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Editor-in-Chief

José G. Merino, MD, MPhil, FAAN, Washington, DC
Tel. 612-928-6400; Fax 612-454-2748
journal@neurology.org
Disclosures

Deputy Editor, Neurology
Olga Ciccarelli, MD, PhD, FRCP
London, United Kingdom
Disclosures

Deputy Editor for Editorial Education and
Associate Editor, Neurology

Bradford B. Worrall, MD, MSc, FAAN, Charlottesville, VA
Disclosures

Associate Editors, Neurology
Anthony A. Amato, MD, FAAN, Boston, MA
Disclosures

Rebecca Burch, MD, Boston, MA
Disclosures

Peter Hedera, MD, PhD, Louisville, KY
Disclosures

Linda A. Hershey, MD, PhD, FAAN, Oklahoma City, OK
Disclosures

Barbara C. Jobst, MD, PhD, FAAN, Lebanon, NH
Disclosures

Renée A. Shellhaas, MD, MS, Ann Arbor, MI
Disclosures

Assistant Editors, Neurology
Elizabeth Silbermann, MD, Portland, OR
Disclosures

Rawan Tarawneh, MD, Columbus, OH
Disclosures

Associate Editor, Neurology
Editor, Neurology® Clinical Practice
John R. Corboy, MD, FAAN
Disclosures

Associate Editor, Neurology
Editor, Neurology® Genetics
Stefan M. Pulst, MD, FAAN
Disclosures

Associate Editor, Neurology
Editor, Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
Josep O. Dalmau, MD, PhD, FAAN
Disclosures

Associate Editor, Biostatistics
Richard J. Kryscio, PhD

Associate Editor, Classification of Evidence Evaluations
Gary S. Gronseth, MD, FAAN

Associate Editors, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Roy H. Hamilton, MD, MS, FAAN
Holly E. Hinson, MD, MCR, FAAN

Editorial Office
Patricia K. Baskin, MS, Executive Editor
Rachel A. Anderson, Administrative Assistant

Adria Gottesman-Davis, PhD, Journal Editorial Manager

Kathleen M. Pieper, Senior Managing Editor, Neurology
Karen Skaja, Senior Editorial Coordinator
Skyler M. Kane, Editorial Coordinator
Margaret A. Rei, Editorial Coordinator

Lee Ann Kleffman, Managing Editor, Neurology: Clinical Practice

Morgan S. Sorenson, Managing Editor
Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
Neurology: Genetics

Andrea Rahkola, ELS, Production Editor
Kristen Swendsrud, Production Coordinator
Aubrey Zalewski, Production Coordinator

Sharon L. Quimby, Digital Managing Editor
Kaitlyn Aman Ramm, Digital Multimedia/Graphics Coordinator
Haley McNiff, Digital Multimedia/Podcast Coordinator

Section Editors
Basic Science in the Clinic
Eduardo E. Benarroch, MD, FAAN

Biostatistics
Sue Leurgans, PhD
V. Shane Pankratz, PhD

Continuing Medical Education 
Adam G. Kelly, MD, FAAN
James W.M. Owens, Jr., MD, PhD

Disputes & Debates 
Steven Galetta, MD, FAAN
Aravind Ganesh, MD, DPhil, FRCPC, Deputy Editor
Ariane Lewis, MD, Deputy Editor
James E. Siegler III, MD, Deputy Editor

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Jeffrey C. McClean II, MD, FAAN
Nicte I. Mejia, MD, MPH, FAAN
Nicole Rosendale, MD

Humanities in Neurology
Ludwig Gutmann, MD, FAAN, Senior Consulting Editor
Lealani Mae Y. Acosta, MD, MPH
Heidi George Moawad, MD

Innovations in Care Delivery
Brian C. Callaghan, MD
Kevin A. Kerber, MD

Patient Page 
Steven Karceski, MD
David C. Spencer, MD

Podcasts
Stacey L. Clardy, MD, PhD, FAAN
Jeffrey B. Ratliff, MD, Deputy Editor

Resident & Fellow Section
Roy E. Strowd III, MD, FAAN
Whitley W. Aamodt, MD, MPH, Deputy Editor

Supplements
Jonathan P. Hosey, MD, FAAN

Without Borders
Gretchen L. Birbeck, MD, MPH, DTMH, FAAN

Ombudsman 
Jonathan W. Mink, MD, PhD, FAAN

Scientific Integrity Advisor
David S. Knopman, MD, FAAN

Past Editors-in-Chief
Russell N. DeJong, MD (1951-1977)
Lewis P. Rowland, MD, FAAN (1977-1987)
Robert B. Daroff, MD, FAAN (1987-1997)
Robert C. Griggs, MD, FAAN (1997-2007)
John H. Noseworthy, MD, FAAN (2007-2009)
Robert A. Gross, MD, PhD, FAAN (2009–2020)

