Letter From the Editor: A New Home for the Journal of Child Neurology
Journal of Child Neurology 2014, Vol. 29(2) 160-161 ª The Author(s) 2013 Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0883073813491979 jcn.sagepub.com
Roger A. Brumback, MD1
Received May 8, 2013. Accepted for publication May 8, 2013.
At its founding in 1986, the Journal of Child Neurology had its Editorial Office in the University of Rochester Whipple Park apartment of the founding Editor, Roger A. Brumback. Later that year, the Editorial Office moved me to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ten years later, when the University of Oklahoma found it inconvenient to house an editorial office, the Journal of Child Neurology Editorial Office was set up in space at the law office of my wife Mary Brumback, who then served as the Editorial Assistant.1 In 2001, I relocated to the Creighton University School of Medicine and the Journal of Child Neurology Editorial Office was established at the Creighton University Medical Center. Now after more than a dozen years in that location, I am moving to the picturesque West Virginia community of Lewisburg (named ‘‘America’s Coolest Small Town’’), which is located in the heart of the Greenbrier Valley near the historic Greenbrier Resort, and Mary Brumback will resume her duties as the Editorial Assistant. I am taking a position at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (Figure 1), which will enthusiastically provide the necessary support for the Journal of Child Neurology Editorial Office. The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine was founded in December 1972 as the Greenbrier College of Osteopathic Medicine by 4 visionary physicians— O. J. Bailes, Frank Wallington, Carlton Apgar, and Don Newell, Sr—who recognized the importance of training physicians to meet the rural health care needs of West Virginia (at that time, West Virginia ranked 49th out of 50 states in the number of physicians relative to state population). The next year (1973), a US$1.3 million grant through the Hill-Burton Act (the Hospital Survey and Construction Act enacted in 1946 to provide health care facilities with federal grants and loans for construction and modernization) helped to renovate the former dormitories of the Greenbrier Military School into classrooms and laboratories for the new medical school. The Greenbrier Military School had been an all-male, privately owned military boarding school for grades 7 through 12 that was initially chartered in Lewisburg in 1812. One of the notable graduates from 1937 was Robert Lewis Evans, who went on to found Bob Evans Farms, Inc and the Bob Evans Restaurants. As military activities experienced increasing public disapproval during the late 1960s and early 1970s, private military academies suffered
Figure 1. Official seal of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.
financially and, in 1972 it was decided to close the Greenbrier Military School. This afforded founders of the Greenbrier College of Osteopathic Medicine the ideal opportunity to acquire a beautiful campus for their enterprising undertaking (Figure 2). In October 1974, the first class of 36 students entered the new medical school. Two years later, in January 1976, the medical school became a state-supported institution under the governance of the West Virginia Board of Regents and was renamed the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. Over the years, the medical school has grown in stature and expanded its class size to the current 200 entering students each year. Classes for the first 2 years are conducted on the Lewisburg Campus, while the third- and fourth -year students take clinical rotations throughout West Virginia at the Statewide Campus. In 1
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV, USA
Corresponding Author: Roger A. Brumback, MD, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV 24901, USA. Email: [email protected]
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Figure 2. Picturesque lawn behind the main building of the Lewisburg Campus of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine; left corner inset shows entrance sign for the campus.
the most recently published rankings by US News & World Report, the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine ranks number 3 in the percentage of graduates entering primary care residency training programs. The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine also leads the nation in graduating primary care physicians who practice in the rural Appalachian region of the United States.2 This is an exciting time for the Journal of Child Neurology in its new home. Manuscript submissions remain at a record rate, and articles published in the journal continue to be widely read and well cited. In addition, introduction of the sister
publication Journal of Child Neurology Open will serve only to expand the scope and reach of the journal over the next decade. References 1. Brumback RA. The silver jubilee: Journal of Child Neurology turns 25. J Child Neurol. 2010;25:4-31. 2. Baker HH, Pathman DE, Nemitz JW, Boisvert CS, Schwartz RJ, Ridpath LC. Which U.S. medical schools are providing the most physicians for the Appalachian region of the United States? Acad Med. 2012;87(4):498-505.
