Editors & Editorial Board
2023 Pictorial Editorial Board Directory
Deputy Editor, Neurology
Olga Ciccarelli, MD, PhD, FRCP
London, United Kingdom
Disclosures
Associate Editor of Editorial Education, Neurology
Bradford B. Worrall, MD, MSc, FAAN, Charlottesville, VA
Disclosures
Senior Managing Editor
Kathleen M. Pieper
Associate Editors, Neurology
Anthony A. Amato, MD, FAAN, Boston, MA
Disclosures
Rebecca Burch, MD, Burlington, VT
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
Courtney J. Wusthoff, MD, MS, Palo Alto, CA
Disclosures
Luca Bartolini, MD, FAAN
Disclosures
Josep O. Dalmau, MD, PhD, FAAN
Disclosures
Stefan M. Pulst, MD, Dr med, FAAN
Disclosures
Roy E. Strowd III, MD, FAAN
Disclosures
Assistant Editors, Neurology
Hesham Abboud, MD, PhD, Cleveland, OH
Disclosures
Sarah E. Nelson, MD, MPH, Boston, MA
Disclosures
Associate Editor, Methodology and Statistics
Andrea L.C. Schneider, MD, PhD
Associate Editor, Classification of Evidence Evaluations
Gary S. Gronseth, MD, FAAN
Associate Editors, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Richard T. Benson, MD, PhD, FAAN
Nicole Gonzales, MD
Roy H. Hamilton, MD, MS, FAAN
H. E. Hinson, MD, MCR, FAAN
Editorial Office
Patricia K. Baskin, MS, Senior Director, Publications and Executive Editor
Rachel A. Anderson, Senior Publications Assistant
Adria Gottesman-Davis, PhD, Manager, Journal Editorial & Content Development
Kathleen M. Pieper, Senior Managing Editor, Neurology
Karen Skaja, Senior Editorial Coordinator
Skyler M. Kane, Assistant Managing Editor
Sarabeth Ng, Editorial Coordinator
Lee Ann Kleffman, Managing Editor, Neurology: Clinical Practice
Morgan S. Sorenson, Managing Editor
Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
Neurology: Genetics
Neurology: Education
Andrea Rahkola, ELS, Production Editor
Kristen Swendsrud, Production Coordinator
Aubrey Zalewski, Production Coordinator
Sharon L. Quimby, Digital Managing Editor
Brooke Eikenberry, Digital Marketing Communications Administrator
Kaitlyn Aman Ramm, Senior Digital Multimedia/Graphics Coordinator
Anna Rehbein, Digital Multimedia/Podcast Coordinator
Section Editors
Basic Science in the Clinic
Eduardo E. Benarroch, MD, FAAN
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
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Joshua A. Budhu, MD, MS
Humanities in Neurology
Ludwig Gutmann, MD, FAAN, Senior Consulting Editor
Lealani Mae Y. Acosta, MD, MPH, FAAN
Heidi George Moawad, MD
Patient Page
Steven Karceski, MD
Podcasts
Stacey L. Clardy, MD, PhD, FAAN
Jeffrey B. Ratliff, MD, Deputy Editor
Resident & Fellow Section
Whitley W. Aamodt, MD, MPH
Katherine A. Fu, MD, Deputy Editor
Ariel M. Lyons-Warren, MD, PhD, Deputy Editor
Supplements
Jonathan P. Hosey, MD, FAAN
Without Borders
Deanna Saylor, MD, MHS
Scientific Integrity Advisor
David S. Knopman, MD, FAAN
Ombudsperson
Lisa DeAngelis, 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
Carlayne E. Jackson, MD, FAAN, President
Natalia S. Rost, MD, MPH, FAAN, FAHA, President Elect
Janis M. Miyasaki, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FAAN, Vice President
Sarah M. Benish, MD, FAAN, Secretary
Charles C. Flippen II, MD, FAAN, Treasurer
Orly Avitzur, MD, MBA, 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
Thomas Pacific, Lead Publisher