Academy Officers
James C. Stevens, MD, FAAN, President
Orly Avitzur, MD, MBA, FAAN, President Elect
Ann H. Tilton, MD, FAAN, Vice President
Carlayne E. Jackson, MD, FAAN, Secretary
Janis M. Miyasaki, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FAAN, Treasurer
Ralph L. Sacco, MD, MS, FAAN, Past President

CEO, American Academy of Neurology 
Mary E. Post, MBA, CAE
20l Chicago Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Tel: 612-928-6100

Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Baltimore, MD

Publishing Staff
Sarah Carrera, MBA, Executive Publisher
Jessica Heise, Production Team Leader, Neurology Journals
Emily Moore, Production Editor
Stacy Drossner, Production Associate
Steve Rose, Editorial Assistant

International Editions
Argentinian – Ricardo Reisin, MD
Japanese – Nobutaka Hattori, MD, PhD

Editorial Board
Federica Agosta, MD, PhD, Milan, Italy
Roger L. Albin, MD, Ann Arbor, MI
Megan C. Alcauskas, MD, Portland, OR
Carmel Armon, MD, MSc, MHS, FAAN, Tel Aviv, Israel
Oliver Bandmann, MD, PhD, FAAN, Sheffield, UK
Brenda Banwell, MD, FRCPC, Philadelphia, PA
Frederik Barkhof, MD, PhD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
David A. Bennett, MD, Chicago, IL
Anne T. Berg, PhD, Chicago, IL
Andrea Bernasconi, MD, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gérard N. Bischof, PhD, MSc, DiplPsych, Cologne, Germany
Dennis Bourdette, MD, FAAN, Portland, OR
Amy Brodtmann, MD, PhD, FRACP, Melbourne, Australia
Devin L. Brown, MD, Ann Arbor, MI
John C. M. Brust, MD, FAAN, New York, NY
Rachel F. Buckley, PhD, Boston, MA
Joseph D. Burns, MD, Burlington, MA
Bruce C. V. Campbell, PhD, Melbourne, Australia
Fernando Cendes, MD, PhD, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Colin H. Chalk, MDCM, FRCPC, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Declan T. Chard, MBBS, PhD, FRCP, London, UK

