Mark B. Bromberg

Dr. Mark Bromberg is the Guest Editor of this issue of Seminars in Neurology on peripheral neuropathies. Dr. Bromberg has made tremendous contributions to our understanding of the etiology and diagnosis of peripheral neuropathies.

Dr. Bromberg attended the Rudolph Steiner School in New York, and then did his undergraduate work at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Vermont in 1973. His doctoral thesis was on the organization in the brain stem of peripheral and central inputs to the somatosensory system. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Michigan. Dr. Bromberg did his neurology residency at the University of Michigan followed by a fellowship in neuromuscular diseases. During his fellowship, he also worked in the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory in the Academic Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. After his fellowship he joined the faculty at the University of Michigan, and then left the University of Michigan in 1994 to join the Department of Neurology at the University of Utah. Dr. Bromberg is presently Professor and Vice Chairman in the Department of Neurology at the University of Utah Health Sciences and Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Utah. He is also the Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association/Motor Neuron Disease Clinic. He is on the editorial boards of Muscle and Nerve and The Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease. His grant support reflects his commitment to mentoring young investigators.

For the past several years, Dr. Bromberg has been the course director of the peripheral neuropathy course at the American Academy of Neurology. He has given several invited lectures throughout the world, including speaking to the Spanish Neurological Association in Barcelona; the International Conference on Quantitative Electromyography in Sweden; the International Meeting on Neuromuscular and Visual Disorders in Havana; the Annual Congress of the Japan Neurology Association in Matsumoto City, Japan; the Annual Reunion of the Spanish Neurology Society in Madrid; and the Nordic Clinical Neurophysiology Meeting in Denmark. He has given the annual Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Lecture at Columbia University. Dr. Bromberg has made multiple contributions to the literature in the form of publications in peer-reviewed journals, chapters, and books, and he has edited a textbook.

In addition to traveling to fascinating places to present lectures on neuromuscular diseases, Dr. Bromberg enjoys the music, ballet, and museums of the places he travels to. He also takes great advantage of outdoor activities in Utah, including downhill and cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, and cycling. We are terribly grateful to Dr. Bromberg for putting together this issue on peripheral neuropathies. It will serve as a tremendous resource to all of us as we care for patients with peripheral nerve disorders.