Martin A. Samuels, MD, is the Founding Chair of the Department of Neurology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Neurology and his special interested is the interface between general medicine and neurology. Dr Samuels is the 2007 recipient of the H. Houston Merritt Award given by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) for clinically relevant research and the 2006 recipient of the AB Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Neurologic Education. Allan H. Ropper, MD, is one of the most well-known and respected clinical neurologists in the world. He is a Raymond D. Adams Distinguished Clinician and is the founder of modern neurological intensive care and the former Chair of Neurology at Tufts University Medical School. He has been the Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital since 2007. He serves as the associate editor for neurology for the New England Journal of Medicine, principal author of Principles of Neurology, and is the co-author of four editions of Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology.

an outstanding compilation of cases

• A 51 Year Old Man with Neck Pain (foramen magnum meningioma): CPC 19-1979 ; A 68 Year Old Man with a Gait Disorder (Paget disease with extramedullary hematopoiesis): CPC 23-1981 ; A 16 Year Old Boy with Confusion (parainfectious encephalopathy from mycoplasma): CPC 35-1981 ; A 63 Year Old Woman with Agitation and an Extrapyramidal Syndrome (multisystem atrophy): CPC 23-1983 ; A 29 Year Old Woman with Myalgia and Muscle Weakness (porphyria): CPC 39-1984 ; A 62 Year Old Man with Progressive Polyneuropathy (amyloidosis): CPC 26-1986 ; A 26 Year Old Woman with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and a Stroke (pheochromocytoma): CPC 15-1988 ; A 35 Year Old Man with Changed Mental Status and Multiple Intracerebral Lesions (neurosyphilis): CPC 32-1991 ; A 71 Year Old Man with a Rash, Muscle Weakness and Respiratory Failure (paraproteinemic neuropathy): CPC 21-1993 ; A 49 Year Old Man with an Intracranial Mass (primary central nervous system lymphoma): CPC 36-1994 ; An 18 Year Old Man with Headache, Ataxia and Slurred Speech (Q fever cellulitis): CPC 38-1996 ; A 43 Year Old Woman with Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Rocky Mountain spotted fever): CPC 32-1997 ; A 74 Year Old Woman with Diarrhea and Fever Followed by Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies (Campylobacter related Guillain-Barre syndrome): CPC 39-1999 ; A 31 Year Old Man with an Apparent Seizure and A Cerebral Lesion (schistosomiasis): CPC 21-2001 ; A 61 Year Old Man with Headache and Multiple Infarcts (Trousseau syndrome): CPC 31-2002 ; A 77 Year Old Man With Ear Pain, Difficulty Speaking and Altered Mental Status (otic bacterial meningitis): CPC 34-2007 ; A 49 Year Old Man with Peripheral Neuropathy and Ascites (POEMS syndrome): CPC 7-2010 ; A 54 Year Old Woman with Dizziness and Falls (pheochromocytoma): CPC 14-2010

Martin A. Samuels, MD, is the Founding Chair of the Department of Neurology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Neurology and his special interested is the interface between general medicine and neurology. Dr Samuels is the 2007 recipient of the H. Houston Merritt Award given by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) for clinically relevant research and the 2006 recipient of the AB Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Neurologic Education. Allan H. Ropper, MD, is one of the most well-known and respected clinical neurologists in the world. He is a Raymond D. Adams Distinguished Clinician and is the founder of modern neurological intensive care and the former Chair of Neurology at Tufts University Medical School. He has been the Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital since 2007. He serves as the associate editor for neurology for the New England Journal of Medicine, principal author of Principles of Neurology, and is the co-author of four editions of Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology.

