Editorial Team
The editorial team is organized to combine multidisciplinary expertise to manage content dynamically and continuously improve. The editorial team combines the skills, experience, and expertise from physicians, pharmacists, allied health professionals (such as dietitians and physical therapists), scientists, epidemiologists, medical writers, medical editors, and medical librarians.
Editorial Staff
Sayura Aoyagi, PhD
Senior Medical Writer
Aarathi Balijepalli, PhD
Medical Writer
Alicia Blaker-Lee, PhD
Medical Writer
Val Brahver, PhD
Senior Medical Writer
Stephen Braun, BA
Medical Editor
Elizabeth Burton, MS
Medical Writer
Aimee Butterworth, PhD
Medical Writer
Christopher Chalk, DC, MPH
Medical Writer
Kendra Church, MS, PA-C
Clinical Editor
Karen Clarke, PhD, MS
Senior Medical Editor
Courtney Cummins, MPT
Medical Writer
Jimmy DeRosa, MPH
Medical Writer
David Doroquez, PhD
Medical Writer
Alan Drabkin, MD
Section Editor for Family Medicine
Carie Facemire, PhD
Medical Editor
Sarah Fitzpatrick, MA
Editorial Assistant
James Forgione, PharmD
Clinical Editor
Anne Fowler, BS
Senior Editorial Assistant
Katherine Hawkins
Senior Editorial Assistant
Muriel Herd, BS
Associate Medical Writer
Angelyca Jackson, PhD
Medical Writer
Larissa Jarzylo, PhD
Medical Editor
Samantha Jones, BA
Editorial Assistant
Daniel Kelley, MA
Medical Writer
Ryan Kelly, MS
Editorial Assistant
Lori King, PhD
Medical Editor
Sara Knight, MS
Senior Medical Writer
Amy Lewis, MFA
Editorial Assistant
Fenny Lin, MD
Clinical Editor
Amy Lombara, PT, DPT
Senior Clinical Editor
Eric Manheimer, PhD
Medical Writer
Heather Marshall, PhD
Senior Medical Writer
Brittany Martel
Manager of Editorial Support
Maureen McMahon, MA
Senior Editorial Assistant
Catherine McQueen, BA
Medical Writer
Balaraj Menon, PhD
Medical Writer
Melanie Mott, PhD, RD
Medical Writer
Kamalpreet Nagpal, PhD
Medical Writer
Victor Popoola, MBBS, MPH
Senior Medical Writer
Claudia Prahst, PhD
Medical Writer
Nicholas Sansone, MFA
Senior Editorial Assistant
Anne Selig, PhD
Clinical Writer
Jill Serrano, PhD
Medical Writer
Ashvin Shah, PhD
Senior Medical Writer
Chris Talsness, DVM, MSc
Medical Writer
Janel Titus, PhD
Senior Medical Editor
Robert van Lith, PhD
Medical Writer
John Wilkinson IV, PhD
Medical Writer
Vincent Yip, PhD
Medical Writer
Managing Editors
Jill Angelosanto, PhD
Associate Managing Editor
Ipswich, MA
Kara L. Becker, MBA, MS, RD, LDN
Executive Managing Editor
Ipswich, MA
Johanna Bruneau, PhD
Associate Managing Editor
Ipswich, MA
Cosma Dellisanti, PhD
Associate Managing Editor
Ipswich, MA
Christine Dunbar-Colpitts, MA, CRTT
Managing Editor
Ipswich, MA
Kate Eliot, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC
Associate Managing Editor
Ipswich, MA
Judy Erkmann, PhD
Associate Managing Editor
Ipswich, MA
James LaRue, MPH, MLIS
Associate Managing Editor
Ipswich, MA
Meghan Malone-Moses, MPH
Associate Managing Editor
Ipswich, MA
James McLellan, PhD
Associate Managing Editor
Ipswich, MA
Rachel Walker, MA
Associate Managing Editor
Ipswich, MA
Physician Leadership
Bill Aird, MD
Senior Deputy Editor for Hematology, Endocrinology, and Nephrology
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Member, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Brian S. Alper, MD, MSPH, FAAFP
Founder of DynaMed
Vice President of Innovations and EBM Development
EBSCO Information Services
Clinical Research Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of Missouri School of Medicine
Columbia, MO
Scott Barron, MD, FAAP
Deputy Editor of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Physician
Nemours Children’s Hospital
Orlando, FL
Julie Bellet, MD
Associate Deputy Editor
Alan Ehrlich, MD
Executive Editor
Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA
Ruth Hertzman-Miller, MD, MPH, FACP
Deputy Editor of Systematic Literature Surveillance
Primary Care Internist
Hebrew SeniorLife
Roslindale, MA
Thomas Hilts, DO, FAAFP
Associate Deputy Editor
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Michigan State University
Grand Rapids, MI
Vito Iacoviello, MD, FIDSA
Deputy Editor of Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Rheumatology
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Patricia Kavanagh, MD
Associate Deputy Editor
Attending Physician, Pediatrics Emergency Department
Boston Medical Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Boston University School of Medicine
Massachusetts, United States
J. Peter Oettgen, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP
Editor in Chief
Director of Preventive Cardiology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Terence Trow, MD, FACP, FCCP
Deputy Editor of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Ex-Director of the Yale Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program
Associate Professor of Medicine Emeritus
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Michael Woods, MD, MS, FAAP
Deputy Editor of Consumer Health
Monica Zangwill, MD, MPH
Associate Deputy Editor
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