Editorial Team
The DynaMed editorial team is organized to combine expertise and continuously improve. The team combines the skills, experience and expertise from clinicians, pharmacists, allied health professionals (such as dietitians and physical therapists), scientists, epidemiologists, medical librarians and specialized medical writing and editing staff.
Editorial Staff
Kate Alsup, RD, LD, CNSC
Medical Writer
Ashley Anthony, MA
Associate Editor
Sayura Aoyagi, PhD
Medical Editor
Caroline Appel, PharmD, MS
Medical Writer
Jason Ardizzone, BA, MA
Associate Editor
David Bai, PharmD
Medical Writer
Aditi Bauskar, PhD
Medical Writer
Val Brahver, PhD
Medical Editor
Elizabeth Burton, MS
Associate Medical Writer
Aimee Butterworth, PhD
Senior Medical Writer
Christopher Chalk, DC, MPH
Medical Writer
Kendra Church, MS, PA-C
Senior Clinical Editor
Karen Clarke, PhD, MS
Principal Editor, HIV
Sharon Coleman, MS, MPH
Medical Writer
Corinne Colpitts, BS, MA
Senior Associate Editor
Courtney Cummins, MPT
Clinical Writer
Jimmy DeRosa, MPH
Medical Writer
David Doroquez, PhD
Medical Writer
Alan Drabkin, MD
Section Editor for Family Medicine
Carolyn Dunbar-Masterson, BA, BSN
Senior Medical Writer
Sarah Fitzpatrick, MA
Associate Editor, Team Lead
James Forgione, PharmD
Clinical Editor
Anne Fowler, BS
Senior Associate Editor
Jeff Grant, PhD
Medical Writer
Marianne Grant, PhD
Senior Medical Writer
Muriel Herd, BS
Medical Writer
Larissa Jarzylo, PhD
Medical Editor
Samantha Jones, BA
Associate Editor
Daniel Kelley, MA
Medical Writer
Ryan Kelly, MS
Associate Editor
Sara Knight, MS
Medical Editor
Emily Kontos, ScM, ScD
Associate Managing Editor
Sheilah Kraetzel, RN, MSN, FNP
Nurse Practitioner Editor
Peter LaVita, MS
Program Coordinator for SLS
Vincent Lemaitre, PhD
Medical Writer
Amy Lewis, MFA
Senior Associate Editor - Team Lead
Fenny Lin, MD
Clinical Editor
Amy Lombara, PT, DPT
Principal Editor, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Anjali Mandlik, PhD
Medical Writer
Heather Marshall, PhD
Senior Medical Writer
Digital Media Specialist
Brittany Martel
Senior Manager Product Operations
Maureen McMahon, MA
Senior Associate Editor
Balaraj Menon, PhD
Medical Editor
Kelly Miller, MPH
Medical Editor
Melanie Mott, PhD, RD
Clinical Writer
Kamalpreet Nagpal, PhD
Senior Medical Writer
Catherine Nutt, PhD
Medical Writer
Claudia Prahst, PhD
Medical Writer
Nicholas Sansone, MFA
Senior Associate Editor
Anne Selig, PharmD
Clinical Writer
Jill Serrano, PhD
Senior Medical Writer, Team Lead
Ashvin Shah, PhD
Senior Medical Writer
Gayle Sulik, PhD
Medical Writer
Chris Talsness, DVM, MSc
Medical Editor
Amanda Thomason, BA
Medical Writer
Tanya Tupper, PhD
Medical Writer
Robert van Lith, PhD
Medical Writer
Michelle Vidoni, MPH, PhD
Medical Writer
Ryan Walther, PhD
Medical Writer
John Wilkinson IV, PhD
Medical Writer
Mary Woodbury Hooper, BA
Medical Writer
Sifei Xing, PhD
Medical Writer
Vincent Yip, PhD
Senior 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
Managing Editor
Ipswich, MA
James McLellan, PhD
Associate Managing Editor
Ipswich, MA
Janel Titus, PhD
Associate Managing Editor
Ipswich, MA
Rachel Walker, MA
Associate Managing Editor
Ipswich, MA
Physician Leadership
William Aird, MD
Senior Deputy Editor for Hematology, Endocrinology, Nephrology, and Oncology
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, FAAFP
Executive Editor
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, 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
Deputy Editor of Systematic Literature Surveillance (SLS)
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
Member, Division of Cardiology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Alexander Rae-Grant, MD, FRCP (C)
Deputy Editor of Neurology
Neurologist
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Ohio, United States
Terence Trow, MD, FACP, FCCP
Deputy Editor of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Ex-Director of the Yale Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Monica Zangwill, MD, MPH
Associate Deputy Editor
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