Curriculum Vitae of Robert B. Daroff, M.D

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Curriculum Vitae of Robert B. Daroff, M.D.

ROBERT B. DAROFF, M.D.

Associate Dean for Development

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Professor and Chair Emeritus of Neurology,

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

and

University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Curriculum Vitae and Bibliography

Prepared: January 2010

http://casemed.case.edu/dept/neurology/Daroff.html

CURRICULUM VITAE

BIOGRAPHICAL

ROBERT B. DAROFF, M.D.

Professional Address: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

10900 Euclid Avenue

T-108

Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4923

Office Phone: (216) 368-2500

Fax: (216) 368-4613

E-mail:

Birth Date: August 3, 1936; New York, New York

Marriage: December 4, 1959 – Jane A. Daroff, DCSW, LISW

Children: Charles, II: Attorney

Robert B. Jr.: Psychiatrist

William C.: Attorney

Academic Education:

University of Chicago 1952-1953 12th Grade Certificate

University of Pennsylvania

(College) 1953-1957 B.A.

University of Pennsylvania

(School of Medicine) 1957-1961 M.D.

Training:

Philadelphia General Hospital 1961-1962 Rotating Internship

Yale University School of Medicine 1962-1965 Clinical Fellow (Resident) in Neurology

and Yale-New Haven Medical Center 1964-1965 Chief Resident in Neurology

(Professor G.H. Glaser)

University of Miami School of Medicine, April-June Visiting Fellow in Neuro-Ophthalmology

Department of Ophthalmology 1964

(Professor J.L. Smith)

University of California School of Medicine, 1967-1968 Special Fellow in Neuro-Ophthalmology

San Francisco; Departments of

Ophthalmology, Neurosurgery, and Neurology

(Professor W.F. Hoyt)

Military:

Captain, United States Army Medical Corps 1965-1967

Chief, Neurology Service, July–November

Ireland Army Hospital 1965

Fort Knox, Kentucky

Chief, Neurological Consultation and Treatment 1966

Center, 93rd Evacuation Hospital, United States

Forces, South Vietnam; Consultant in Neurology

to the Surgeon, United States Army, Vietnam

Chief, Inpatient Neurology Service, January–June

Letterman General Hospital, 1967

San Francisco, California

Licensure:

National Board of Medical Examiners

States of Connecticut, California, Florida, and Ohio

Specialty Board:

Diplomate in Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, February 1969, Certificate Number 9993

Faculty and Administrative Appointments:

University of Louisville July 1965- Clinical Instructor in Medicine School of Medicine May 1966 (Neurology)

Veterans Administration Hospital July 1968- Assistant Chief, Neurology Services

Miami, Florida June 1980 Chief, Neurology Clinic

Veterans Administration Hospital Jan. 1969- Director Ocular Motor

Miami, Florida June 1980 Neurophysiology Lab

University of Miami July 1968- Assistant Professor of Neurology

School of Medicine May 1971

University of Miami July 1968- Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

School of Medicine May 1975

University of Miami June 1971- Associate Professor of Neurology

School of Medicine May 1974

University of Miami June 1975- Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

School of Medicine June 1980

University of Miami June 1974- Professor of Neurology

School of Medicine June 1980

Cleveland Veterans Administration Medical Center July 1980-1993 Staff Neurologist

Case Western Reserve University July 1980-1993 Gilbert W. Humphrey Professor of Neurology

School of Medicine Chairman, Department of Neurology

1993-2004 Professor of Neurology, and Associate

Dean for University Hospitals of Cleveland

2004-2006 Professor of Neurology, and Interim Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs

July 2006–2007 Gilbert W. Humphrey Professor and Interim Chair of Neurology

2008 - Professor and Chair Emeritus of Neurology,

And Associate Dean of Developement

University Hospitals of Cleveland July 1980-1993 Director, Department of Neurology

July 1980– Attending Neurologist

January 1994-1997 Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs

1997-2003 Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President

for Academic Affairs

2000-2002  Director of Medical Education

University Hospitals Health System/ March 2004-2005 Chief Medical Officer, St. John West Shore

Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine Health System Hospital

(UHHS/CSAHS) Partnership

Chief Medical Officer, St. Vincent Charity

Hospital

University Hospitals Case Medical Center July 2006–2007 Interim Chair, Department of Neurology

July 2006-2007 Co-Director, Neurological Institute

2008 - Attending Neurologist

Editorial Responsibilities:

Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1956-1957.

Associate Editor, The Journal of Biomedical Systems, 1970-1972.

Editorial Board, Archives of Neurology, 1976.

