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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
Laura Lenniham, MD
Clinical and Hospital Affairs
Darryl C. De Vivo, MD
Pediatric Neuroscience
Salvatore DiMauro, MD
Laboratory Research and Training
Elan D. Louis, MD, MPH
Academic Affairs and Faculty Development
To be named
Clinical Research and Training

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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