Josephine Bicknell Neal

Background

Neal, Josephine Bicknell was born on October 10, 1880 in Belmont, Maine, United States. Daughter of Alton J. and Mary (Alexander) Neal.

Education

Bachelor of Arts (1st honor, physics), Bates College, 1901, honorary Doctor of Science, 1926. Doctor of Medicine (2d honor), Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1910. Honorary Doctor of Science, Russell Sage College, 1937.

Licensed to practice medicine, New York State, 1913, practice limited to consultation in neurology, since 1918.

Assistant in meningitis division, research laboratory, Department of Health, New York City, 1910-1914, in charge of division, since 1914. Instructor in medicine, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1914-1920.

Instructor in medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1922-1927, clinical professor of neurology, 1929-1944. Attending physician Children’s Tuberculosis Clinic and Vanderbilt Clinic, 1922-1927.

Consultant in acute infections of central nervous system, New York Infirmary for Women and Children, since 1925, Neurological Institute of New York, 1936-1944, Vanderbilt Clinic, 1936-1944.

Director department of infectious diseases, Neurological Institute, 1937-1939. Visiting physician on neurological service, Willard Parker Hospital, since 1937. Assistant attending neurologist, Neurological Institute and Vanderbilt Clinic, since 1939.

Consultant in pediatrics, Saint Vincent’s Hospital Associate director research laboratory, New York Department of Health, 1937-1944.

Director William J. Matheson Survey of Epidemic Encephalitis, 1927-1929. Executive secretary Matheson Common for Encephalitis Research, since 1929.

Secretary International Committee for Study of Infantile Paralysis, 1929-1932. Certified in neurology by American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1936.

Career

Doctor of Medicine (2d honor), Cornell Univercity Medical Assistant in meningitis division, research laboratory Director department of infectious diseases, Neurological

Assistant attending neurologist, Neurological

Director research laboratory Director William J. Matheson Survey of Epidemic Encephalitis, 1927-1929.

Achievements

• Josephine Bicknell Neal has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College Physicians. Member of New York State, New York County medical societies, American Medical Association, American Public Health Association, Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases, New York Academy of Medicine, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Epsilon Iota, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Father:

Alton J. Neal

Mother:

Mary (Alexander) Neal