Martin Samuels, a prominent member of the Harvard Medical School faculty, has been appointed the first incumbent of the Miriam Sydney Joseph Professorship in Neurology, a title that honors the memory of his parents, Miriam Joseph and Sydney Samuels.
During the professorship celebration on Nov. 15, 2013, Jeffrey S. Flier, dean of the Faculty of Medicine, noted that following Samuels’s retirement—which he said he hoped would be a long time off—the professorship will be renamed the Martin A. Samuels Professorship in Neurology at Harvard Medical School.
“This is a fitting tribute that will stand in perpetuity, and forever support a faculty incumbent at the Brigham in Marty’s good name,” said Flier.
Samuels was recruited to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 1988 to create the Department of Neurology. In 1994, he formally became its founding chair, a title he retains. He has an international reputation as a leading clinical neurologist, with particular expertise in the relationship between neurology and general medicine.
A member of the HMS faculty since 1977, Samuels became a full professor in 1993 and has received numerous teaching awards.
“Marty, you are an outstanding member of our faculty, an exceptional researcher, a skilled clinician and leader, and a very deserving inaugural incumbent for this great honor,” Flier said in conclusion.
