Eva Lucille Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.N., F.A.N.A. is an American physician-scientist and one of the world’s leading authorities on neurodegenerative disease. Currently, she serves as the Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan, as well as Director of the NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies and ALS Center of Excellence at Michigan Medicine. She was also recently named the James W. Albers Distinguished University Professor of Neurology. Feldman has made contributions to biomedical research and clinical care in many critical areas of neurodegenerative disease. Her primary focus has been on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease, cognitive decline, and the neurologic complications of diabetes and obesity, as well as how environmental toxins affect the nervous system. She also has conducted pioneering research on developing stem cell therapies to treat these diseases. She is annually listed in Best Doctors in America and is a member of the Association of American Physicians and National Academy of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Feldman has authored over 500 articles, 70 book chapters (Google Scholar h-index = 109) with >45,000 citations. She has been continuously NIH funded since 1989 and has received numerous awards and honors throughout her remarkable career. Early life and education Eva Feldman grew up in Indiana and completed her undergraduate degree in biology at Earlham College with honors, followed by an M.S. in zoology at the University Notre Dame. Feldman then went on to receive both her M.D. and Ph.D. at the University of Michigan as a Rackham Scholar. She completed her Neurology residency at Johns Hopkins, where she served as Chief Resident and received The Johns Hopkins Award for Medical Teaching and Excellence, the first neurologist to receive this award at Hopkins. Dr. Feldman then returned to the University of Michigan to complete a neuromuscular disorders fellowship, with longtime mentor Dr. James Albers, and her career has since progressed to her current role as the Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology and Director of both the NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies and ALS Center of Excellence. Career In 1988, Feldman became an assistant professor and opened her basic science laboratory in the Department of Neurology at Michigan Medicine, serving as member of the Neuroscience Program and Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center. In 1994, she became an associate professor, and in 1998 she joined the faculty of the Cellular and