The concept of this book arose from a perceived need for a comprehensive review of the
current best evidence in the practice of neurology. Our goal was to present the evidence in
a user-friendly and easily accessible manner. We hope we have achieved our objective.
The three co-editors are linked in their passion for evidence-based clinical practice
in the clinical neurological sciences, connected to a common historical origin at the
University of Western Ontario (UWO), London, Ontario, Canada, influenced directly
by Evidence-Based Medicine teachings of McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada, and two of them trained by a terrific mentor, Samuel Wiebe. Mary Jenkins
and Bart Demaerschalk completed neurology residency at UWO, and Jorge Burneo
trained in Epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and later joined
UWO as faculty. All three co-editors are actively involved in teaching and practicing
evidence-based neurology at their respective institutions, UWO and Mayo Clinic.
Their common link, initially in training and now teaching in evidence-based neurology, fueled their desire to complete this book.
Dr. Burneo was initially approached by Springer Publishing regarding the concept of this book. He then included Dr. Jenkins and Dr. Demaerschalk and the editing team was born. We thank the publishers at Springer publishing for bringing the
three of us together in this project.
We would like to extend our thanks to each of the talented authors who worked
so diligently on their respective chapters. As editors, we were fortunate to work with
an amazing group of skilled and determined evidence-based neurologists. We would
also like to thank Connie Walsh from Springer Publishing who guided us through
this journey and kept us on our course.
May you find the contents of this book helpful to you, the reader, in the management
of patients in your individual practices, your personal education and training, and in
your mentorship and instruction of those more junior to you