History of Neurology Midwest Neurology Part II A

History of Neurology Midwest Neurology Part II • A. B. Baker, MD • Russell De. Jong, MD • Norman Allen, MD • Neurologic Organizations

Midwest Neurology - Minnesota Abe Bert Baker, MD (1908 -1988) • • • B: Minnesota BS, MD, Ph. D, and residency at U of Minnesota Ph. D thesis on Hemorrhagic Encephabits 1946 Prof and Direction of the Division of Neurology at U of Minnesota Chair till 1975 Poliomyelitis in the 40’s – national prominence introducing tracheostomy 1 st President of AAN from 1948 -1951 Began education courses at AAN Books: Clinical Neurology - 1955 – 1 st 3 volumes then 3 loose leaf volumes, then 4 loose leaf volumes, then electronic – Then ? gone

Baker’s Clinical Neurology ed Robert Joynt, MD “My” 3 rd line of neurology textbooks: The Encyclopedia 1 st Ed - 1955 17 th Ed - 1986 Other Editions: 1955, 1962, 1971 -2001 29 th Ed - 1998

Midwest Neurology - Michigan Russell De. Jong, MD (1907 -1990) • • • B Ann Arbor, Michigan U of Michigan undergrad, Med, & Res Chairman of the Dept. 1950 - 1976 Editor Neurology from inception (26 years) Heavily influenced Neurology in USA Book: The Neurologic Examination -1950 – Based on lectures he gave at U of Michigan Med School – The most influential & read book on neurology exam – 13 editions - (last was 2013, reissued & updated by William Campbell, MD)

Midwest Neurology - Ohio Norman Allen, MD (1925 -1980) • • • Undergrad at U of Alabama; Emory Harvard Med - 1949 Neuro resident/research fellow at Harvard 1950 -1955 at Boston City Hospital (Meritt, Lenox, Schwab, Adams) Prof U of North Carolina 1955 -1965 The Ohio State Univ, Director of Neurology Division - 1965 • • Brought south best of Boston medicine Detailed scholarly assessment of pt history & meticulous neurologic exams Attended Medical ethics conference at Princeton • • Chair of Internal Medicine, James Warren, said Allen created “instant neurology” by rapidly adding 5 faculty & 1 st ever residents in neuro Came up with criteria for brain test at Ohio State Died of Leukemia

Midwest Neurology - Ohio Norman Allen, MD RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS • • Basic research with Edward Shuttleworth, MD and Nancy Clendenon, MD Beta-glucuronidase in: – Mucopolysaccharidosis – CSF marker for lymphoma. CSF B-Glucuronidase Assay in Diagnosis of Neoplastic Menigitis. Arch Neurol. 1980; 37(11): 684 -187 • • Developed model for study & Rx of brain tumors with colleagues in vet school Dystonia responsive to levodopa, analysis of familial ALS Neuro-genetic disorders - in Genetic Disorders of Man, 1970, with George Paulson Methyl n-Butyl ketone neuropathy with Jerry Mendell – Toxic Polyneuropathy Due to Methyl n-Butyl Ketone. Arch Neurol. 1975; 32(4): 209 -218

Midwest Neurology - Ohio Norman Allen, MD EARLY RECRUITS IN THE 60’S & 70’S Jerry Mendell MD Kottil Rammohan, MD • • • Edward Shuttleworth, MD Jerry Mendell, MD George Paulson, MD John Warmolts, MD Zarife Sahenk, MD – OSU resident & fellow, faculty John Warmolts, MD Zarife Sahenk, MD George Paulson, MD • Kottil Rammohan, MD

Midwest Neurology – Neurologic Organizations American Neurologic Association (ANA) • ANA Began in 1875 • Hammond (NY), Seguin (NY), Putnam (Boston), Mitchell (Phil), Boudy (St. GR), Hun (Albany), Pepper (Phil), Wood (Phil) • James Stewart Jewell (1837 -87) 1 st president • Until recently, limited to senior Neurologists with publications and academic credentials

Midwest Neurology – Neurologic Organizations American Academy of Neurology (AAN) • AAN Began in 1948 • Established so young Neurologists could have a society with educational programs • A resident at Univ. Michigan (Joseph Resch) in 1947 told A. B. Baker about need for education program – 1 st Meeting – 1948; French Lick, Indiana – AB Baker 1 st President (1948 -1951)

Midwest Neurology – Neurologic Organizations American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (ABPN) • ABPN began in 1934 • Original members from American Psychiatry Association, ANA, Section of Nervous and Mental Disorders Forum of the AMA • Began exams in 1934 • Established criteria for training