Curriculum Vitae of Robert B. Daroff, M.D.
ROBERT B. DAROFF, M.D.
Associate Dean and Physician Director of Development
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Professor and Chair Emeritus of Neurology,
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
and
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Curriculum Vitae and Bibliography
Prepared: July 2015
http://casemed.case.edu/dept/neurology/Daroff.html
CURRICULUM VITAE
BIOGRAPHICAL
ROBERT B. DAROFF, M.D.
PROFESSIONAL ADDRESS Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
10900 Euclid Avenue, R106
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4971
Office Phone: (216) 368-2500
Fax: (216) 368-4613
E-mail: robert.daroff@case.edu
Born: 1936; New York, New York
Marriage: December 4, 1959 - Jane A. Daroff, DCSW, LISW
Children: Grandchildren:
Charles, II: Attorney Adam, Sophie, Liza, Reid, Lillian, Arianna
Robert B. Jr.: Psychiatrist
William C.: Attorney
ACADEMIC EDUCATION:
University of Chicago 1952-1953 12th Grade Certificate
University of Pennsylvania (College) 1953-1957, B.A.
University of Pennsylvania (School of Medicine) 1957-1961, M.D.
TRAINING:
Philadelphia General Hospital 1961-1962 Rotating Internship
Yale University School of Medicine 1962-1965 Clinical Fellow (Resident) in Neurology
and Yale-New Haven Medical Center 1964-1965 Chief Resident in Neurology
(Professor G.H. Glaser)
University of Miami School of Medicine, April-June Visiting Fellow in Neuro-Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology 1964
(Professor J.L. Smith)
University of California School of Medicine, 1967-1968 Special Fellow in Neuro-Ophthalmology
San Francisco; Departments of
Ophthalmology, Neurosurgery, and Neurology
(Professor W.F. Hoyt)
MILITARY:
Captain, United States Army Medical Corps 1965-1967
Chief, Neurology Service, July–November
Ireland Army Hospital
Fort Knox, Kentucky 1965
Chief, Neurological Consultation and Treatment 1966
Center, 93rd Evacuation Hospital, United States
Forces, Long Binh, South Vietnam; Consultant in Neurology (and, for 3 months, Otolaryngology)
to the Surgeon, United States Army Vietnam (USARV)
MILITARY (cont’d)
Chief, Inpatient Neurology Service, January–June
Letterman General Hospital, 1967
San Francisco, California
LICENSURE
National Board of Medical Examiners
States of Connecticut, California, Florida, and Ohio
SPECIALTY BOARD
Diplomate in Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, February 1969, Certificate Number 9993
FACULTY AND ADMINISRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
University of Louisville July 1965 - May 1966
School of Medicine Clinical Instructor in Medicine (Neurology)
Veterans Administration Hospital July 1968 - June 1980
Miami, Florida Assistant Chief, Neurology Services; Chief, Neurology Clinic
Veterans Administration Hospital Jan. 1969 - June 1980
Miami, Florida Director Ocular Motor Neurophysiology Lab
University of Miami School of Medicine July 1968 - May 1971
School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Miami July 1968 - May 1975
School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Miami June 1971 - May 1974
School of Medicine Associate Professor of Neurology
University of Miami June 1975 - June 1980
School of Medicine Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Miami June 1974 - June 1980
School of Medicine Professor of Neurology
Cleveland Veterans Administration July 1980 - 1993
Medical Center Staff Neurologist
Case Western Reserve University July 1980 – 1993: Gilbert W. Humphrey Professor of Neurology
School of Medicine Chairman, Department of Neurology
1993-2004 Professor of Neurology, and Associate Dean for University
Hospitals Case Medical Center
2004-2006 Professor of Neurology, and Interim Vice Dean for Education
and Academic Affairs
July 2006 - 2007 Gilbert W. Humphrey Professor and Interim Chair of Neurology
2008 - Professor and Chair Emeritus of Neurology; Associate Dean and Physician Director of Development
FACULTY AND ADMINISRATIVE APPOINTMENTS (cont’d)
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
July 1980 - 1993 Director, Department of Neurology
July 1980 - Attending Neurologist
January 1994 - 1997 Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs
1997 - 2003 Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President for Academic
Affairs
2000 - 2002 Director of Medical Education, University Hospitals
Health System
July 2006 - 2007 Interim Chair, Department of Neurology
July 2006 - 2007 Co-Director, Neurological Institute
2008 - Attending Neurologist
University Hospitals Health System
March 2004 - 2005 Chief Medical Officer, St. John West Shore Sisters of Charity
of St. Augustine Health System Hospital
Chief Medical Officer, St. Vincent Charity Hospital
(UHHS/CSAHS) Partnership
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1956-1957
Associate Editor, The Journal of Biomedical Systems, 1970-1972
Editorial Board, Archives of Neurology, 1976
Founding Editorial Board, Annals of Neurology, 1976-1981; 1985-1986
Editor for Neurological Progress (Founding Editor), 1981-1984
Editorial Board, Weekly Update: Neurology and Neurosurgery, 1978-1980
Editorial Board, Headache, 1980-1986
Editorial Advisor, 2004-2009
Senior Editorial Advisor, 2009-
Editorial Board, Neurology and Neurosurgery Update Series, 1981-1993
Advisory Editorial Board, Neuro-Ophthalmology, 1980-2002
Book Review Editor, 1981-1988
Editorial Council, Neurologia Croatica (official journal of the Croatian Neurological Society and Croatian
Neurosurgical Society. Formerly, until 1991, Neurologija, official journal of the Yugoslavian Neurological
Association), 1987–2006
Editor-in-Chief, Neurology, 1987-1996
Scientific Integrity Advisor, Neurology, 2004-
Editorial Board, Contemporary Neurology Series, F.A. Davis Company, 1989-1993
Co-Editor, World Neurology (Newsletter of the World Federation of Neurology), 1990-1997
Editorial Advisory Board, 1998-2003
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2001-2009
Editorial Board, 2010-2013
Scientific Integrity Advisor, 2014-
Advisory Board, Clinical Reviews in Headache (Online), 2001-2002
Editorial Commission, Valeology, (Kazakhstan Republic), 2002
Editorial Board, Neurosciences (Saudi Arabia), 2003–2006; Consulting Senior Editor, 2007-
Editorial Board, Practical Neurology, 2003
Associate Editor, The Scientific World Neurology, 2006-2011
Scientific Advisory Board and Ethics Editor, ANATOMY, (International Journal of Experimental and Clinical
Anatomy), 2009
International Editorial Board, Niger Delta African Journal of Health and Environment, 2008
Publishing and Scientific Integrity Advisor, Cephalalgia, 2009-
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Neuro-otology, 2010-
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (cont’d)
Editorial Board, Yemeni Journal for Medical Sciences, 2013.
World Association of Medical Editors, Help Desk Volunteer, 2013-
OCCASIONAL REVIEWER
Science; Vision Research; British Journal of Ophthalmology; Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry; Archives of Ophthalmology; Investigative Ophthalmology; American Journal of Ophthalmology; Annals of Otology; Muscle & Nerve; New York State Journal of Medicine; Brain; Menopause; Menopause Management; Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery; Hippocrates’ Lantern; Journal of Neurological Sciences; Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease; Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease; The Chronicle of Neurology and Psychiatry; Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine; Journal
of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus; Parkinsonism and Related Disorders; European Journal of Neurology; European Journal of Neuroscience; Annals of Alquds Medicine
MEMBERSHIP IN MEDICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND MEDICAL EDITING SOCIETIES
Academy of Medicine–Cleveland/Northern Ohio Medical Association
Alzheimer’s Association (2011-)
American Academy of Neurology (Fellow, 1975-1997; Honorary Member, 1997)
American Council for Headache Education (ACHE)
American Epilepsy Society (1984-1990)
American Headache Society (Fellow)
American Medical Association
American Medical Foundation for Peer Review and Education (Advisory Committee on Neurology)
American Neurological Association (Honorary Member, 2001)
American Neurotology Society (Fellow) (1976-1994)
American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (1986-1988)
Asociacion Colombiana de Neurologia (Honorary Member)
Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease (ARNMD) (1983-1987)
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (1970-1993)
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS)
Association of University Professors of Neurology (1980-1993; 2006-8)
Barany Society (1974-)
Blockley Section, College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Cleveland Medical Library Association
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), (Associate Member)
Council of Science Editors (formerly, Council of Biology Editors)
Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors (Honorary Member)
European Federation of Neurological Societies
European Neurological Society
Frank B. Walsh Society
International Clinical Eye Movement Society (Founder)
