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Joshua Klein, MD, Neurology, Boston, MA, Brigham and Women's Hospital

JoshuaPeterKleinMDPhD

Neurology • Boston, MA

Hospital/Neurohospitalist, Neuroimaging

Chief, Division of Hospital Neurology, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Associate Professor of Neurology and Radiology, Harvard Medical School

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Summary

  • Joshua P. Klein, MD, PhD, is a neurologist who specializes in hospital neurology and diagnostic neuroimaging. He is Associate Professor of Neurology and Radiology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and founding Chief of the Division of Hospital Neurology in the Department of Neurology at BWH.

    He has published across many areas of clinical neurology, is a frequent invited lecturer at national and international conferences, has directed CME courses in Neurology (AudioDigest) and Hospital Medicine (Oakstone), and has served as Guest Editor of multiple issues of Seminars in Neurology and the AAN's Continuum journal. He co-edited the three most recent editions of "Adams and Victor’s Principles of Neurology", the world’s leading textbook of neurology, as well as the "Oxford Textbook of Neurohematology" and the 10th edition of "Samuels’s Manual of Neurologic Therapeutics". Dr. Klein was selected as BWH/MGH Neurology Faculty Teacher of the Year in 2012 and as a Distinguished Clinician at BWH in 2017. He is a Fellow of the American Neurological Association (FANA), the American Society of Neuroimaging (FASN), and the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN).

Education & Training

  • Harvard Business School
    Harvard Business SchoolBrigham Leadership Program, 2019 - 2020
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Neuroradiology, 2009 - 2011
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolChief Residency, Neurology, 2008 - 2009
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 2006 - 2009
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolInternship, Neurology, 2005 - 2006
  • Yale School of Medicine
    Yale School of MedicineClass of 2005, MD/PhD
  • University of Pennsylvania
    University of PennsylvaniaBA, Biology, 1993 - 1997

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2007 - 2024
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2020 - 2022
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
  • United Council of Neurologic SubspecialtiesNeuroimaging

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Editor-in-Chief The Neurohospitalist
  • Distinguished Clinician Award Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2017
  • Fellow (FASN) American Society of Neuroimaging, 2016
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Books/Book Chapters

  • Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine 
    Chapter: Weakness: how to localize the problem 
    Klein JPEditors: McKean SC.McGraw HillEdition 2,
  • Youmans Neurological Surgery 
    Chapter: Sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, and demyelinating disease 
    Klein JPEditors: Winn HR.SaundersEdition 7,
  • Pocket Neurology 
    Chapter: Neuroimaging, Neuroophthalmology 
    Klein JP, Cohen ABEditors: Greer DM.Wolters Kluwer-LWWEdition 1&2,
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Press Mentions

  • Restoring Balance: Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration
    Restoring Balance: Paraneoplastic Cerebellar DegenerationApril 19th, 2017

Committees

  • Chair, Neuroimaging Section, American Academy of Neurology 2021 - Present
  • Chair, Neurology Finance Committee, Brigham and Women's Hospital 2015 - 2020
  • Chair, Neurohospitalist Section, American Academy of Neurology 2015 - 2017

Professional Memberships

  • American Academy of Neurology - AAN
    Fellow
  • American Neurological Association
    Fellow
  • American Society of Neuroimaging
    Board of Directors, and Fellow
  • Neurohospitalist Society
    Board of Directors

Hospital Affiliations

Industry Relationships

  • Scientific Chair, Audio Digest Foundation Neurology Board Review Course2015 - Present
  • Advisor, Advance Medical, Inc.2015 - Present
  • Advisor, Best Doctors, Inc.2015 - Present

External Links

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