Mary Angela O'Neal, MD, FAAN, and Barbara A. Dworetzky, MD, FAAN, FANA, FAES

The guest editors of this issue of Seminars in Neurology are Dr. Mary Angela O'Neal and Dr. Barbara A. Dworetzky. Mary O'Neal, MD, FAAN, is an internationally regarded expert in Women's Neurology and Functional Neurological Disorder. She completed her neurology residency and a vascular neurology fellowship at Boston University, and was on faculty at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School from 1995 to 2025 where she directed the Women's Neurology Program and Fellowship until accepting a position this past fall as an associate professor of neurology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to lead their Women's Neurology Education and Functional Neurology Division. She is an adept educator and a sought-after speaker who led the Harvard Medical School course in Women's Neurology and Psychiatry for many years, as well as the “Neurology of Pregnancy” courses at the American Academy of Neurology meetings. Dr. O'Neal has published multiple papers in her areas of expertise, edited several books, and is a sought-after national and international speaker on women's health in neurology and functional neurological disorders. Barbara A. Dworetzky, MD, FAAN, FANA, FAES, is a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, the A.J. Trustey Endowed Chair in Neurology, and the former chief of the Epilepsy Division at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship director for many years. She received an ScB with Honors in Psychology from Brown University, her MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine (interning at Montefiore Medical Center, NY), residency at the former Harvard Longwood Neurology Program (now Mass General Brigham), and a 2-year fellowship in clinical neurophysiology/epilepsy at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Dworetzky has helped train/mentor >65 clinical and research fellows from all over the world and has over 147 peer-reviewed publications, multiple book chapters, and speaking invitations, and has co-edited a book for clinicians on integrating care in functional seizures and is internationally known for this work. She has received awards for leadership, professionalism, mentorship, and her clinical skills. Dr. Dworetzky has served on multiple boards for patient and professional societies, and is currently the President of the Functional Neurological Disorder Society (FNDS). We are so grateful for the efforts of Drs. O'Neal and Dworetzky, as well as all of the contributing authors, for their amazing contributions in this issue of Seminars in Neurology . In recent years, neurologists have not only gained a great appreciation of functional neurological disorder, which touches virtually every aspect of neurology, but we are also now better understanding how to respect and care for these individuals, helping them recover to lead healthier lives. Drs. O'Neal and Dworetzky are heading this effort nationally and internationally, and we are so appreciative of their leadership. I would like to personally thank Drs. O'Neal and Dworetzky for their dedication to this issue, one which I personally very much enjoyed reading and learning about! We hope you also enjoy this issue of Seminars in Neurology on Functional Neurologic Disorder! Publication History Article published online: 27 February 2026 © 2026. Thieme. All rights reserved. Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USA