History of the Harvard Neurology Department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
The Geschwind Years: The Department of Neurology Moves to Beth Israel Hospital
Denny-Brown was succeeded as Putnam Professor and Department Chair in 1968 by Norman Geschwind, who was one of the great leaders of Behavioral Neurology. Geschwind trained a number of neurological luminaries at Boston City Hospital, including Albert Galaburda, Steve Waxman, Marsel Mesulam, Michael Moskowitz, and Dennis Selkoe. In 1975, Harvard Medical School withdrew from Boston City Hospital, and the Neurology Department moved to Beth Israel Hospital. There it combined its residency program with one run by Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, to form the Harvard Longwood Neurology Residency. Between 1975 and 2000, the Longwood Program trained many contemporary leaders of Neurology, including Steve Sergay, Marc Dichter, Tom Brott, Arnold Kriegstein, Dennis Choi, Roy Freeman, David Urion, Steve Schachter, Frank Drislane, David Eidelberg, Bruce Korf, Keith Johnson, Frances Jensen, Jeremy Shefner, Jeff Macklis, Jeffrey Saver, Rosalind Segal, Steven Warach, Penny Greenstein, Scott Zamvil, Fred Marshall, Joe Gleeson, Igor Koralnik, David Simon, and Reisa Sperling.
