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Departmental Chairs & Directors of Service






Dr. H. Houston Merritt Chairman, 1948-1967

Dr. Lewis P. Rowland Immediate Past-Chairman (1973-1998) and Professor of Neurology Dr. Timothy A. Pedley Present Chairman and Neurologist-in-Chief

Associate Chairs

Darryl C. De Vivo, MD Pediatric Neuroscience
Salvatore DiMauro, MD Laboratory Research and Training
Mitchell S. Elkind, MD, MS Clinical Research and Training
Blair Ford, MD Education
Laura Lenniham, MD Clinical and Hospital Affairs
Elan D. Louis, MD, MPH Academic Affairs and Faculty Development

Neurology Chairs

Neurological Surgery Chairs

Joseph Collins 1909-1919 Charles A. Elsberg 1909-1937
Frederick Tilney 1920-1935 Byron Stookey 1937-1939
Walter W. Palmer 1935-1939 Tracy J. Putnam 1939-1947
Tracy J. Putnam 1939-1946 John E. Scarff (Acting) 1947-1949
Edwin Zabriskie 1946-1948 J. Lawrence Pool 1949-1972
H. Houston Merritt 1948-1967 Lester A. Mount (Acting) 1972-1973
G. Milton Shy 1967 Edward B. Schlesinger 1973-1981
Richard L. Masland 1967-1973 Bennett M. Stein 1981-1997
Lewis P. Rowland 1973-1998 Robert A. Solomon 1997- Present
Timothy A. Pedley 1998- Present


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