Message from the Editor

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Members of the Editorial Board of Epilepsia serve three-year terms that can be renewed once. Changeover in the composition of the Editorial Board is necessary to ensure that there is the opportunity for new voices and views to be heard, and that indentured servitude without end is avoided. I depend greatly on members of the Editorial Board not only for critical reviews but also for constructive criticism and wise advice. Persuading the “best” to serve on the Editorial Board and as ad hoc reviewers is essential to assuring that the Journal sets and maintains the highest standard as a reliable source of new information and a competitive venue for publishing the best papers related to epilepsy. Twelve members of Epilepsia's Editorial Board completed their terms on December 31st, 2000: Drs. Ray Dingledine (U.S.A.), Charlotte Dravet (France), R. Mark Gardiner (U.K.), David A. Hosford (U.S.A.), A. Martins da Silva (Portugal), Shunsuke Ohtahara (Japan), Ruth Ottman (U.S.A.), A. James Rowan (U.S.A.), Philip A. Schwartzkroin (U.S.A.), Shlomo Shinnar (U.S.A.), John W. Swann (U.S.A.), and Tjorborn Tomson (Sweden). I thank them all for their hard work and valuable service. The following new appointments became effective January 1, 2001: Drs. Tallie Z. Baram (U.S.A.), Charles E. Begley (U.S.A.), Amadou Gallo Diop (Senegal), Olaf Henriksen (Norway), Beth A. Malow (U.S.A.), Soheyl Noachtar (Germany), Jeffrey L. Noebels (U.S.A.), Perrine Plouin (France), Helen E. Scharfman (U.S.A.), Ingrid E. Scheffer (Australia), and Walter van Emde-Boas (The Netherlands). I welcome them as they join a distinguished group of colleagues, and I look forward to working with them closely. Finally, Dr. Elinor Ben-Menachem has resigned as Epilepsia's Book Review Editor in order to accept an appointment as Editor-In-Chief of Acta Neurological Scandinavica, a position that I know she will fill with distinction. This is a wonderful honor, and I congratulate her on this notable appointment. Although we will miss her, I am pleased to announce that Professor Simon Shorvon, Chairman of the Department of Clinical Neurology at the National Hospital, Queen Square, London, and Editor of Epigraph, has agreed to assume the responsibilities of Book Review Editor as of January 1, 2001. We welcome Dr. Shorvon in his new role and to a new place on Epilepsia's masthead.