Editor-in-Chief
Brian S. Alper, MD, MSPH
Medical Director of Clinical Reference and Consumer Health Products
EBSCO Publishing, Inc.
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Family Physician
Deputy Editors
Cynthia B. Brown, MD
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Alan Ehrlich, MD
Diplomate, American Board of Family Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor in Family Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Larissa Lucas, MD
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics Editor
Julie Bellet, MD
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Associate Editor
Kara L. Becker, MS RD LDN CNSC
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Integrative Medicine Editor
Richard Glickman-Simon, MD
Diplomate, American Board of Family Medicine
Senior Editor for Integrative Medicine and Consumer Health
EBSCO Publishing, Inc.
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Assistant Professor of Public Health and Family Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Clinical Editors
Susan Beluk, MD
Internal Medicine
Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
Mathew Brier, MD, MPH
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Christine Colpitts, MA, CRTT Respiratory Therapy
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Alan Drabkin, MD
Diplomate, American Board of Family Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor of Ambulatory Care and Prevention
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Associate Medical Director
Network Health
Cambridge Health Alliance
Medford, Massachusetts, USA
Kate Eliot, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Brian Randall, MD
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Jennifer Schultz, PA-C
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Carolynne Shinn, RN, MS
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Medical Librarians
James LaRue, MPH, MLIS
Ellen Westling, MLS, MBA, AHIP
Senior Medical Writers
James S. McLellan, PhD
Lisa Welch, BA
Medical Writers
Amy Baione, MEd
Peter B. Lindgren, PhD
Meghan Malone-Moses, MPH
Joanna Suomi, MS
Systematic Literature Surveillance Coordinator
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DynaMed Community
Amelia Cottle
Manager
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Editorial Coordinator
Editorial Operations and Administration
Shawn Burgess
Technical Analyst
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Anne Fowler
Content Analyst
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Sarah Kerr
Editorial Coordinator
Maureen McMahon
Editorial Assistant
Suzanne Sylvester
Administrative Assistant
Laurie Williams
Documentation Assistant
Editorial Board
Duraisamy Balaguru, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
UT Houston Medical School
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Houston, Texas, USA
Daniel F. Beluk, MD
Gastroenterologist
Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA
Jeffrey S. Brown, DO, RPh
Family Physician
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Hellertown, Pennsylvania, USA
Blake Cady, MD
Professor of Surgery Emeritus
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Professor of Surgery Emeritus
Brown University School of Medicine
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Kim A. Carmichael, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research
Washington University
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Sandra Harley Counts, PharmD
Associate Professor
Family Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
AnMed Health Family Medicine Residency Training Program
Anderson, South Carolina, USA
E. David Crawford, MD
Professor of Surgery and Radiation Oncology
Head, Urologic Oncology
Senior Associate Director
Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado, USA
James J. Cummings, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology
Section Head, Neonatology
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Rudy Dressendorfer, PhD, RPT
Physical Therapist
Private Practice
Penryn, California, USA
Adjunct Full Professor of Exercise Physiology
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Paolo Fanari, MD
Pulmonary Specialist
Istituto Auxologico Italiano-Ospedale
San Giuseppe, Verbania, Italy
Paul D. Forman, MD
Family Physician and Medical Director
Providence Seward Medical Center
Seward, Alaska, USA
Gary N. Fox, MD
Family Physician
Defiance Clinic
Defiance, Ohio, USA
Joseph Guenther, MD
Family Physician
Menominee Tribal Clinic
Keshena, Wisconsin, USA
Larry Halverson, MD
Family Physician and Senior Faculty
Cox Family Medicine Residency Program
Springfield, Missouri, USA
Sidney Kadish, MD, FACR
Professor and Clinical Director
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Sarvotham Kini, MD, FACEP, FACS
Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Russel Kirkby, MD
Family Medicine
Private Practice
Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Colin P. Kopes-Kerr, MD, MPH, JD
Program Director
Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency
Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa, California, USA
Daniel Limonta Velázquez, MD
National Reference Lab for Dengue
Virology Department
PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for the Study of Dengue and its Vector
Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine
Havana, Cuba
David R. Little, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Wright State University
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Peter J. Lucas, MD
Internal Medicine
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
John McGovern, MD
Family Physician
Forest Lakes Family Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Ganson Purcell Jr., MD, FACOG, FACPE
Gynecologist
Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA
Elga Rabinovich, MD, MPH
Co-Chief
Division of Pediatric Rheumatology
Duke University Medical Center
North Carolina, USA
Gregory J. Raglow, MD
Assistant Director
Banner Health Family Medicine Residency
Medical Director
Banner Good Samaritan Family Medicine Center
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Richard O. Schamp, MD
Professor and Vice-chair
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Program of All-inclusive Care of the Elderly
Alexian Brothers Community Services Family and Community Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Brian A. Selius, DO
Associate Director
St. Elizabeth Health Center Family Practice Residency Program
Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Satoru Shikata, MD, PhD
Head Surgeon
Department of Surgery
Koseikai General Hospital
Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Joyce Smith, RN, BS, APNP
Family Nurse Practitioner
Student Health Services
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
Daniel M. Sontheimer, MD, MBA
VP of Medical Affairs - CoxHealth
Adjunct Faculty
Cox Family Practice Residency Program
Springfield, Missouri, USA
Mark E. Spencer, MD
Family Physician
Cascade Family Medical Group
Arlington, Washington, USA
Donald E. Stanley, MD
Pathologist
Associates in Pathology
Nobleboro, Maine, USA
Sheri Strite
Principal and Managing Partner
Delfini Group, LLC
Portland, Oregon, USA
Michael Stuart, MD
President, Delfini Group
Portland, Oregon, USA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Family Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington, USA
Marc Sweeney, RPh, BS Pharm, MDiv, Pharm D
Dean and Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Geriatric and Palliative Care Pharmacist
Cedarville University School of Pharmacy
Cedarville, Ohio, USA
J. Lynn Teague, MD, MHA, FAAP
Medical Director, Pediatric Urology
Greenville Hospital System Children's Hospital
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Robert Marc Via, MD
Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Texas A & M University System College of Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
Scott and White Health Care System
Temple, Texas, USA
Daniel C. Vinson, MD
Assistant Professor
Family Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri, USA
Stephen R. Walsh, MDCM
Division of Infectious Diseases
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
JoEllen Wynne, RN, MSN, FNP-BC
Associate Director of Education
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Austin, Texas, USA
Charles Zelnick, MD
Family Physician
Island Family Medicine
Stonington, Maine, USA
