Neuroimmunology

Edited by Bibiana Bielekova, MD, Senior Investigator, NINDS, NIH, Edited by Gary Birnbaum, MD, Director, Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research Center (retired), Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology, and Edited by Robert P. Lisak, MD, FRCP (E), FAAN, FANA, Parker Webber Chair in Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Dr. Bibiana Bielekova is the Chief of the Neuroimmunological Diseases Section of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She graduated from the Comenius University School of Medicine in Bratislava, Slovakia and undertook her neurology residency at the Boston University and neuroimmunology fellowship at the Neuroimmunology Branch of the NIH. She then became Associate professor of neurology with tenure and the Director of the Waddell Center for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) at the University of Cincinnati and returned to the NIH in 2008. She performs investigator-initiated clinical trials in MS and her laboratory studies pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for central nervous system tissue destruction and reparative processes in neuroimmunological diseases. Dr. Gary Birnbaum is a graduate of Hobart College and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He did his neurology residency at Cornell University School of Medicine with Drs. Fred Plum

and Jerome Posner and his immunology fellowship with Dr. Gregory Siskind, also at Cornell University School of Medicine. Dr. Birnbaum left academia in 2000 to establish a large MS specialty clinic with Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology. He retired from clinical care in 2016 but continues to be active in MS-related issues, serving as a consultant and running a patient-oriented blog on research related to MS (msresearchupdate.com). Dr. Robert P Lisak is Parker Webber Chair in Neurology, Professor of Neurology and Professor of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology at Wayne State University and served as Chair of Neurology from 1987- 2012. Dr Lisak received his undergraduate degree from the College of Arts and Sciences of New York University and obtained his MD at the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University. Dr Lisak's clinical and basic research interests have included myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis and related disorders, immune-mediated neuropathies, and myopathies as

well as neurologic manifestations of systemic immune-mediated diseases. Dr Lisak served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Neurological Sciences from 1997-2013.

Jeffrey A. Allen, MD
University of Minnesota
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
Section of Neuromuscular Medicine
Brenda Banwell, MD
Chief of Child Neurology
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The University of Pennsylvania
Division of Neurology
Philadelphia, PA
Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD, MS
Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Bibiana Bielekova, MD
Chief, Neuroimmunological Diseases Section
Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (LCIM)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Gary Birnbaum, MD
Professor of Neurology (retired) University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Director (retired) MS Treatment and Research Center; Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology.
Matthew J.G. Buford, MD
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angles, CA
Marinos C. Dalakas MD
Professor of Neurology
Chief, Neuromuscular Division
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Sarah E. Hopkins, MD
Section Head, MS and Neuroinflammatory Disorders
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The University of Pennsylvania
Division of Neurology
Philadelphia, PA
Richard A. Lewis, MD
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Robert P. Lisak, MD, FRCP (E), FAAN, FANA
Parker Webber Chair in Neurology
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
Wayne State University School of Medicine
A. Sebastian López-Chiriboga, MD
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Sean J. Pittock, MD
Department of Laboratory Medicine/Pathology and Neurology
Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine
Rochester, MN
Martin A. Samuels, MD, DSc (Hon), FAAN, MACP, FRCP, FANA
Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
James Selwa, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Brian G. Weinshenker, MD
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Nicholas L. Zalewski
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine
Rochester, MN

"This is an excellent primer on neuroimmunology." - Sridhar S Yaddanapudi, MD, Doodys

"Neuro-immunology by Bielekova, Birnbaum and Lisak is an elegant book that introduces the reader to the dynamic interactions that occur between our immune and nervous systems. It details the fundamental roles of our immune system and characterizes the neurological conditions that arise when this system becomes dysregulated…I highly recommend this book to neurologists and non- neurologists involved in treating these complex neuro-immunological conditions; it is a valuable resource. - Steven Galetta, MD, Philip Moskowitz Professor and Chair of Neurology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY"

"Several of the field's most astute clinician-scientists who have spent their careers studying neuroimmunology have put together this textbook, endowing it with their clear intellect and insights with the overall goal for the reader to gain a basic yet broad grasp of this difficult area…Clinicians, residents, students, scientists and even para-clinical personnel with a special interest in certain areas will find useful and contemporary information about a vast array of neuroimmunological conditions. The text is a highly recommended reference for any personal library or one at institutes of higher learning. - Mark S. Freedman HBSc MSc MD CSPQ FANA FAAN FRCPC, Professor of Medicine (Neurology), University of Ottawa; Sr. Scientist, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Director, Multiple Sclerosis Research Unit, The Ottawa Hospital General Campus, CANADA"