A native East Tennessean, Barbara J. Martin is a formerly practicing neurologist who received her undergraduate degree and medical doctorate from Duke University before completing her postgraduate training in general neurology and neuromuscular diseases at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She has worked in academia, private practice, medical publishing, drug market research, and continuing medical education. She is the owner of and sole contributor to Pathophilia (www.bmartinmd.com), a blog covering the drug and health care industries (as well as providing the oc...