Samuel H. Greenblatt, M.D. - Research Interests

Before he became a physician, Dr. Greenblatt earned a master’s degree at the Johns Hopkins Institute of the History of Medicine. His scholarly work has centered on the history of neurology, neurosurgery, and neuroscience.

Dr. Greenblatt has investigated the social, behavioral, and economic forces that led to the rise of neuroscience and neurosurgery. He was senior editor of the comprehensive book, A History of Neurosurgery in its Scientific and Professional Contexts. He has written about John Hughlings Jackson, the neurologist who laid the framework for our understanding of neural organization, and Harvey Cushing, the father of modern neurosurgery.

Dr. Greenblatt chaired the Section on the History of Neurological Surgery of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and served as president of the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences. At present, he is the neurosurgery editor for the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences.