Now in its ninth year in publication, The Neurohospitalist is well established as a valuable resource for the latest discoveries, innovations, and developments in the field of neurohospitalist medicine. It is a great honor to begin my term as Editor in Chief of The Neurohospitalist, and I am looking forward to continuing the outstanding work that has been done on behalf of this journal over the past decade.
As the field of neurohospitalist medicine has developed as a bona fide subspecialty of neurology, so too has interest in the field continued to grow among trainees and practitioners alike. In both academic and community settings, neurohospitalist programs have emerged in greater numbers every year. Indeed, interest in the field is not only evidenced by the continued growth of this journal but also by the growth and accomplishments of the Neurohospitalist Society as well as the Neurohospitalist Section of the American Academy of Neurology. Both of these groups have been instrumental in helping to establish the clinical and operational standards of our subspecialty, and many members of these groups have served as key clinical and research mentors to trainees, often leading to publications in this journal.
I would like to thank Vanja Douglas, MD, who served as Editor in Chief since the journal’s inception, for his leadership and vision. During his tenure, the journal has consistently been a source of the most up-to-date and exciting developments in the field. This impact, as well as the scope of our field, is reflected in the articles that have received the greatest number of citations to date, including “Safety of Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Review of Complications, Risk Factors, and Newer Technologies,” “Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neuroprotection: History, Mechanisms, Risks, and Clinical Applications,” and “Intravascular Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection,” to name just a few. Topics like these are the bread and butter of neurohospitalist practice and are essential reading for the practicing neurohospitalist. Vanja has done a superb job in leading the journal and I hope to continue to build on the momentum he has created.
I would like to thank the team of associate editors who worked closely with Vanja in recent years. Kevin Barrett, John Betjemann, Archit Bhatt, William Freeman, Andrew Josephson, David Likosky, Arshad Majid, Babak Navi, John Probasco, Michel Shamy, Nirav Shah, Jana Wold, James Greene, Sandeep Khot, and Jennifer Simpson have been extraordinarily dedicated to generating high-quality, relevant, and readable articles. With this issue, I am pleased to introduce a new cohort of associate editors who represent a broad range of clinical expertise and who are each committed toward advancing our field: Claudio Bassetti, from University Hospital in Bern (Switzerland), Christopher Doughty, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Hedley Emsley from Lancaster Medical School (United Kingdom); Carl Gold, from Stanford University Medical Center; Elan Guterman, from the University of California San Francisco; Shibani Mukerji, from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Kiran Thakur, from Columbia University Medical Center; and Craig Williamson, from the University of Michigan. I am looking forward to working with this terrific team.
I am excited about the future of The Neurohospitalist, and as we continue to actively encourage submission of original articles, short reports, case reports, images in clinical neurology, and clinical–pathologic conference cases, I also hope to continue Vanja’s work to broaden the reach of this publication internationally and to solicit diverse ideas and opinions in this realm of medicine, science, and practice. One operational change that will be implemented at The Neurohospitalist will be a transition to a double-blind peer review process (ie, both reviewer and author identities are concealed throughout the review process). The goal of this change—one that is being implemented at a large number of journals across medical and scientific disciplines—is to reduce bias on many levels.
Lastly, and critically, we encourage input from you, the reader, on how we can be a more valuable resource and more effectively serve the neurohospitalist community and beyond. To that end, please reach out to me at any time with your input and suggestions.
Joshua P. Klein, MD, PhD
Editor in Chief