Lanny Edelsohn

Lanny Edelsohn, MD, is a board certified neurologist with Christiana Care Health System. He is a clinical professor of neurology at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, where he also serves as the director of neurology. Dr. Edelsohn has served Christiana Care in multiple capacities, including leading the Stroke Task Force in 2000, a term as president of the Medical-Dental Staff, and many years on the executive committee of the staff and the Board of Directors of Christiana Hospital. In 2013, the Lanny Edelsohn M.D. Neuro Critical Care Unit was opened in honor of Dr. Edelsohn's contribution to stroke care.

Dr. Edelsohn is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and completed medical training at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. His medical internship was at Hahnemann Medical College Hospital in Philadelphia and his neurology residency was at Harvard Neurology (Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, the Beth Israel and Children's Hospital Medical Center), Boston.