S. Andrew Josephson, MD, and Vanja C. Douglas, MD

The Guest Editors of this issue of Seminars in Neurology are Drs. S. Andrew Josephson and Vanja Douglas from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Dr. Josephson is Professor of Clinical Neurology and Senior Executive Vice Chair at UCSF. He is the Carmen Castro Franceschi and Gladyne K. Mitchell Neurohospitalist Distinguished Professor, and is also Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery. He earned his Bachelor of Applied Science degree from Stanford University, followed by his Doctor of Medicine degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He then did his internship (internal medicine) and neurology residency at UCSF, followed by fellowships in neurovascular and behavioral neurology. He has remained on the faculty at UCSF since that time, and has distinguished himself as a leader in the emerging field of hospitalist neurology, serving as Director of the Neurohospitalist Program at UCSF since 2007. He is a gifted educator and clinical expert with particular expertise in vascular neurology. Since 2008, he has served as the Medical Director of the Inpatient Neurology Service at UCSF. He is a frequent lecturer on the national stage, and has won innumerable teaching awards. His research has focused on neurohospitalist medicine; he is seen as a founder and true leader in his field.

Dr. Douglas is Associate Professor of Neurology at UCSF. He received his Bachelor of Science from Yale University, followed by his MD from UCSF. He stayed at UCSF for his internship (internal medicine) and residency in neurology, and did a clinical fellowship as a neurohospitalist. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief for the journal The Neurohospitalist, and is also the Clinical Clerkship Director at UCSF. He has won numerous teaching awards, and in 2013 was awarded the Sara and Evan Williams Foundation Endowed Neurohospitalist Chair. His clinical expertise includes the care of intensive care unit (ICU) and non-ICU patients with a variety of neurologic disorders; his research has focused on recognition, prevention, and treatment of delirium in the hospital. He actively publishes in the field of neurohospitalist medicine, with significant publications including the development of the AWOL tool for predicting delirium.

It has been my personal pleasure working with Andy and Vanja on this issue, and I'm so fortunate to have had such talented editors who were able to guide it through to the beautiful finished product that you will see herein. We greatly appreciate their efforts as well as those of all of their contributing authors, for their great work in this issue of Seminars. As an emerging field, neurohospitalist medicine has established itself as supremely important; we hope that you find that this issue of Seminars provides you with a superb review of one of our most important topics and concepts. Enjoy!