Founding Editorial Board, Annals of Neurology, 1976-1981; 1985-1986.

Editor for Neurological Progress (Founding Editor), 1981-1984.

Editorial Board, Weekly Update: Neurology and Neurosurgery, 1978-1980.

Editorial Board, Neurology and Neurosurgery Update Series, 1981-1993.

Editorial Board, Headache, 1980-1986.

Editorial Advisor, 2004–2009

Senior Editorial Advisor, 2009-

Advisory Editorial Board, Neuro-Ophthalmology, 1980-2002.

Book Review Editor, 1981-1988.

Editorial Council, Neurologia Croatica (official journal of the Croatian Neurological Society and Croatian Neurosurgical Society. Formerly, until 1991, Neurologija, official journal of the Yugoslavian Neurological Association), 1987–2006.

Editor-in-Chief, Neurology, 1987-1996.

Scientific Integrity Advisor, Neurology, 2004–

Editorial Board, Contemporary Neurology Series, F.A. Davis Company, 1989-1993.

Co-Editor, World Neurology (Newsletter of the World Federation of Neurology), 1990-1997.

Editorial Advisory Board, 1998-2003.

Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2001–

Advisory Board, Clinical Reviews in Headache (Online), 2001–2002.

Editorial Commission, Valeology, (Kazakhstan Republic), 2002.

Editorial Board, Neurosciences (Saudi Arabia), 2003–2006; Consulting Senior Editor, 2007-

Editorial Board, Practical Neurology, 2003–

Associate Editor, The Scientific World Neurology, 2006–

Scientific Advisory Board and Ethics Editor, ANATOMY, (International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Anatomy), 2009.

International Editorial Board, Niger Delta African Journal of Health and Environment, 2008.

Publishing and Scientific Integrity Advisor, Cephalalgia, 2009-

Occasional Reviewer:

Science; Vision Research; British Journal of Ophthalmology; Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry; Archives of Ophthalmology; Investigative Ophthalmology; American Journal of Ophthalmology; Annals of Otology; Muscle & Nerve; New York State Journal of Medicine; Brain; Menopause; Menopause Management; Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery; Hippocrates’ Lantern; Cephalalgia; Journal of Neurological Sciences; Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease; Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease; The Chronicle of Neurology and Psychiatry; Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine; Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Parkinsonism and Related Disorders; European Journal of Neurology.

Membership in Medical, Scientific, and Medical Editing Societies:

Academy of Medicine–Cleveland/Northern Ohio Medical Association

American Academy of Neurology (Fellow, 1975-1997; Honorary Member, 1997)

American Council for Headache Education (ACHE)

American Epilepsy Society (1984-1990)

American Headache Society (Fellow)

American Medical Association

American Neurological Association (Honorary Member, 2001)

American Neurotology Society (Fellow) (1976-1994)

American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (1986-1988)

Asociacion Colombiana de Neurologia (Honorary Member)

Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease (ARNMD) (1983-1987)

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (1970-1993)

Association of University Professors of Neurology (1980-1993; 2006–)

Barany Society (1974-)

Blockley Section, College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Cleveland Medical Library Association

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), (Associate Member)

Council of Science Editors (formerly, Council of Biology Editors)

Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors (Honorary Member)

European Federation of Neurological Societies

European Neurological Society

Frank B. Walsh Society

International Clinical Eye Movement Society (Founder)

International Headache Society

International Neuro-Ophthalmology Society

Movement Disorders Society

National Headache Foundation

North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (Fellow)

Ohio State Medical Association

Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces

Society for Neurosciences (1969-1993)

World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)

National Advisory Boards:

American Civilization Advisory Council, University of Pennsylvania, 1974-1980.

Educational Materials Project Appraisal Panel, Association of American Medical Colleges, 1976-1980.

Medical/Scientific Advisory Board, Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, Inc., 1980–

Medical Advisory Board, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1988-1990.

Medical Advisory Board, Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Inc., 1991-1994.

Clinical Advisory Group, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1990-1993.

Technology Advisory Council, BIOMEC, Inc., 1999–2007.

Scientific Advisory Board, CAPNIA, Inc., 2000–2007

Council of Healthcare Advisors, 2001.

National Committees:

American Academy of Neurology

Chairman of Scientific Program Committee, 1973-1975.

Convention Arrangements and Coordination Committee, 1973-1975.

Chairman of S. Weir Mitchell Award Subcommittee, 1975-1977.

Ad Hoc Committee on Membership Needs, 1986.

Potamkin Prize Administration Committee, 1987-1994.

Executive Board, 1987-1996.

Decade of the Brain Task Force, 1990-1995.

