{"id":13064,"date":"2025-05-27T09:07:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T09:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-ins.org\/?page_id=13064"},"modified":"2025-06-24T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:44:08","slug":"dr-alfredo-ardila","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/the-ins.org\/our-ins-family\/dr-alfredo-ardila\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Alfredo Ardila"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr. Alfredo Ardila \u2013 (September 4th, 1946 \u2013 January 9th, 2021)<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We invite you to join us in saying farewell to our beloved Alfredo, a brilliant neuropsychologist, writer, professor, husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He leaves behind a remarkable legacy for us to carry forward, along with beautiful memories that will live on in each of us.<\/p>

Alfredo, the third of five children, grew up in Pereira, Colombia. From an early age, he showed his inquisitive mind and demonstrated his intellect. He obtained his first degree in psychology from the National University of Colombia in 1969. He then moved to Russia to further his studies, and under the mentorship of Alexander Romanovich Luria, he received a doctoral degree in neuropsychology from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1976.<\/p>

Alfredo brought neuropsychology to Latin America and was instrumental in establishing recognition of Latin American contributions to the field. Among his most influential work in the science of cognition are original models of brain organization of executive functions, a novel classification of aphasias, and the development of cross-cultural neuropsychology.<\/p>

In 1993 he moved to Miami with his family, where he worked for many years as a professor at the Miami Institute of Psychology, and later at Florida International University. More recently, he also held faculty positions at the Sechenov University Institute of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication in Moscow, and at Carlos Albizu University in Miami. Writing was his passion; he produced over 50 authored and edited books, seven neuropsychological assessment batteries, almost 500 published peer reviewed papers (with close to 25,000 citations), and hundreds of conference presentations. He was also a prolific educator. His legacy will be continued by the hundreds of students he mentored in the U.S., Latin America, Spain, and Russia.<\/p>

Even after receiving many academic awards and recognitions during his professional career, he remained a humble man with an excellent sense of humor who also loved to sing and dance. His favorite hobby was to learn about how people lived in other places and time periods, so he spent a lot of time studying history and travelling the world.<\/p>

Above all, he was a family man. He was a wonderful husband to his wife, collaborator, travel partner, best friend, and love of his life, M\u00f3nica. He was also a loving and dedicated father, always proud of his children Sara Elena, Silvia, Felipe, and Adriana, and an adoring grandfather to his grandchildren Gabriela and Diego.<\/p>

It is with very heavy hearts that we say farewell to him. There are no words to describe the void that he leaves. We will always miss him, but we will never forget him.<\/p>

Alfredito, you will always be in our lives.<\/p>

In lieu of flowers, we ask that memorial contributions please be made to the Alfredo Ardila Scholarship Fund at the following link:\u00a0www.gf.me\/u\/zf63f4<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Alfredo Ardila \u2013 (4 de septiembre 1946 \u2013 9 de enero 2021)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Los invitamos a unirse a nosotros para despedirnos de nuestro querido Alfredo, brillante neuropsic\u00f3logo, escritor, profesor, esposo, padre, abuelo y amigo. Nos deja un legado notable para que lo continuemos, junto con hermosos recuerdos que vivir\u00e1n en cada uno de nosotros.<\/p>

Alfredo, el tercero de cinco hijos, creci\u00f3 en Pereira, Colombia. Desde temprana edad mostr\u00f3 una mente inquisitiva y una gran capacidad intelectual. Obtuvo su primer t\u00edtulo en psicolog\u00eda de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia en 1969. Luego viaj\u00f3 a Rusia para continuar sus estudios, y bajo la tutela de Alexander Romanovich Luria, recibi\u00f3 un doctorado en neuropsicolog\u00eda de la Universidad Estatal Lomonosov de Mosc\u00fa en 1976.<\/p>

Alfredo llev\u00f3 la neuropsicolog\u00eda a Am\u00e9rica Latina y sembr\u00f3 un inter\u00e9s cada vez mayor en ese campo en diversos pa\u00edses latinoamericanos. Entre sus trabajos m\u00e1s influyentes en la ciencia de la cognici\u00f3n se encuentran los modelos originales de organizaci\u00f3n cerebral de las funciones ejecutivas, una clasificaci\u00f3n novedosa de las afasias y el desarrollo de la neuropsicolog\u00eda transcultural.<\/p>

En 1993 se mud\u00f3 a Miami con su familia, donde trabaj\u00f3 durante muchos a\u00f1os como profesor en el Instituto de Psicolog\u00eda de Miami y luego en la Universidad Internacional de Florida. M\u00e1s recientemente, tambi\u00e9n ocup\u00f3 cargos docentes en el Instituto de Ling\u00fc\u00edstica y Comunicaci\u00f3n Intercultural de la Universidad Sechenov en Mosc\u00fa, y en la Universidad Carlos Albizu en Miami. Escribir era su pasi\u00f3n; produjo m\u00e1s de 50 libros, siete bater\u00edas de evaluaci\u00f3n neuropsicol\u00f3gica, casi 500 art\u00edculos publicados en revistas de gran prestigio internacional (con cerca de 25.000 citas) y cientos de presentaciones en congresos profesionales. Tambi\u00e9n fue un prol\u00edfico educador. Su legado ser\u00e1 continuado por los cientos de estudiantes de quienes fue mentor en los EE.UU., Am\u00e9rica Latina, Espa\u00f1a y Rusia.<\/p>

Incluso despu\u00e9s de recibir muchos premios y reconocimientos acad\u00e9micos durante su carrera profesional, sigui\u00f3 siendo un hombre humilde con un excelente sentido del humor a quien tambi\u00e9n le encantaba cantar y bailar. Su pasatiempo favorito era aprender c\u00f3mo viv\u00eda la gente en otros lugares y \u00e9pocas, por lo que pas\u00f3 mucho tiempo estudiando historia y viajando por el mundo.<\/p>

Sobre todo, Alfredo era un hombre de familia. Fue un esposo maravilloso para su esposa, M\u00f3nica, colaborador, compa\u00f1ero de viaje, mejor amigo y el amor de su vida. Tambi\u00e9n fue un padre amoroso y dedicado, siempre orgulloso de sus hijos Sara Elena, Silvia, Felipe y Adriana, y un abuelo que adoraba a sus nietos Gabriela y Diego.<\/p>

Es con el coraz\u00f3n partido que le decimos adi\u00f3s. No hay palabras para describir el vac\u00edo que deja. Siempre lo extra\u00f1aremos, pero nunca lo olvidaremos.<\/p>

Alfredito, siempre estar\u00e1s en nuestras vidas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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