History of the Harvard Neurology Department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
The Emergence of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Harvard Neurology Training Program at BIDMC and Boston Children’s Hospital
In 1992, Clifford Saper became the Putnam Professor and Department Chairman, and in 1996 the Beth Israel and New England Deaconess Hospitals merged. The subsequent year, Brigham and Women’s joined Massachusetts General Hospital in the Partners Neurology Residency, and BIDMC joined Children’s Hospital in forming the Harvard Neurology Residency Program at BIDMC and Children’s Hospital. Under Dr. Saper, the Neurology Department at BIDMC has grown from a faculty of 11 full-time neurologists to 55, and has included numerous international leaders in all neurological subspecialties including sleep neurology, stroke and vascular neurology, cognitive neurology, epilepsy, neurogenetics, neuromuscular and autonomic neurology, amongst others. Graduates of the BIDMC-Children’s Neurology Program occupy faculty positions at Harvard and other major teaching institutions throughout the country.
