History of EAEEG

The Eastern Association of Electroencephalographers (EAEEG) was established in 1946 by physician scientist colleagues from Montreal and Boston. Founding members included Wilder Penfield, Herbert Jasper, and many other pioneers of North American electroencephalography. The Eastern Association was the first EEG society in North America and continues to work to promote dialog between clinicians and basic researchers in the neurosciences.

The EAEEG holds a single annual meeting (typically 2 days in February), alternating annually between New York City and the Laurentians (north of Montreal). Each meeting features a major talk or symposium along with a session for free communications.

Epilepsy and electrophysiology are continuing themes of the EAEEG but all related neuroscience areas are covered. Recent symposia topics have included: in vivo brain imaging, sleep, magnetic brain stimulation and functional neuroimaging. Over the years, invited speakers have included: Norbert Wiener, Sir John Eccles, Eric Kandel, Mark Hallett and many other prominent contributors in the neurosciences. Society Proceedings are generally published in Clinical Neurophysiology.

RECENT HISTORY

In 2025, Dr. Gregory Holmes and colleagues published a more extensive review on the history of the EAEEG society, published in  Clinical Neurophysiology Practice: Goodman et al., 2025 (free PDF)

• 1946 - Robert S. Schwab
• 1947 - John A. Abbott
• 1948 - Charles W. Stephenson
• 1949 - Richard L. Masland
• 1950 - Richard L. Masland
• 1951 - Earl A. Walker
• 1952 - Robert Cohn
• 1953 - Charles E. Henry
• 1954 - W. T. Liberson
• 1955 - J. K. Merlis
• 1956 - Hans Strauss
• 1957 - Curtis Marshall
• 1958 - Gilbert H. Glaser
• 1959 - Cosimo Ajmone-Marsan
• 1960 - J. W. Scott
• 1961 - Orlando Andy
• 1962 - Daniel Silverman
• 1963 - P. F. A. Hoefer
• 1964 - F. Echlin
• 1965 - Pierre Gloor
• 1966 - W. Caveness
• 1967 - J. S. Prichard
• 1968 - Eli S. Goldensohn
• 1969 - Cesare T. Lombroso
• 1970 - Dominick Pupura
• 1971 - Milton Tarlau
• 1972 - John S. Barlow
• 1973 - Ernst Rodin
• 1974 - Frank Morrell
• 1975 - Frederick Andermann
• 1976 - Theodore Rasmussen
• 1977 - Ernst Niedermeyer
• 1978 - Richard N. Harner
• 1979 - Roger Q. Cracco
• 1980 - Roger J. Broughton
• 1981 - Frank H. Duffy
• 1982 - Guiseppe Erba
• 1983 - Joan B. Cracco
• 1984 - Jolyon S. Tucker
• 1985 - Ira Sherwin
• 1986 - Gerhard H. Fromm
• 1987 - Ivan Bodis-Wollner
• 1988 - Jean Gotman
• 1989 - James L. Burchfiel
• 1990 - Bruce L. Ehrenberg
• 1991 - Leopold J. Streletz
• 1992 - Solomon L. Moshe
• 1993 - Solomon L. Moshe
• 1994-95 - Neil Schaul
• 1996-97 - Gregory L. Holmes
• 1998 - Alan D. Legatt
• 1999-01 - Michele R. Sammaritano
• 2002-03 - Paul A. Hwang
• 2004-05 - Benjamin Zifkin
• 2006-07 - Lionel Carmant
• 2008-10 - Michael Goodman
• 2010-11 - James Wark
• 2012-13 - Peter Carlen
• 2014-15 - Charles Deacon
• 2016-17 - Philippe Major
• 2018-19 - Erik Kobylarz
• 2020-21 - Steve Gibbs
• 2022-23 - Igor Timofeev
• 2024-25 - Krzysztof A. Bujarski
• 2026-      - Elsa Rossingol