Alex Kiderman honored with membership in prestigious Bárány Society
Neuro Kinetics’ Alex Kiderman, Ph.D., has been honored with membership in prestigious Bárány Society
Dr. Alex Kiderman, Neuro Kinetics, Inc.’s (NKI) Chief Technology Officer, was recognized as a new member of the prestigious Bárány Society in a ceremony in Sweden on Tuesday June 12th. Dr. Kiderman perpetuates a long history between NKI and the Barany Society. NKI’s founder, Jan Parmentier, was the only non-Ph.D., non-M.D. member of the society until his death in 1998. NKI has been instrumental in the scientific exploration of vestibular science for over three decades.
The Bárány Society, an international, interdisciplinary society, was founded in 1960 on the initiative of Dr. C.S. Hallpike and Professor C.O. Nylen to honor the memory of the late Robert Bárány. Professor Bárány’s 10-year tenure as professor of Otorhinolaryngology at the University of Uppsala, Sweden ended in 1936 upon his death. He was a professor at Uppsala University Faculty of Medicine from 1917 until 1936.
In 1915, Professor Barany was awarded the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular system. The aim of the Bárány Society is to facilitate collaboration between a variety of disciplines, encompassing scientists, clinicians, and engineers engaged in vestibular otoneurological research and discovery.
Dr. Kiderman, who earned his engineering doctorate at the Academy of Science in Moscow, has been involved in numerous concussion and vestibular research studies while at NKI. His most recent published studies appear in: 1) PlosONE; 2) Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology; and 3) Journal of Vestibular Research. Kiderman has been instrumental in NKI’s many device innovations, and is listed as a co-inventor on all of NKI’s 22 U.S. patents, a number of which are incorporated in NKI’s game-changing innovation, the I-Portal® Portable assessment System or I-PAS™.
The new member ceremony occurred at the Uppsala Concert and Congress Hall in Uppsala, Sweden. Society membership is restricted to those who are active in otoneurology or vestibular research, have an academic degree in this or in a closely related field, or have the equivalent of an academic degree or professional or scientific experience in otoneurology or vestibular research.