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About the Journal Watch Neurology Editorial Board
Martin A. Samuels, MD, FAAN, MACP, DSc (hon), Editor-in-Chief
Martin A. Samuels, MD, FAAN, MACP, DSc (hon), is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and winner of the institution’s first Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching. He is the Neurologist-in-Chief at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and former Director of the Harvard-Longwood Neurology Training Program. Dr. Samuels is an internationally renowned teacher-clinician, a premier diagnostician, and a leading authority on the interface between neurology and general medicine. His major fields of expertise include neurocardiology, neurohematology, neurogastroenterology, neurohepatology, neuronephrology, and the neurologic aspects of organ transplantation. He has edited several seminal neurology textbooks, developed a definitive instructional video on clinical neurology for practicing physicians, and authored numerous articles and book chapters. He is the 2006 recipient of the AB Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Neurologic Education. Dr. Samuels was the Founding Editor of Journal Watch Neurology in 1999 and has been Editor-in-Chief since then.
Galen V. Henderson, MD, Deputy Editor
Galen V. Henderson, MD, is Director, Division of Critical Care and Emergency Neurology, and Director, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston. He serves as the Neurology Clerkship Director for all Harvard Medical School students at the hospital, and he has been elected to membership in the Academy at Harvard Medical School, a group involved in developing undergraduate medical education. Dr. Henderson has directed a CME course on neurocritical care for the American Academy of Neurology and is on the Critical Care and Emergency Neurology Executive Board of the AAN. He is also on the Executive Board of the Northeast Affiliate of the American Heart Association. He has been Deputy Editor of Journal Watch Neurology since the publication's launch in 1999.
Jun Kimura, MD, Advisory Board Member
Jun Kimura, MD, is Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University in Japan and Professor in the Department of Neurology at Iowa University Health Care, Iowa City. His clinical and research interests are neurophysiology, electrodiagnostic medicine, and neuromuscular diseases. He has published about 350 original articles, 6 books, and 65 book chapters on neurology and electrophysiology. He is a past president of the World Federation of Neurology and is a former president of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, and the Japanese Neurological Society. He also holds honorary memberships in several national medical societies worldwide. Dr. Kimura has served on the Journal Watch Neurology Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.
Edward H. Koo, MD, Advisory Board Member
Edward H. Koo, MD, is Professor in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego, and Associate Director of the university’s Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Trained in neurology and neuropathology, Dr. Koo has research interests in cellular and molecular biologic aspects of neurodegeneration. He focuses primarily on laboratory research but also is active in general neurology clinics and in assessing patients with Alzheimer disease who are research participants. Dr. Koo has served on the Journal Watch Neurology Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.
Alberto Portera-Sanchez, MD, Advisory Board Member
Alberto Portera-Sanchez, MD, is Professor of Neurology, Emeritus in the Department of Neurology at Madrid Complutense University, Spain. He was trained in pediatrics in France and in neurology in the U.S. (following U.S. Neurology Board requirements). Dr. Portera-Sanchez’s clinical interests focus on training neurology students. He has edited several books on neurodegenerative diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, and neuroepidmiology and authored numerous articles on these topics, as well as on the connections between science and art. He is an honorary member of both the American Neurological Association and the American Academy of Neurology; a member of the New York Academy of Sciences; and a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (London), the Royal National Academy of Medicine of Spain, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is also President of the Finance Committee of the World Federation of Neurology. Dr. Portera-Sanchez has been a member of the Journal Watch Neurology Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.
Amy A. Pruitt, MD, Advisory Board Member
Amy A. Pruitt, MD, is a practitioner and Director of Medical Student Education in Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia. Trained in internal medicine and neurology, Dr. Pruitt’s clinical and research interests include neuro-oncology, multiple sclerosis, headache, and medical education. She has authored several articles on these and related topics. Dr. Pruitt has been a member of the Journal Watch Neurology Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.
Thomas D. Sabin, MD, Advisory Board Member
Thomas D. Sabin, MD, is Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Neurology at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston. He has broad research and clinical interests within neurology, including neurologic emergencies, coma, Parkinson disease and other movement disorders, leprosy, dementia, neuropathy, and stroke. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (in neurology) and a member of the American Academy of Neurology, for which he has served in several capacities. Dr. Sabin has authored numerous scientific articles, has been a section editor of a textbook on primary care and general medicine, and has edited a book on chronic fatigue syndrome. He has served on the Journal Watch Neurology Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.
Thomas R. Swift, MD, Advisory Board Member
Thomas R. Swift, MD, is Professor and former Chair of the Department of Neurology at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta. His primary interest is in clinical neurology with expertise in clinical neurophysiology and neuromuscular disease. He is President of the American Academy of Neurology and has been President of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, President of the Society of Clinical Neurologists, and Chair of the Medical Advisory Board of the Myasthenia Gravis Association. An article he coauthored in 1970, "Treatment of Parkinson's Disease with L-Dopa," reporting the first effective treatment for PD, is one of the most frequently cited medical articles of all time. Dr. Swift has been a member of the Journal Watch Neurology Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.
Jaime Toro, MD, Advisory Board Member
Jaime Toro, MD, is Chief of the Section of Neurology at Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá and Professor and Director of the Program of Neurology at the University of El Bosque, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia. His clinical and research work focuses on multiple sclerosis, and he has edited two major neurology textbooks. He received his training in general neurology in his native country of Colombia and in neurophysiology in Washington, D.C. From 1986 to 1988, he was President of the Colombian Neurological Association. Dr. Toro has served on the Journal Watch Neurology Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.