Richard A. Smith is the medical director of the Center for Neurologic Study (CNS), principal researcher at Coordinated Clinical Research, and member of the honorary medical staff at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California. He is also a consultant for Isis Pharmaceutical Corporation and Eli Lily. Dr. Smith has published numerous studies in medical and scientific journals and is the editor of two books, Interferon Treatment of Neurologic Disorders and Handbook of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Smith holds a BS from Brandeis University and a MD from University of Miami.