title: The Roman Empire legacy of Galen (129-200 AD).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Galen of Pergamum was the physician of Roman Emperors and contributed to our early understanding of medicine and anatomy. Herein, we present a short biography of Galen and review his multiple contributions to medicine and anatomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although it has been almost 2,000 years since Galen walked the streets of the Roman Empire, his legacy continues via multiple eponyms that bare his name.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue South ACC 400, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA, shoja.m@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mohammadali M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shoja
authors.forename: R Shane
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
authors.forename: Kamyar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ghabili
authors.forename: Christoph J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Griessenauer
authors.forename: Margaret Wood
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Balch
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cuceu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004850:Eponyms; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008488:Medical Illustration / Q000266:history; D009445:Neuroanatomy / Q000266:history*; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D018644:Roman World / Q000266:history*