DR. HECTOR CARLOS SABELLI

Dr. Hector Carlos Sabelli, PhD, MD, 74, died in Chicago of heart failure on Thursday May 24, in the presence of his son Martin. Dr. Sabelli was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1937. He was a well-respected philosopher, professor, practicing psychiatrist and researcher. Dr. Sabelli authored ground-breaking studies in psychopharmacology and pioneered Co-Creation and Complexity theory. He detected and identified "Bios", a new pattern in nature. Bios is a creative pattern distinct from randomness and from chaos http://creativebios.net/ Dr. Sabelli graduated from the Colegio Mariano Moreno in Buenos Aires, received his MD in 1959 at the age of 22 from the University of Buenos Aires and received his Ph.D. from the University of Buenos Aires in 1962. During 1959, he worked as a research follow under sponsorship of the Argentine Society for the Advancement of Science and from 1960 to 1961 he worked as a research assistant for the Argentine Council for Research (CONICET) under the direction of Dr. James Toman at Chicago Medical School in the USA. He was named assistant professor in the department of pharmacology of Chicago Medical School and remained there until 1964. Dr. Sabelli returned to Argentina in 1964 as a career investigator and professor of a neurophysiology course in the psychiatry department of the University of Buenos Aires. In 1966, at the age of 28, he was appointed professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Litoral, Rosario, Argentina. His offices were in one of the homes that had belonged to Evita Peron. After serving just one year as Chairman of Pharmacology in Rosario he escaped from Argentina to the United States in 1966 because of a military coup. In 1967, he was named professor of Pharmacology at CMS. In 1971, he was named chairman of the Department of Pharmacology. Dr. Sabelli began a psychiatry residency in 1976. In 1979, he was appointed Professor of Pharmacology and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA. Professor Sabelli has published numerous scientific articles in leading journals. He is the editor of the Chemical Modulation of Brain Function (1973) and author of five books. He has received numerous awards in pharmacology, cybernetics and psychiatry, including the a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Rosario, Argentina (1994). Professor Sabelli's Curriculum Vitae s available at http://creativebios.net/CV.html. His last lecture, produced by the HeartMath Institute (2011) , is available as an online video http://vimeo.com/31816053. Hector's father, Antonio Sabelli, a physician and philosopher, died when Hector was just 14-years-old. Antonio's brother, Alberto, gave Hector the responsibility of publishing and continuing his father's work which he continued throughout his entire lifetime. His mother, Elena Di Benedetto, PhD, a physiologist who worked on the research team of Nobelist Bernardo Houssay, was the other root for Hector's work. She taught him to strive for high scientific goals and to support his research with his clinical practice to be independent from academic hierarchies. Hector was known as a great lover of dark chocolate, particularly in the company of a unquestionably ripe banana and of swashbuckling stories of pirates which he read, or invented, for his sons on many a night. He was both intense and playful. He is remembered by his family for his boundless energy, his love of travel and broadening his horizons and his dedication to the intellectual life. Professor Sabelli is survived by his wife of 32 years, Linnea Flynn Carlson-Sabelli; two sons, Martin Sabelli of San Francisco and Rafael Sabelli; Rafael's wife, Rochelle; and two granddaughters, Olivia and Alessandra of Oakland, CA. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 2 p.m. in the Lobby of Room 500, Searle Conference Center at Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W. Harrison St., Chicago. There will be time scheduled at the end for spontaneous memories and tributes. If you wish to read a pre-prepared 1-2 minute tribute, please send your tribute to Chaplain Roche Jannaroche@cox.net to request a place on the program. If you plan to attend the service, RSVP to Linnea_Carlson-Sabelli@rush.edu. In lieu of flowers, donations to Horizon Hospice or to your favorite charity.