The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Nervous System, Volume 7, Part I - Brain

About H. Royden Jones Jr.Michael J. AminoffScott PomeroyTed Burns

Dr. H. Royden Jones was Chair of the Department of Neurology at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Burlington Massachusetts; Director of the Electromyography Laboratory at Boston Children's Hospital; and Clinical Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Jones completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Neurology and a fellowship in neurological physiology at the Mayo Clinic. He served over 3 years in the United States Army as Chief of Neurology at 5th General Hospital Bad Cannstatt Germany. Dr. Jones was Board certified in neurology clinical neurophysiology and neuromuscular medicine. Upon completion of his training he joined the Lahey Clinic in 1972. In 1977 he also joined the neurology department at Boston Children's Hospital founding the electromyography laboratory in 1979. Pediatric EMG became his major clinical research interest. Dr. Jones was co-editor of three major textbooks on childhood clinical neurophysiology and neuromuscular disorders. He was a co-founder of the biennial International Paediatric EMG Conference based at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital London England. Recognized as one of the top neurologists in the U.S. Dr. Jones was an author and editor of several Netter publications including two editions of Netter's Neurology The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Nervous System Volume 7 Part I (Brain) and Part II (Spinal Cord and Peripheral Motor and Sensory Systems) 2nd Editions (volumes in the Netter Green Book Collection). Dr. Jones authored and edited several other Netter publications and contributed over 200 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. Dr. Jones served 8 years as a director of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology becoming Chair of its Neurology Council in 2004. In 2007 he received the Distinguished Physician Award from the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Lahey Clinic's Medical Staff Association recognized Dr. Jones in 2010 with its highest honor-the Frank Lahey Award for commitment to the values of Dr. Frank Lahey: respect teamwork excellence commitment to personal best.” Dr. Jones was named Outstanding Teacher in Pediatric Neurology 2012 - 2013 by the Department of Neurology Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School. He also received an award in recognition of his many years of dedicated teaching at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Michael J. Aminoff Distinguished Professor Emeritus in neurology at the University of California San Francisco is an internationally recognized neurologist clinical investigator and author. His published contributions led to the award of a Doctor of Science degree by the University of London in 2000. He is one of the two editors-in-chief of the four-volume Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences (2003; 2014) as well as one of the series editors of the multivolume Handbook of Clinical Neurology. He was editor-in-chief of the journal Muscle & Nerve from 1998 to 2007 and has served on numerous other editorial boards. He was a director of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for eight years and served as board chair in 2011. In 2006 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine and in 2007 the A.B. Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Neurological Education from the American Academy of Neurology. In 2019 he received the Robert S. Schwab Award for outstanding contributions to research in peripheral clinical neurophysiology from the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. Scott L. Pomeroy is an internationally known expert on the biological origins treatment and long-term outcomes of childhood brain tumors. He has served as the Chair of the Department of Neurology and Neurologist-in-Chief of Boston Children's Hospital since 2005. Dr. Pomeroy graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Miami University in 1975 and in 1982 was the first graduate of the M.D. Ph.D. program of the University of Cincinnati. He trained in pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School and in child neurology at St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University of St. Louis. In 1989 he won the Child Neurology Society Young Investigator Award for work done as a postdoctoral fellow of Dale Purves. The Pomeroy lab focuses on understanding the molecular and cellular basis of medulloblastomas and other embryonal brain tumors. Dr. Pomeroy has served as an ad hoc and chartered member of many NIH study sections as co-Editor of Neurology in Clinical Practice and Associate Editor of Annals of Neurology as President of the Child Neurology Foundation and as a member of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives. He has received numerous awards including the Sidney Carter Award of the American Academy of Neurology the Daniel Drake Medal of the University of Cincinnati the inaugural Compassionate Caregiver Award of the Kenneth Schwartz Center and the Bernard Sachs Award of the Child Neurology Society. In 2017 he was elected a member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine.