Over the ensuing years it became clear that to take neonatal neurology to the next level, combined programs not only of Selleck Forskolin neonatology and neonatal neurology but also of neuropathology, neuroradiology and neurobiology were needed. Over the past 30-40 years few such programs have evolved in the United States and abroad. Notable recent exceptions to this statement include the superb programs led by Donna Ferriero (neurology), David Rowitch (neonatology) and Jim Barkovich (neuroradiology) at UCSF, and by Terrie Inder (neonatology), Jeff Neil

(neurology), and Robert McKinstry (neuroradiology) at Washington University in St. Louis. The achievements of the few exceptions have been stellar and have been critical in moving our field forward in more than simply incremental ways. Of course, much work in programs that are not yet multidimensional has been important also, in spite of the difficulties. Briefly stated, we need each other. “Turf battles” are a waste of time and energy. Resources for such multifaceted programs are not trivial to obtain, but combinations of institutional, philanthropic, and external funds are obligatory. However, even in the presence of such funds, GSK2118436 mouse in academia

egos often impair the development of true collaborative programs. Nevertheless, we do need each other, and together remarkable accomplishments for our field and especially for our babies are possible. Except for the names of my earliest teachers and mentors, the trainees who have been unusually productive, and colleagues worldwide who have been especially stimulating to me, for fear of overlooking, I purposely have not attempted to name all the many individuals who have influenced me in clinical and research areas and with whom I have had the privilege of working, i.e., neuropathologists, neurologists, neonatologists,

neurobiologists, neuroradiologists, residents, fellows, and others. Colleagues and collaborators at Washington University in St. Louis Thalidomide (1971-1990) and at Harvard Medical School (1990-present) have particularly enriched my clinical and research endeavors; without them very little could have been accomplished. There are so many such individuals, that if I attempted to name all of them, likely I would be unsuccessful, and this presentation would be too encyclopedic. For the same reasons, I have not addressed many fields so prominent in neonatal neurology and of great interest to me, e.g., developmental/genetic disorders, seizures, hemorrhagic diseases, hypoglycemia, kernicterus, metabolic/degenerative disorders, neuromuscular diseases, infectious processes, brain tumors, traumatic disorders; for those areas I must shamelessly refer the reader to Neurology of the Newborn, as well as to other sources.