Biography of the Author of Theme and Variations

Carl Ellenberger taught Neurology at two medical schools, served as Neurologist in Chief at a US Army Hospital, directed an MRI Center, and was a community Neurologist and Ophthalmologist. He appears in several editions of "The Best Doctors in the US." He also played in orchestras and music festivals with top professional musicians, and in 1976 founded a leading organization of classical music and jazz in Pennsylvania. Gretna Music has produced and presented concerts by internationally-known musicians for 50 years. He wrote Theme and Variations: Musical Notes by a Neurologist in 2018 and Mozart in the Woods about Gretna Music's 50 years in 2025.