the University Hospital. Thanks to his work, he created a full-fledged independent Department of Neuroradiology, of which he was appointed Director in 1977. He performed his first series of embolizations in 1968, and created a laboratory for experimental neuroradiology at Nancy. Having been appointed to the new Chair of Professor of Neuroradiology, he began his effort for the development of interventional neuroradiology. In 1982, he organized the annual meeting of the Working Group in Interventional Neuroradiology (WIN) at Val d’Isère-France. He is a founding member of the World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, of which he was the President from 1993 until 1995.

With the expansion of his administrative responsibilities, he has dedicated himself to the development of neuroradiology as a specialty. He was founding member of the European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR) and of the French Society of Neuroradiology (SFNR), of which he was appointed General Secretary before becoming President. Founding member of the Journal of Neuroradiology in 1974, he became its Chief Editor from 1978 until 2002. He is also a founding Editorial Board member of Interventional Neuroradiology. As a tribute to his vast experience, he has given more than 300 guest lectures (United States, South America, Japan, China and India). His publications in diagnostic and therapeutic neuroradiology number over 400. He has organized many meetings, and particularly the XVIIth Symposium Neuroradiologicum in Paris in 2002. In 1999, he was elected a member of the French National Academy of Surgery, and was awarded “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur” in 2002. At the present time, he serves as Vice-President of the World Federation of Neuroradiological Societies (WFNRS).