Jessica Heise, Production Team Leader, Neurology Journals
Emily Moore, Senior Production Editor
Stacy Drossner, Production Associate
Steve Rose, Editorial Assistant
International Editions
Argentinian – Ricardo Reisin, MD
Japanese – Nobutaka Hattori, MD, PhD
Editorial Board
Erin L. Abner, PhD, MPH, Lexington, KY, USA
Federica Agosta, MD, PhD, Milan, Italy
Roger L. Albin, MD, Ann Arbor, MI
Farwa Ali, MBBS, Rochester, MN
Christopher Anderson, MD, MSc, Boston, MA
Bhooma R. Aravamuthan, MD, DPhil, St. Louis, MO
Carmel Armon, MD, MSc, MHS, FAAN, Tel Aviv, Israel
Oliver Bandmann, MD, PhD, FAAN, Sheffield, UK
Brenda L. Banwell, MD, FRCPC, Philadelphia, PA
Frederik Barkhof, MD, PhD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Wyatt P. Bensken, BS, Cleveland, OH
Anne T. Berg, PhD, Chicago, IL
Andrea Bernasconi, MD, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Anna Bersano, MD, PhD, Milan, Italy
Lauren A. Beslow, MD, MSCE, Philadelphia, PA
Gérard N. Bischof, PhD, MSc, DiplPsych, Cologne, Germany
Dennis Bourdette, MD, FAAN, Portland, OR
Amy Brodtmann, MD, PhD, FRACP, Melbourne, Australia
John C. M. Brust, MD, FAAN, New York, NY
Rachel F. Buckley, PhD, Boston, MA
Joseph D. Burns, MD, Burlington, MA
Brian C. Callaghan, MD, MS, FAAN, Ann Arbor, MI
Bruce C. V. Campbell, PhD, Melbourne, Australia
Stefano F. Cappa, MD, Pavia, Italy
Fernando Cendes, MD, PhD, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Declan T. Chard, MBBS, PhD, FRCP, London, UK
Seemant Chaturvedi, MD, FAAN, Baltimore, MD
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
Jeremy K. Cutsforth-Gregory, MD, FAAN, Rochester, MN
Sirwan K.L. Darweesh, MD, PhD, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Mamede de Carvalho, MD, PhD, Lisbon, Portugal
Feza Deymeer, MD, MS Epid, Istanbul, Turkey
Marianne Dieterich, MD, Munich, Germany
Nomazulu Dlamini, MBBS, PhD, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Misha Eliasziw, PhD, Medford, MA
Holly Elser, MD, PhD, Philadelphia, PA
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
Marios Georgakis, MD, PhD, Munich, Germany
Dipender P.S. Gill, PhD, London, UK
M. Maria Glymour, ScD, MS, San Francisco, CA
Alica M. Goldman, MD, PhD, MSc, Houston, TX
Rebecca F. Gottesman, MD, PhD, Baltimore, MD
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
Thaddeus Haight, PhD, Bethesda, MD
Noam Y. Harel, MD, PhD, New York, NY
Adam L. Hartman, MD, FAAN, Bethesda, MD
Birgit Högl, MD, Innsbruck, Austria
Babak Hooshmand, MD, PhD, MPH, Stockholm, Sweden and Ingolstadt, Germany
Virginia Howard, PhD, Birmingham, AL
Jason H. Huang, MD, Temple, TX
Rachael M. Hunter, MSc, London, UK
Rebecca N. Ichord, MD, Philadelphia, PA
David John Irwin, MD, Philadelphia, PA
Assia Jaillard, MD, PhD, Grenoble, France
Glen C. Jickling, MD, MAS, FRCPC, Sacramento, CA
Justin T. Jordan, MD, MPH, FAAN, Boston, MA
Lori C. Jordan, PhD, MD, Nashville, TN
Larry Junck, MD, Ann Arbor, MI
Peter B. Kang, MD, FAAN, Minneapolis, MN
Moira K. Kapral, MD, MSC, FRCPC, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mira Katan, MD, MS, Basel, Switzerland
Wesley T. Kerr, MD, PhD, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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
Amy C. Kunchok, MBBS, MMed, FRACP, Cleveland, OH
