Joseph B MartinJoseph B. Martin, MD, PhD, is the Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. Born in Alberta, Canada, he studied at the University of Alberta, Case Western Reserve University, and the University of Rochster. He worked at McGill University and was then appointed chief of the neurology service at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He has served as the dean of the School of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), chancellor of UCSF, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University, and remained on the faculty of Harvard Medical School until his retirement in July 2016. Dr. Martin is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an honorary member and past president of the American Neurological Association. The author of more than three hundred scientific publications and several books, Dr. Martin's most recent book, Alfalfa to Ivy: Memoir of a Harvard Medical School Dean, was published by the University of Alberta Press in 2011. Read More Read Less