International Headache Society
International Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
International Society for the History of the Neurosciences
International Society to Advocate Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISAART)
Movement Disorders Society
National Association for Uniformed Services (NAUS)
National Headache Foundation (1996-2012)
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (Co-Founder and Fellow)
Ohio State Medical Association
Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces (Emeritus Member)
Society for Neurosciences (1969-1993)
World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARDS
American Civilization Advisory Council, University of Pennsylvania, 1974-1980
Educational Materials Project Appraisal Panel, Association of American Medical Colleges, 1976-1980
Medical/Scientific Advisory Board, Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, Inc., 1980-
Medical Advisory Board, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1988-1990
Medical Advisory Board, Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Inc., 1991-1994
Clinical Advisory Group, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1990-1993
Vietnam Veterans Institute, Board of Scholars, 1999-
Technology Advisory Council, BIOMEC, Inc., 1999-2007
Scientific Advisory Board, CAPNIA, Inc., 2000-2007
Council of Healthcare Advisors, 2001
NATIONAL COMMITTEES
Advocacy Alliance for Headache Disorders, 2013-
American Academy of Neurology
Chairman of Scientific Program Committee, 1973-1975.
Convention Arrangements and Coordination Committee, 1973-1975
Chairman of S. Weir Mitchell Award Subcommittee, 1975-1977
Ad Hoc Committee on Membership Needs, 1986
Potamkin Prize Administration Committee, 1987-1994
Executive Board, 1987-1996
Decade of the Brain Task Force, 1990-1995
Scientific Awards Subcommittee, 1991-1995
R.I.T.E. Task Force, 1993.
Publications Committee, 1993-1999
Ad Hoc Committee on Neurology Supplements, 2001
Media Expert 2011
Section of Headache and Facial Pain, 1993-
Section on Neuro-Ophthalmology/Neuro-Otology, 1994-
Section on Movement Disorders, 1994-
American Brain Coalition
American Headache Society Representative, 2003-2006
American College of Physicians
Neurology Sub-Committee of Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment
Program V (MKSAP-V), 1977-1980
American Council for Headache Education (ACHE)
Vice-Chairman, 2000-2002
American Headache Society (formerly American Association for the Study of Headache)
Board of Directors, 1998-2006
Past President Advisor, 2010-
Executive Committee, 1998-2006
Chairman, 2002-2004
Secretary, 1998-2000
President-Elect, 2000-2002
President, 2002-2004
Immediate Past President, 2004-2006
Classification Committee, 1988-1993; 1998-2002
Secretary, 1998-2002
Membership Committee, 1998-2000
Chair, 1998-2000
Finance Committee, 1998-2002
Publications Committee, 1998-2002; 2004-
Awards Committee, 1998-2002
Chair, 2000-2002
NATIONAL COMMITTEES (cont’d)
Long Range Planning Committee, 1998-2002; 2006-2008
Chairman, 2002-2004
Education Committee, 2000-2002
Chair, 2000-2002
Nominating Committee, 2004-2006; 2010-2012
Chair, 2004-2006
Ethics Committee, 2004-
Bylaws Committee, 2004-2010
Review Board, 2004-2006
Achievement Recognition Committee, 2004-2008
Public Relations Committee, 2005-2008
Blue Ribbon Committee, 2005-2008
Special Advisor to Executive Committee and Board of Directors, 2006-2008
Clinical Action Team, 2008
American Neurological Association
Scientific Program Committee, 1977-1978
Chairman, 1978
Representative to National Committee on Research in Neurological and Communicative Disorders, 1979-1982
Membership Advisory Committee, 1980-1983
Chairman, 1981-1983
Nominating Committee, 1984
Chairman, 1994-1995
Chairman, Joint Advisory Committee on Annals of Neurology, 1984-1986
Oversight Committee on Relations with Academy of Neurology, 1986
By-Laws Committee, 1989
Jacoby Award Committee, 1989
Search Committee for Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Neurology, 1989
Representative to National Intersociety Liaison (NIL) Group, 1989-1991
Councilor, 1980-1982
Secretary, 1985-1989
President-Elect, 1989-1990
President, 1990-1991
Immediate Past-President, 1991-1992
Honorary Membership Advisory Committee, 1994 (Chairman); 2005-2006
Association Management Committee, 1995
Membership Brochure Committee, 1995-1996
History Committee, 2004-2006
American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Section on Headache Reviewer, Scientific Program, 1987 Annual Meeting
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Group on Educational Affairs (GEA), 2004–-2006.
