Introduction of the Guest Editor

The Guest Editor of this issue of Seminars in Neurology is Mark Bromberg, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Bromberg is Professor of Neurology and Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Utah.

Dr. Bromberg did his undergraduate work at St. John's College, obtained a Ph.D. in Neurophysiology at the University of Vermont and his M.D., with Distinction, from the University of Michigan. He did his Neurology Residency and Neuromuscular Fellowship at the University of Michigan. During his Fellowship, he was a Visiting Fellow in the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory at the Academic Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.

Dr. Bromberg is the Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association/Motor Neuron Disease Clinic. His research has been in the investigation of several therapeutic agents for diabetic neuropathy, chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy, multifocal motor neuropathy, motor neuron disease, and myasthenia gravis. Presently, in addition to his clinical and research responsibilities, he is the Chairman of the Department of Neurology Promotion and Retention Committee, Chairman of the Faculty Mentorship Committee and Director of the Medical Student Neurology Clerkship. He is also an Assistant Editor of Muscle & Nerve, Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease, and Clinical Neurophysiology.

In addition to a plethora of manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and chapters in countless textbooks, Dr. Bromberg is the Editor of several books: Motor Unit Number Estimation (2003), Handbook of Peripheral Neuropathy, Motor Unit Number Estimation (MUNE) and Quantitative EMG (2009), and Quality of Life Measurement in Neurodegenerative and Related Conditions.

Dr. Bromberg was the Guest Editor of the 2005 issue of Seminars in Neurology. I invited him back because he changed the way I approached patients with peripheral neuropathy. He has done that once again with this terrific issue. We are terribly grateful to Dr. Bromberg and to all of the contributors of this issue of Seminars in Neurology for their contributions in advancing our knowledge and enhancing our care of patients.