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Martin A. Samuels, MD, Editor-in-Chief
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 won many prizes, including the first Harvard Medical School Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching. 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 Founding Chair of the Department of Neurology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and former Director of the Harvard-Longwood Neurology Training Program. Dr. Samuels was the Founding Editor of
Journal Watch Neurology
in 1999 and has been Editor-in-Chief ever since.
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Galen V. Henderson, MD, Deputy Editor
Dr. Henderson is Director, Division of Critical Care and Emergency Neurology, and Director, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, at Brigham and Women's Hospital. 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.
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Vivian U. Fritz, MD, PhD, Advisory Board Member
Dr. Fritz began her medical career specializing in cardiology before choosing ultimately to specialize in neurology. She subsequently received a PhD in stroke and carotid artery disease. She is former Chair of Neurology at the University of the Witwatersrand and former Chief Neurologist at the Johannesburg and Helen Joseph Hospitals in South Africa. Dr. Fritz continues to teach and see patients and conducts medicolegal evaluations. She founded the Stroke Foundation of Southern Africa and organizes The South African Stroke Symposia. Dr. Fritz has been a member of the
Journal Watch Neurology
Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.
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Françoise Gray, MD, PhD, Advisory Board Member
Dr. Gray received training in France in both neurology and neuropathology. She conducts research in general neuropathology, infectious diseases of the central nervous system (particularly AIDS-related CNS infections), prion diseases, muscle pathology, and forensic neuropathology. She has also edited neuropathology textbooks for medical students and physicians. Dr. Gray is President of the International Society of Neuropathology and Head, Department of Pathology, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris. She has served on the
Journal Watch Neurology
Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.
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Christopher Hawkes, MD, FRCP, Advisory Board Member
Dr. Hawkes' current research interests include multiple sclerosis epidemiology and disorders of olfaction, particularly related to neurodegenerative diseases such as parkinsonism and Alzheimer disease. He also treats patients with MS and patients with tremor. He has conducted research on the epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, dorsal column stimulation in MS, glioma epidemiology, and diagnostic methods in clinical neurology. Dr. Hawkes works with postgraduates and undergraduate students as a Neurology Tutor at the Essex Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery. He has been an Honorary Lecturer, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, and an Honorary Consultant, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square. Dr. Hawkes has served on the
Journal Watch Neurology
Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.
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Jun Kimura, MD, Advisory Board Member
Dr. Kimura has been a practicing neurologist in Japan, Canada, and the U.S. 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 in neurology and electrophysiology. He is 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 around the world. Dr. Kimura has served on the
Journal Watch Neurology
Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.
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Edward H. Koo, MD, Advisory Board Member
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 is also active in general neurology clinics and in assessing patients with Alzheimer disease who are research participants. He is Associate Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Koo has served on the
Journal Watch Neurology
Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.
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Alberto Portera-Sanchez, MD, Advisory Board Member
Dr. Portera-Sanchez was trained in pediatrics in France and in neurology in the U.S. His clinical interests focus on training neurology students in his Department of Neurology at Madrid Complutense University, following U.S. Neurology Board requirements (four-year training). 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 or 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.
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Amy A. Pruitt, MD, Advisory Board Member
Trained in internal medicine and neurology, Dr. Pruitt has clinical and research interests that include neuro-oncology, multiple sclerosis, headache, and medical education. She has authored several articles on these and related topics. She is Director of Medical Student Education in Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. Dr. Pruitt has been a member of the
Journal Watch Neurology
Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.
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Robert S. Rust, MD, Advisory Board Member
Dr. Rust was trained in pediatrics, neurology, neurochemistry, neonatal neurology, and brain metabolism. His clinical and research interests include epilepsy, headache, inflammatory/infectious central nervous system diseases, neonatal neurology, developmental neurochemistry, and neuropharmacology. He is a member of the American Neurological Association, the American Academy of Neurology, the Child Neurology Society, and the Society for Pediatric Research. Dr. Rust has been a member of the
Journal Watch Neurology
Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.
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Thomas D. Sabin, MD, Advisory Board Member
Dr. Sabin 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, been a section editor of a textbook on primary care and general medicine, and edited a book on chronic fatigue syndrome. He has served on the
Journal Watch Neurology
Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.
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Thomas R. Swift, MD, Advisory Board Member
Dr. Swift's 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 co-authored 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.
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Jaime Toro, MD, Advisory Board Member
Dr. Toro's clinical and research work focuses on multiple sclerosis. 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.
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