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Journal of Child Neurology 2014, Vol. 29(2) 160-161 ª The Author(s) 2013 Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0883073813491979 jcn.sagepub.com
Roger A. Brumback, MD1
Received May 8, 2013. Accepted for publication May 8, 2013.
At its founding in 1986, the Journal of Child Neurology had its Editorial Office in the University of Rochester Whipple Park apartment of the founding Editor, Roger A. Brumback. Later that year, the Editorial Office moved me to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ten years later, when the University of Oklahoma found it inconvenient to house an editorial office, the Journal of Child Neurology Editorial Office was set up in space at the law office of my wife Mary Brumback, who then served as the Editorial Assistant.1 In 2001, I relocated to the Creighton University School of Medicine and the Journal of Child Neurology Editorial Office was established at the Creighton University Medical Center. Now after more than a dozen years in that location, I am moving to the picturesque West Virginia community of Lewisburg (named ‘‘America’s Coolest Small Town’’), which is located in the heart of the Greenbrier Valley near the historic Greenbrier Resort, and Mary Brumback will resume her duties as the Editorial Assistant. I am taking a position at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (Figure 1), which will enthusiastically provide the necessary support for the Journal of Child Neurology Editorial Office. The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine was founded in December 1972 as the Greenbrier College of Osteopathic Medicine by 4 visionary physicians— O. J. Bailes, Frank Wallington, Carlton Apgar, and Don Newell, Sr—who recognized the importance of training physicians to meet the rural health care needs of West Virginia (at that time, West Virginia ranked 49th out of 50 states in the number of physicians relative to state population). The next year (1973), a US$1.3 million grant through the Hill-Burton Act (the Hospital Survey and Construction Act enacted in 1946 to provide health care facilities with federal grants and loans for construction and modernization) helped to renovate the former dormitories of the Greenbrier Military School into classrooms and laboratories for the new medical school. The Greenbrier Military School had been an all-male, privately owned military boarding school for grades 7 through 12 that was initially chartered in Lewisburg in 1812. One of the notable graduates from 1937 was Robert Lewis Evans, who went on to found Bob Evans Farms, Inc and the Bob Evans Restaurants. As military activities experienced increasing public disapproval during the late 1960s and early 1970s, private military academies suffered
Figure 1. Official seal of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.
financially and, in 1972 it was decided to close the Greenbrier Military School. This afforded founders of the Greenbrier College of Osteopathic Medicine the ideal opportunity to acquire a beautiful campus for their enterprising undertaking (Figure 2). In October 1974, the first class of 36 students entered the new medical school. Two years later, in January 1976, the medical school became a state-supported institution under the governance of the West Virginia Board of Regents and was renamed the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. Over the years, the medical school has grown in stature and expanded its class size to the current 200 entering students each year. Classes for the first 2 years are conducted on the Lewisburg Campus, while the third- and fourth -year students take clinical rotations throughout West Virginia at the Statewide Campus. In 1
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV, USA
Corresponding Author: Roger A. Brumback, MD, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV 24901, USA. Email: [email protected]
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Brumback
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Figure 2. Picturesque lawn behind the main building of the Lewisburg Campus of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine; left corner inset shows entrance sign for the campus.
the most recently published rankings by US News & World Report, the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine ranks number 3 in the percentage of graduates entering primary care residency training programs. The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine also leads the nation in graduating primary care physicians who practice in the rural Appalachian region of the United States.2 This is an exciting time for the Journal of Child Neurology in its new home. Manuscript submissions remain at a record rate, and articles published in the journal continue to be widely read and well cited. In addition, introduction of the sister
publication Journal of Child Neurology Open will serve only to expand the scope and reach of the journal over the next decade. References 1. Brumback RA. The silver jubilee: Journal of Child Neurology turns 25. J Child Neurol. 2010;25:4-31. 2. Baker HH, Pathman DE, Nemitz JW, Boisvert CS, Schwartz RJ, Ridpath LC. Which U.S. medical schools are providing the most physicians for the Appalachian region of the United States? Acad Med. 2012;87(4):498-505.
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