Selection Committee for Annual Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award, 2006-2008
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Research Foundation
Nominating Committee, 1987-1996
Long Range Planning Committee, 1990-1996
Policies and By-Laws Committee, 1990
Board of Trustees, 1983–
Medical Advisory Board, Senior Consultant, 2007-2011
Charles A. Dana Foundation
Alliance for Brain Initiatives, Founding Member, 1993–
Council of Academic Societies, AAMC
Representative from American Headache Society, 2003–2006
NATIONAL COMMITTEES (cont’d)
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Medical/Scientific Advisory Board
Scientific Program Committee, 1980-1987
Chairman, 1984-1987
Executive Committee, 1992-2003
Assistant Secretary, 1992-1993
Secretary, 1994-1996
Vice-Chairman, 1997-1999
Chairman, 1999-2001
Nominating Committee Chair, 2001-2003
National Eye Institute
Strabismus, Amblyopia, and Visual Processing Panel of the National Advisory Eye Council, National Eye Institute, NIH, 1980-1983
National Headache Foundation
Co-Chair, Genetics of Headache Selection Committee, 2003-2004
Research Summit Committee, 2004-2007
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Board of Trustees, 1986-1994
Certification and Accreditation Committee, 1991-1995
Chair, 1996-1998
Publications Committee, 1999-2002
Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces (SMCAF)
Recruitment and Retention Committee, 2003-2004
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
Office of Motor Carriers Standards
Steering Committee on Neurological Disorders in Commercial Drivers
Task Force Chairman, 1987-1988
Vietnam Center and Archives, Lubbock, TX, Sustaining Life Member, 2008-
Frank B. Walsh Society
Program Committee, 1984
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES
Cooperative Study of Extracranial/Intracranial Arterial Anastomosis (EC/IC Bypass Study)
Principal Investigator of CWRU Centre, 1984-1985
Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors (EMAME)
Advisor, Publishing Ethics Committee, 2005-2011
European Academy of Neurology (EAN) (Merger of European Federation of Neurological Societies and European
Neurological Society), 2015-
European Neurological Society (ENS)
Headache Subcommittee, 2007-2014
Neuro-Otology and Neuro-Opthalmology Subcommittee, 2008-2014
Hadassah Medical Center
Neuroscience Research Review Committee, 2008
International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment – ISTAART, 2010-
International Headache Society
10th Congress, Consultant to Organizing Committee Co-Chairs, 1999-2001
Classification Sub-Committee on Disorders of Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat, 2000-2003
Classification Sub-Committee on Migraine, 2000-2003
International Neurology Forum (INFO), Vietnam
Co-Chair, International Organizing Committee, 2004
Chair, International Organizing Committee, 2005-2007
International Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Organizing Committee, 1986
International Scientific Committee, 2004
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES (cont’d)
International Susac’s Syndrome Foundation (ISSF)
Member at Large, Board of Directors, 2012-
Neuromuscular Disease Association of Romania
International Scientific Committee, 1991-1993
“Neuro-Ophthalmology Congress, 1988”
Organizational Committee, 1983-1988
Saudi Alzheimer’s Disease Association
Advisory Board, 2011-
Chair, International Advisory Committee, 2010-
Selection Panel, Prince Sultan Abdulaziz Alzheimer’s Disease Prize, 2012.
