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About Journal Watch Neurology
Journal Watch Neurology provides you with the most important original research and review articles, selected, summarized, and commented on by leading experts on the relevant neurology subspecialties. Our physician-editors regularly survey more than 40 of the top general and specialty medical journals, choose the most salient and intriguing articles, and find leading neurologists to review them succinctly, bringing you the neurologic medicine that matters most.
EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
- S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, PhD
- Professor of Neurology;
- Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics;
- Associate Vice Chancellor of Research;
- and Director, Clinical and Translational
- Science Institute — all at the
- University of California, San Francisco
- About Dr. Johnston | Disclosure
- S. Andrew Josephson, MD
- Associate Professor of Neurology;
- Director, Neurohospitalist Program;
- and Medical Director,
- Inpatient Neurology — all at the
- University of California, San Francisco
- About Dr. Josephson | Disclosure
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
- Christine Sadlowski, MS
- Massachusetts Medical Society
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
- Peter J. Goadsby, MD, PhD, DSc
- Professor of Neurology,
- University of California, San Francisco
- About Dr. Goadsby | Disclosure
- Hooman Kamel, MD
- Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience,
- Weill Cornell Medical College,
- New York City
- About Dr. Kamel | Disclosure
- Robert C. Knowlton, MD, MSPH
- Associate Professor of Neurology,
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB);
- Acting Director, UAB Epilepsy Center
- About Dr. Knowlton | Disclosure
- Brandy R. Matthews, MD
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
- and Associate Director, Neurology
- Residency Training Program,
- Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center,
- Indiana University School of Medicine,
- Indianapolis
- About Dr. Matthews | Disclosure
- Robert T. Naismith, MD
- Assistant Professor of Neurology,
- Washington University, St. Louis
- About Dr. Naismith | Disclosure
- Jaime Toro, MD
- Chief, Section of Neurology,
- Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá;
- Professor and Director of
- the Program of Neurology,
- University of El Bosque,
- Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia
- About Dr. Toro | Disclosure
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
- Michael Benatar, MD, MS, PhD
- Walter Bradley Chair in ALS Research;
- Associate Professor of Neurology;
- and Chief, Neuromuscular Division,
- University of Miami
- About Dr. Benatar | Disclosure
- Seemant Chaturvedi, MD
- Professor of Neurology,
- Wayne State University School of Medicine,
- and Director, WSU/Detroit Medical Center
- Comprehensive Stroke Program, Detroit
- About Dr. Chaturvedi | Disclosure
- Michael S. Okun, MD
- Co-Director, Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, University of Florida
- McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville
- About Dr. Okun | Disclosure
- Thomas R. Swift, MD
- Professor and former Chair,
- Department of Neurology,
- Medical College of Georgia,
- Augusta
- About Dr. Swift | Disclosure
FORMER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & FOUNDING EDITOR
- Martin A. Samuels, MD, FAAN, MACP, DSc (hon)
- 1999-2010
- About Dr. Samuels | Disclosure
STAFF EDITORS
- Betty Barrer, Kristin L. Odmark, Sharon S. Salinger
COPY EDITOR
- Kara O'Halloran
ONLINE PRODUCTION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE
- Martin Jukovsky, Kristin J. Kelley
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY PUBLISHING DIVISION
- Alberta L. Fitzpatrick, Publisher
- Allison Lawlor, Online Product Manager
- Anne Russ, Print Product Manager
- Matthew O’Rourke, Director, Editorial and Product Development
- Robert Dall, Editorial Director
- Christopher R. Lynch, Vice President for Publishing
- Art Wilschek, Christine Miller, Lew Wetzel, Advertising Sales
- Bette Clancy, Customer Service
Editors who have left the board since January 2010
Galen V. Henderson, MD, Deputy Editor 1999–2010
Neurologist, Division of Cerebrovascular Diseases,
Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
This information was up to date at the time of Dr. Henderson’s last affiliation with Journal Watch in 2010.
Editors who have left the board since January 2007
Vivian U. Fritz, MD, PhD, Advisory Board Member 1999–2007
Professor of Neurology, Emeritus
University of Witwatersrand;
Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
This information was up to date at the time of Dr. Fritz’s last affiliation with Journal Watch in 2007.
Françoise Gray, MD, PhD, Advisory Board Member 1999–2007
Professor of Pathology (Neuropathology),
Hôpital Lariboisière, Faculté de Médecine
Lariboisière-Saint Louis,
Université Denis Diderot (Paris VII)
This information was up to date at the time of Dr. Gray’s last affiliation with Journal Watch in 2007.
Christopher Hawkes, MD, FRCP, Advisory Board Member 1999–2007
Consultant Neurologist, Essex Neurosciences Centre,
Romford, Essex, United Kingdom
This information was up to date at the time of Dr. Hawkes’s last affiliation with Journal Watch in 2007.
Clive Hawkins, MD, Advisory Board Member 2007–2010
Professor of Clinical Neurology, Keele University Medical School;
University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
This information was up to date at the time of Dr. Hawkins’s last affiliation with Journal Watch in 2010.
Bryan M. Kies, MD, Advisory Board Member 2008–2010
Associate Professor, Neurology Division,
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town;
Senior Specialist, Groote Schuur Hospital,
Cape Town, South Africa
This information was up to date at the time of Dr. Kies’s last affiliation with Journal Watch in 2010.
Jun Kimura, MD, Advisory Board Member 1999–2010
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan;
Professor, Department of Neurology, Iowa University Health Care, Iowa City, IA
This information was up to date at the time of Dr. Kimura’s last affiliation with Journal Watch in 2010.
Edward H. Koo, MD, Advisory Board Member 1999–2010
Professor, Department of Neurosciences,
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA
This information was up to date at the time of Dr. Koo’s last affiliation with Journal Watch in 2010.
Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MS, Associate Editor 2010–2012
Professor, Stroke Center and Department of Neurosciences,
University of California at San Diego
This information was up to date at the time of Dr. Ovbiagele’s last affiliation with Journal Watch in 2012.
Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD Contributing Editor 2010–2012
Director, Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center;
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School;
and Program Director, Harvard-Thorndike
Clinical Research Center — all in Boston
This information was up to date at the time of Dr. Pascual-Leone’s last affiliation with Journal Watch in 2012.
Alberto Portera-Sanchez, MD, Advisory Board Member 1999–2009
Professor of Neurology, Emeritus,
Complutense University,
Madrid, Spain
This information was up to date at the time of Dr. Portera-Sanchez’s last affiliation with Journal Watch in 2009.
Amy A. Pruitt, MD, Advisory Board Member 1999–2010
Department of Neurology,
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
This information was up to date at the time of Dr. Pruitt’s last affiliation with Journal Watch in 2010.
Thomas D. Sabin, MD, Advisory Board Member 1999–2010
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Neurology,
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston
This information was up to date at the time of Dr. Sabin’s last affiliation with Journal Watch in 2010.