Scientific Awards Subcommittee, 1991-1995.

R.I.T.E. Task Force, 1993.

Publications Committee, 1993-1999.

Ad Hoc Committee on Neurology Supplements, 2001.

Section of Headache and Facial Pain, 1993–

Section on Neuro-Ophthalmology/Neuro-Otology, 1994–

American Brain Coalition

American Headache Society Representative, 2003-2006.

American College of Physicians

Neurology Sub-Committee of Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment

Program V (MKSAP-V), 1977-1980.

American Council for Headache Education (ACHE)

Vice-Chairman, 2000-2002.

American Headache Society (formerly American Association for the Study of Headache)

Board of Directors, 1998-2006.

Executive Committee, 1998-2006.

Chairman, 2002-2004.

Secretary, 1998-2000.

President-Elect, 2000-2002.

President, 2002-2004.

Immediate Past President, 2004-2006.

Classification Committee, 1988-1993; 1998-2002.

Secretary, 1998-2002.

Membership Committee, 1998-2000.

Chair, 1998-2000.

Finance Committee, 1998-2002.

Publications Committee, 1998-2002; 2004–

Awards Committee, 1998-2002.

Chair, 2000-2002.

Long Range Planning Committee, 1998-2002; 2006-2008

Chairman, 2002-2004.

Education Committee, 2000-2002.

Chair, 2000-2002.

Nominating Committee, 2004-

Chair, 2004–2006.

Ethics Committee, 2004-

Bylaws Committee, 2004-

Review Board, 2004-2006.

Achievement Recognition Committee, 2004-2008

Public Relations Committee, 2005–2008

Blue Ribbon Committee, 2005-2008

Special Advisor to Executive Committee and Board of Directors, 2006–2008

Clinical Action Team, 2008.

American Neurological Association

Scientific Program Committee, 1977-1978.

Chairman, 1978.

Representative to National Committee on Research in Neurological and Communicative Disorders, 1979-1981.

Councilor, 1980-1982.

Membership Advisory Committee, 1980-1983.

Chairman, 1981-1983.

Nominating Committee, 1984.

Chairman, 1994-1995.

Chairman, Joint Advisory Committee on Annals of Neurology, 1984-1986.

Oversight Committee on Relations with Academy of Neurology, 1986.

By-Laws Committee, 1989.

Jacoby Award Committee, 1989.

Search Committee for Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Neurology, 1989.

Representative to National Intersociety Liaison (NIL) Group, 1989-1991.

Secretary, 1985-1989.

President-Elect, 1989-1990.

President, 1990-1991.

Immediate Past-President, 1991-1992.

Honorary Membership Advisory Committee, 1994 (Chairman); 2005-2006.

Association Management Committee, 1995.

Membership Brochure Committee, 1995-1996.

History Committee, 2004–2006.

American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Section on Headache Reviewer, Scientific Program, 1987 Annual Meeting.

Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)

Group on Educational Affairs (GEA), 2004–-2006.

Selection Committee for Annual Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award, 2006-2008.

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Research Foundation

Nominating Committee, 1987-1996.

Long Range Planning Committee, 1990-1996.

Policies and By-Laws Committee, 1990.

Board of Trustees, 1983–

Medical Advisory Board, Senior Consultant, 2007-

Charles A. Dana Foundation

Alliance for Brain Initiatives, Founding Member, 1993–

Council of Academic Societies, AAMC

Representative from American Headache Society, 2003–2006

European Neurological Society

Headache Sub-Committee, 2007-

Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Medical/Scientific Advisory Board

Scientific Program Committee, 1980-1987.

Chairman, 1984-1987.

Executive Committee, 1992-2003.

Assistant Secretary, 1992-1993.

Secretary, 1994-1996.

Vice-Chairman, 1997-1999.

Chairman, 1999-2001.

Nominating Committee Chair, 2001-2003.

National Eye Institute

Strabismus, Amblyopia, and Visual Processing Panel of the National Advisory Eye Council,

National Eye Institute, NIH, 1980-1983.

National Headache Foundation

Co-Chair, Genetics of Headache Selection Committee, 2003-2004.

Research Summit Committee, 2004–

North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society

Board of Trustees, 1986-1994.

Certification and Accreditation Committee, 1991-1995.

Chair, 1996-1998.

Publications Committee, 1999-2002.

Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces (SMCAF)

Recruitment and Retention Committee, 2003-2004.

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration

Office of Motor Carriers Standards

Steering Committee on Neurological Disorders in Commercial Drivers

Task Force Chairman, 1987-1988.

Frank B. Walsh Society

Program Committee, 1984.

