Stephen G. Reich

The Guest Editor of this issue of Seminars in Neurology is Stephen G. Reich, M.D. Dr. Reich is Professor of Neurology in the University of Maryland School of Medicine, an expert in Movement Disorders, and a gifted educator and physician scientist.

Dr. Reich did his undergraduate work and went to Medical School at Tulane University. From Tulane University he received three degrees: a B.S. in Mathematics, a B.A. in Latin American Studies, and an M.D. He was elected into Pi Mu Epsilon, the National Mathematics Honorary Society, and Phi Alpha Theta, the National History Honorary Society. Tulane Medical School awarded him the Isaac Ivan Lemann Award in the History of Medicine, and he was the Student Speaker at his Medical School graduation on June 4, 1983. I would love to hear that speech and hope it is archived somewhere. He did an internship in Internal Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Cleveland and his Neurology Residency at Case Western Reserve University Hospitals. This was followed by a Fellowship in Movement Disorders at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Many of us know Dr. Reich as a gifted teacher. He has received many teaching awards from Johns Hopkins University, where he was on Faculty until 2002, and from the University of Maryland. At Johns Hopkins University, he was twice chosen by the senior class to be the Grand Marshall at graduation. But of all of his awards, my favorite is the “Buddy Award for Enduring Spirit.” He is the Editor of the textbook Movement Disorders: 100 Instructive Cases.

Dr. Reich is a favorite educator at the American Academy of Neurology. He teaches what he has learned from taking care of patients, and thus the Pearls of Clinical Neurology. The best teacher not only describes the clinical presentation of a disease, but also recognizes the subtle signs that distinguish one disease from another. Dr. Reich is a master of this. We are very grateful to him and to all of the contributors of this issue of Seminars in Neurology for sharing with us the Pearls of their areas of expertise.