an outstanding compilation of cases

• A 51 Year Old Man with Neck Pain (foramen magnum meningioma): CPC 19-1979 ; A 68 Year Old Man with a Gait Disorder (Paget disease with extramedullary hematopoiesis): CPC 23-1981 ; A 16 Year Old Boy with Confusion (parainfectious encephalopathy from mycoplasma): CPC 35-1981 ; A 63 Year Old Woman with Agitation and an Extrapyramidal Syndrome (multisystem atrophy): CPC 23-1983 ; A 29 Year Old Woman with Myalgia and Muscle Weakness (porphyria): CPC 39-1984 ; A 62 Year Old Man with Progressive Polyneuropathy (amyloidosis): CPC 26-1986 ; A 26 Year Old Woman with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and a Stroke (pheochromocytoma): CPC 15-1988 ; A 35 Year Old Man with Changed Mental Status and Multiple Intracerebral Lesions (neurosyphilis): CPC 32-1991 ; A 71 Year Old Man with a Rash, Muscle Weakness and Respiratory Failure (paraproteinemic neuropathy): CPC 21-1993 ; A 49 Year Old Man with an Intracranial Mass (primary central nervous system lymphoma): CPC 36-1994 ; An 18 Year Old Man with Headache, Ataxia and Slurred Speech (Q fever cellulitis): CPC 38-1996 ; A 43 Year Old Woman with Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Rocky Mountain spotted fever): CPC 32-1997 ; A 74 Year Old Woman with Diarrhea and Fever Followed by Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies (Campylobacter related Guillain-Barre syndrome): CPC 39-1999 ; A 31 Year Old Man with an Apparent Seizure and A Cerebral Lesion (schistosomiasis): CPC 21-2001 ; A 61 Year Old Man with Headache and Multiple Infarcts (Trousseau syndrome): CPC 31-2002 ; A 77 Year Old Man With Ear Pain, Difficulty Speaking and Altered Mental Status (otic bacterial meningitis): CPC 34-2007 ; A 49 Year Old Man with Peripheral Neuropathy and Ascites (POEMS syndrome): CPC 7-2010 ; A 54 Year Old Woman with Dizziness and Falls (pheochromocytoma): CPC 14-2010

Martin A. Samuels, MD, is the Founding Chair of the Department of Neurology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Neurology and his special interested is the interface between general medicine and neurology. Dr Samuels is the 2007 recipient of the H. Houston Merritt Award given by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) for clinically relevant research and the 2006 recipient of the AB Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Neurologic Education. Allan H. Ropper, MD, is one of the most well-known and respected clinical neurologists in the world. He is a Raymond D. Adams Distinguished Clinician and is the founder of modern neurological intensive care and the former Chair of Neurology at Tufts University Medical School. He has been the Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital since 2007. He serves as the associate editor for neurology for the New England Journal of Medicine, principal author of Principles of Neurology, and is the co-author of four editions of Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology.

an outstanding compilation of cases

• A 51 Year Old Man with Neck Pain (foramen magnum meningioma): CPC 19-1979 ; A 68 Year Old Man with a Gait Disorder (Paget disease with extramedullary hematopoiesis): CPC 23-1981 ; A 16 Year Old Boy with Confusion (parainfectious encephalopathy from mycoplasma): CPC 35-1981 ; A 63 Year Old Woman with Agitation and an Extrapyramidal Syndrome (multisystem atrophy): CPC 23-1983 ; A 29 Year Old Woman with Myalgia and Muscle Weakness (porphyria): CPC 39-1984 ; A 62 Year Old Man with Progressive Polyneuropathy (amyloidosis): CPC 26-1986 ; A 26 Year Old Woman with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and a Stroke (pheochromocytoma): CPC 15-1988 ; A 35 Year Old Man with Changed Mental Status and Multiple Intracerebral Lesions (neurosyphilis): CPC 32-1991 ; A 71 Year Old Man with a Rash, Muscle Weakness and Respiratory Failure (paraproteinemic neuropathy): CPC 21-1993 ; A 49 Year Old Man with an Intracranial Mass (primary central nervous system lymphoma): CPC 36-1994 ; An 18 Year Old Man with Headache, Ataxia and Slurred Speech (Q fever cellulitis): CPC 38-1996 ; A 43 Year Old Woman with Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Rocky Mountain spotted fever): CPC 32-1997 ; A 74 Year Old Woman with Diarrhea and Fever Followed by Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies (Campylobacter related Guillain-Barre syndrome): CPC 39-1999 ; A 31 Year Old Man with an Apparent Seizure and A Cerebral Lesion (schistosomiasis): CPC 21-2001 ; A 61 Year Old Man with Headache and Multiple Infarcts (Trousseau syndrome): CPC 31-2002 ; A 77 Year Old Man With Ear Pain, Difficulty Speaking and Altered Mental Status (otic bacterial meningitis): CPC 34-2007 ; A 49 Year Old Man with Peripheral Neuropathy and Ascites (POEMS syndrome): CPC 7-2010 ; A 54 Year Old Woman with Dizziness and Falls (pheochromocytoma): CPC 14-2010