World Federation of Neurology
Finance Committee, 1985-2001
Chairman, 1990-2001
Publications and Website Committee, 1987–2001
Chairman, 1987-2001
Management Committee
Liaison Member 1997-2001
Chairman, Ad Hoc Contract Committee for World Congress 2005, 1999-2001
Fund-raising Committee, 2004-2008
XIVth World Congress of Neurology (India) Trust
Board of Trustees, 1997-1999
Research Groups
Neuro-Ophthalmology and Neuro-otology, 1987-
Executive Committee, 1987-1995
Migraine and Headache, 1988-2000
Chair, Nominating Committee, 2000
Organization and Delivery of Neurological Services, 1990-
Founding Member
Neurotoxicology and Occupational Medicine, 1992-2000
History of the Neurosciences, 1995-2001
World Congress of Neurology
Organizing Committee, 1998-2001
World Neurology Foundation
Board of Directors, 2007-2008
LOCAL COMMITTEES
Academy of Medicine, Cleveland
Ad Hoc Committee on Tort Reform, 1995-1996
Biomedical Research Cleveland
Executive Committee, 1994-1999
Cleveland Biotechnology Park, Inc.
Staff Advisor, 2001
Cleveland Tomorrow, Technology District Visioning Group, 1997-1999
Edison BioTechnology Center, State of Ohio, 1994-2001
Technology Commercialization Committee, 1996-1998
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
Cleveland Steering Committee, 1999-2009
Federal Club, 1998-2006
University Circle, Inc.
Cleveland Technology District Committee, 1994-1996
Technology Transfer and Economic Development Committee, 1999-2000
MISCELLANEOUS POSITIONS
National Medal of Honor Museum
Founding Partner 2015-
Science Partners LLC
Partner, 2004-2010
Roulston Buyside Research
Chairman, Health Vertical, 2006-2007
Facilitation/Resolution Health Science Team, 2008-2010
Vietnam Center, Texas Tech University, Sustaining Life Member 2008-
GBS/CIDP Foundation International
Honorary Dinner Committee, Dr. Arthur K. Asbury “Citizen of the Year” Award Philadelphia, October 28, 2011
Vietnam Veterans of America, Life Member
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Host Committee, 250th Celebration Gala, 2015
EXTERNAL DEPARTMENTAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND RESEARCH REVIEWER
Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, 1987
Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 1988
Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1989 (Chairman of External
Committee)
Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, 1991
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Queen Square, London), under auspices of Director of
Research and Development, Department of Health, Great Britain, 1993
Italian Multiple Sclerosis Society Medical Advisory Board, 1995
External Advisory Committee, Program Project Grant, “Migraine Pathophysiology and Treatment Mechanisms”,
Michael A. Moskowitz, Principal Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2000-2001; 2006-2008
External Promotions Committee Reviewer, University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine, 2005
External Promotions Committee Reviewer, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2007
External Promotions Committee Reviewer, Harvard Medical School, 2015
BOARDS OF TRUSTEES/BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
Rocky Mountain Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, 1980-1986
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, 1986-1994
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Research Foundation, 1983-
The Learning Corporation, 1992-1993
Honorary, 1994-2000
Fairhill Partners (formally Fairhill Center for Aging), Cleveland, 1988-
Honorary Director for Life, 2006-
Fairhill Institute for the Elderly Foundation, Cleveland, 1989-1992
Edison BioTechnology Center, State of Ohio, 1994-2001
Great Lakes Museum of Science, Environment and Technology (Great Lakes Science Center), 1994-2001
GLSEN Cleveland, Honorary Board, 1999-2007
Greater Cleveland Chapter of American Red Cross, 1999-2007
Executive Committee, 2000-2003
International Services Committee, 2000-2007
International Susac’s Syndrome Foundation, 2010
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, 1999-2001
St. John West Shore Hospital, Community Board, 2003-2005
St. Vincent Charity Hospital, Community Board, 2003-2005
United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS)
Alternate Member Director for Headache Medicine, 2005-2007
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