Martin A. Samuels, M.D. was born in Cleveland, Ohio. At Cleveland Heights High School, he was President of the student body, and he went on to graduate with honors. He earned his undergraduate degree from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and then went on to Medical School at the University of Cincinnati. He trained in internal medicine at the Boston City Hospital, becoming Medical Chief Resident in 1974. He trained in neurology and neuropathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1977, he joined the Faculty of Harvard Medical School. In 1988, he went to the Brigham and Women's Hospital to found its Department of Neurology. He is also the cofounder of the Harvard Partners Neurology Residency. In 2005, he received the Daniel Drake Medal from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and an Honorary Doctor of Science degree. In 2010, the Martin A. Samuels Neurology Consultation Service at the Brigham and Women's Hospital was established in his honor. Dr. Samuels is board certified in both internal medicine and neurology. He is the world authority on neurogenic cardiac disease. Dr. Samuels was the neurologic editor for *Stein's Internal Medicine*. He co-authored *Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 9th edition*, co-edited *Office Practice of Neurology*, co-authored *Shared Care for Neurology*, edited *Hospitalist Neurology*, edited the medical neurology section of *Neurological Therapeutics*, edited the medical section of *Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience*, and edited *Samuels's Manual of Neurologic Therapeutics*. He was the founding editor of *Journal Watch Neurology*, and created a series of video textbooks of neurology for the practicing physician. Martin Samuels is married to Susan F. Pioli, a medical publisher, with whom he has two children.