Tobias Kurth, MD, ScD, Berlin, Germany
Victoria M. Leavitt, PhD, FAAN, New York, NY
Mark S. LeDoux, MD, PhD, FAAN, Memphis, TN
Enrique C. Leira, MD, MS, FAAN, Iowa City, IA
Thabele (Bay) Leslie-Mazwi, MD, Seattle, WA
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
Tracy E. Madsen, MD, ScM, Providence, RI
Andrew L. Mammen, MD, PhD, Bethesda, MD
Ruth Ann Marrie, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FCAHS, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Elizabeth Rose Mayeda, PhD, MPH, Los Angeles, CA
Kimford J. Meador, MD, FAAN, Stanford, CA
Michelle M. Mielke, PhD, Winston-Salem, NC
Nishant K. Mishra, MBBS, PhD, New Haven, CT
Teshamae S. Monteith, MD, FAAN, Miami, FL
Elena Moro, MD, PhD, FAAN, Grenoble, France
Nicholas A. Morris, MD, Baltimore, MD
Nils Muhlert, PhD, Manchester, UK
Zurab Nadareishvili, MD, PhD, Washington, DC
Fabricio F. Oliveira, MD, BBA, MSc, PhD, São Paulo, Brazil
Serena Orr, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Maryam Oskoui, MD, FRCPC, FAAN, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Raffaele Palladino, MD, PhD, Naples, Italy and London, UK
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
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, FAAN Wellington, New Zealand
Kathryn M. Rexrode, MD, MPH, Boston, MA
Pamela Rist, ScD, Cambridge, MA
Maria A. Rocca, MD, Milan, Italy
Leonardo Roever, PhD, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Àlex Rovira, MD, Barcelona, Spain
Maria Sabater-Lleal, PhD, Barcelona, Spain
Simona Sacco, MD, L’Aquila, Italy
Amber Salter, PhD, St Louis, MO
Else Charlotte Sandset, MD, PhD, Oslo, Norway
Muralidharan Sargurupremraj, PhD, San Antonio, TX
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
Menno M. Schoonheim, PhD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hitoshi Shinotoh, MD, FAAN, Chiba, Japan
Srishti Shrestha, PhD, University, MS
Elizabeth Silbermann, MD, Portland, OR
Nils Skajaa, PhD, Aarhus, Denmark
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
Rawan Tarawneh, MD, Albuquerque, NM
Liu Lin Thio, MD, PhD, St. Louis, MO
Majda M. Thurnher, MD, Vienna, Austria
Ahmed T. Toosy, FRCP, London, UK
Carmen Tur, MD, PhD, Barcelona, Spain
Farhaan S. Vahidy, PhD, MBBS, MPH, Houston, TX
Juliana H. VanderPluym, MD, Scottsdale, AZ
Francois J. G. Vingerhoets, MD, Lausanne, Switzerland
Joanna M. Wardlaw, MD, FRCR, FMedSci, FRSE, Edinburgh, UK
Katja E. Wartenberg, MD, PhD, Leipzig, Germany
Nicole I. Wolf, MD, PhD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sevil Yasar, MD, PhD, Baltimore, MD
E. Ann Yeh, MD, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nilüfer Yeşilot, MD, Istanbul, Turkey
Chen Zhao, MD, MS, MA, Hershey, PA
Andreas Ziegler, PhD, Lübeck, Germany
Classification of Evidence Review Team
Malik M. Adil, MD, Bethesda, MD
Gregory S. Day, MD, MSc, MSCI, FAAN, Jacksonville, FL
Guillermo Delgado-García, MD, MSc, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
James Dorman, MD, FAAN, FACP, Chicago, IL
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
Zurab Nadareishvili, MD, PhD, Washington, DC
Pushpa Narayanaswami, MBBS, DM, FAAN, Boston, MA
Sonja Potrebic, MD, PhD, FAAN, Los Angeles, CA
Hastening the Diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Dr. Brian Callaghan and Dr. Kellen Quigg