International Committees:

Cooperative Study of Extracranial/Intracranial Arterial Anastomosis (EC/IC Bypass Study)

Principal Investigator of CWRU Centre, 1984-1985.

Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors (EMAME)

Advisor, Publication Ethics Committee, 2005–

European Neurological Society (ENS)

Headache Subcommittee, 2008-

Neuro-Otology and Neuro-Opthalmology Subcommittee, 2008-

Hadassah Medical Center

Neuroscience Research Review Committee, 2008.

International Headache Society

10th Congress, Consultant to Organizing Committee Co-Chairs, 1999-2001.

Classification Sub-Committee on Disorders of Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat, 2000-2003.

Classification Sub-Committee on Migraine, 2000-2003.

International Neurology Forum (INFO),Vietnam

Co-Chair, International Organizing Committee, 2004

Chair, International Organizing Committee, 2005-2007.

International Neuro-Ophthalmology Society

Organizing Committee, 1986.

International Scientific Committee, 2004.

Neuromuscular Disease Association of Romania

International Scientific Committee, 1991-1993.

“Neuro-Ophthalmology Congress, 1988”

Organizational Committee, 1983-1988.

World Federation of Neurology

Finance Committee, 1985–

Chairman, 1990-2001.

Publications and Website Committee, 1987–

Chairman, 1987-2001.

Management Committee

Liaison Member 1997-2001

Chairman, Ad Hoc Contract Committee for World Congress 2005, 1999-2001.

Fund-raising Committee, 2004–2008

XIVth World Congress of Neurology (India) Trust

Board of Trustees, 1997-1999.

Research Groups

Neuro-Ophthalmology and Neuro-otology, 1987–

Executive Committee, 1987-1995.

Migraine and Headache, 1988–

Chair, Nominating Committee, 2000.

Organization and Delivery of Neurological Services, 1990-

Founding Member

Neurotoxicology and Occupational Medicine, 1992-2000.

History of the Neurosciences, 1995-2001.

World Congress of Neurology 2001

Organizing Committee, 1998-2001.

World Neurology Foundation

Board of Directors, 2007-2008

Local Committees:

Academy of Medicine, Cleveland

Ad Hoc Committee on Tort Reform, 1995-1996.

Biomedical Research Cleveland

Executive Committee, 1994-1999.

Cleveland Biotechnology Park, Inc.

Staff Advisor, 2001.

Cleveland Tomorrow, Technology District Visioning Group, 1997-1999.

Edison BioTechnology Center, State of Ohio, 1994-2001.

Technology Commercialization Committee, 1996-1998.

Human Rights Campaign (HRC)

Cleveland Steering Committee, 1999–

Federal Club, 1998–

University Circle, Inc.

Cleveland Technology District Committee, 1994-1996.

Technology Transfer and Economic Development Committee, 1999-2000.

Miscelleneous Positions:

Science Partners LLC

Partner, 2004-

Roulston Buyside Research

Chairman, Health Vertical, 2006-2007

Facilitation/Resolution Health Science Team, 2008-

Vietnam Center, Texas Tech University, Sustaining Life Member 2008-

External Departmental, Institutional, and Research Reviewer:

Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, 1987.

Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 1988.

Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1989 (Chairman of External Committee).

Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, 1991.

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Queen Square, London), under auspices of Director of Research and Development, Department of Health, Great Britain, 1993.

Italian Multiple Sclerosis Society Medical Advisory Board, 1995.

External Advisory Committee, Program Project Grant, “Migraine Pathophysiology and Treatment Mechanisms”, Michael A. Moskowitz, Principal Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2000-2001; 2006-2008

External Promotions Committee Reviewer, University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine, 2005.

External Promotions Committee Reviewer, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2007

Boards of Trustees/Boards of Directors:

Rocky Mountain Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, 1980-1986.

North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, 1986-1994.

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Research Foundation, 1983–

The Learning Corporation, 1992-1993.

Honorary, 1994-2000.

Fairhill Partners (formally Fairhill Center for Aging), Cleveland, 1988–

Honorary Director for Life, 2006–

Fairhill Institute for the Elderly Foundation, Cleveland, 1989-1992.

Edison BioTechnology Center, State of Ohio, 1994-2001.

Great Lakes Museum of Science, Environment and Technology (Great Lakes Science Center), 1994-2001.

GLSEN Cleveland, Honorary Board, 1999–2007

Greater Cleveland Chapter of American Red Cross, 1999–2007

Executive Committee, 2000-2003.

International Services Committee, 2000–2007

Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, 1999-2001.

St. John West Shore Hospital, Community Board, 2003-2005.