Seemant Chaturvedi, MD, FAAN, Miami, FL
Robert Chen, MBBChir, MSc, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Catherine (Cat) D. Chong, PhD, Phoenix, AZ
Kelvin L. Chou, MD, FAAN, Ann Arbor, MI
Daniel O. Claassen, MD, MS, FAAN, Nashville, TN
Kristl G. Claeys, MD, PhD, Leuven, Belgium
Fiona Costello, MD, FRCPC, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Amy Z. Crepeau, MD, Phoenix, AZ
Claire J. Creutzfeldt, MD, Seattle, WA
Mamede de Carvalho, MD, PhD, Lisbon, Portugal
Feza Deymeer, MD, MS Epid, Istanbul, Turkey
Marianne Dieterich, MD, Munich, Germany
Arman Eshaghi, MD, PhD, London, UK
Robert J. Fox, MD, FAAN, Cleveland, OH
Ansgar J. Furst, MSc, PhD, Stanford, CA
Steven Galetta, MD, FAAN, New York, NY
Rocío Carolina García-Santibáñez, MD, Atlanta, GA
M. Maria Glymour, ScD, San Francisco, CA
Peter J. Goadsby, MD, DSc, San Francisco, CA
Alica M. Goldman, MD, PhD, MSc, Houston, TX
Larry B. Goldstein, MD, FAAN, Lexington, KY
Nicole R. Gonzales, MD Houston, TX
Rebecca F. Gottesman, MD, PhD, Baltimore, MD
Jonathan Graff-Radford, MD, Rochester, MN
Jennifer Graves, MD, PhD, MAS, San Diego, CA
Wolfgang Grisold, MD, FAAN, Vienna, Austria
Renzo Guerrini, MD, Florence, Italy
Amanda C. Guidon, MD, Boston, MA
Yael Hacohen MBBS, DPhil, London, UK
Noam Y. Harel, MD, PhD, New York, NY
Judith U. Harrer, MD, Saarbrücken, Germany
Adam L. Hartman, MD, FAAN, Bethesda, MD
Geoffrey L. Heyer, MD, Columbus, OH
Birgit Högl, MD, Innsbruck, Austria
Rachael M. Hunter, MSc, London, UK
Rebecca N. Ichord, MD, Philadelphia, PA
Assia Jaillard, MD, PhD, Grenoble, France
Glen C. Jickling, MD, MAS, FRCPC, Sacramento, CA
Lori C. Jordan, PhD, MD, Nashville, TN
Larry Junck, MD, Ann Arbor, MI
Lalit Kalra, FRCP, PhD, London, UK
Peter B. Kang, MD, FAAN, Gainesville, FL
Moira K. Kapral, MD, MSC, FRCPC, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mira Katan, MD, MS, Zurich, Switzerland
Joep Killestein, MD, PhD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Christopher J. Klein, MD, Rochester, MN
David S. Knopman, MD, FAAN, Rochester, MN
Miikka Korja, MD, PhD, Helsinki, Finland
Kathrin LaFaver, MD, FAAN, Chicago, IL
Susan M. Landau, PhD, Berkeley, CA
Victoria M. Leavitt, PhD, FAAN, New York, NY
Mark S. LeDoux, MD, PhD, FAAN, Memphis, TN
Thabele (Bay) Leslie-Mazwi, MD, Boston, MA
Michelle P. Lin, MD, MPH, Jacksonville, FL
Richard B. Lipton, MD, FAAN, New York, NY
Alberto Lleó, MD, PhD, Barcelona, Spain
Warren D. Lo, MD, FAAN, Columbus, OH
Svetlana Lorenzano, MD, PhD, MSc, Rome, Italy
Dorothée E. Lulé, Dr. rer. nat., PhD, Ulm, Germany
Kenneth J. Mack, MD, PhD, FAAN, Rochester, MN
Tracy E. Madsen, MD, ScM, Providence, RI
Jennifer J. Majersik, MD, MS, Salt Lake City, UT
Andrew L. Mammen, MD, PhD, Bethesda, MD
Randolph S. Marshall, MD, MS, FAAN, New York, NY
Kimford J. Meador, MD, FAAN, Stanford, CA
Michelle M. Mielke, PhD, Rochester, MN
John W. Miller, MD, PhD, FAAN, Seattle, WA
Elizabeth C. Mormino, PhD, Stanford, CA
Elena Moro, MD, PhD, FAAN, Grenoble, France
Nils Muhlert, PhD, Manchester, UK
Jennifer M. Nicholas, PhD, London, UK
Maryam Oskoui, MD, FRCPC, FAAN, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Leonardo Pantoni, MD, PhD, Milan, Italy
Melissa Shuman Paretsky, PhD, New York, NY
Lucilla Parnetti, MD, PhD, Perugia, Italy
Phillip L. Pearl, MD, FAAN, Boston, MA
Toni S. Pearson, MD, St. Louis, MO
Sarah T. Pendlebury, FRCP, DPhil, Oxford, UK
Joel S. Perlmutter, MD, FAAN, St. Louis, MO
Peggy J. Planetta, PhD, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Anna Ranta, MD, PhD, FRACP, Wellington, New Zealand
Kathryn M. Rexrode, MD, MPH, Boston, MA
Maria A. Rocca, MD, Milan, Italy
Àlex Rovira, MD, Barcelona, Spain
Maria Sabater-Lleal, PhD, Barcelona, Spain
Amber Salter, PhD, St Louis, MO
Rodolfo Savica, MD, PhD, Rochester, MN
Ingrid Scheffer, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, Melbourne, Australia
David Schiff, MD, FAAN, Charlottesville, VA
Michal Schnaider Beeri, PhD, New York, NY
Julie A. Schneider, MD, MS, Chicago, IL
Kevin N. Sheth, MD, FAAN, New Haven, CT
Hitoshi Shinotoh, MD, FAAN, Chiba, Japan
Beth E. Snitz, PhD, Pittsburgh, PA
Maria Pia Sormani, PhD, Genoa, Italy
Jaime L. Speiser, PhD, MS, Winston-Salem, NC
Luciano A. Sposato, MD, MBA, London, Ontario. Canada
Michael Strupp, MD, FRCP Munich, Germany
Liu Lin Thio, MD, PhD, St. Louis, MO
Majda M. Thurnher, MD, Vienna, Austria
Jack W. Tsao, MD, DPhil, FAAN, Memphis, TN
Carmen Tur, MD, PhD, Barcelona, Spain
Kenneth L. Tyler, MD, FAAN, Aurora, CO
Angela Vincent, MBBS, FRCPath, FRS, Oxford, UK
Francois J.G. Vingerhoets, MD, Lausanne, Switzerland
Katja E. Wartenberg, MD, PhD, Leipzig, Germany
Nicole I. Wolf, MD, PhD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Courtney J. Wusthoff, MD, MS, Palo Alto, CA
E. Ann Yeh, MD, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Classification of Evidence Review Team
Melissa J. Armstrong, MD, Gainesville, FL
Richard L. Barbano, MD, PhD, FAAN, Rochester, NY
Richard M. Dubinsky, MD, MPH, FAAN, Kansas City, KS
Jeffrey J. Fletcher, MD, MSc, Ann Arbor, MI
Gary M. Franklin, MD, MPH, FAAN, Seattle, WA
David S. Gloss II, MD, MPH&TM, Charleston, WV
John J. Halperin, MD, FAAN, Summit, NJ
Jason Lazarou, MSc, MD, FRCPC, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Steven R. Messé, MD, FAAN, Philadelphia, PA
Pushpa Narayanaswami, MBBS, DM, FAAN, Boston, MA
Alex Rae-Grant, MD, FRCP(C), FAAN, Cleveland, OH

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