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Expert Sources

Consumer-driven Healthcare—January/February 2008

  • Author: Toni L. Goldfarb
  • M. Gregg Bloche, MD, JD, professor of law at Georgetown University and nonresident senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, both in Washington, D.C.
  • Harold D. Brandt, MD, FACP, medical director and internist at The Baton Rouge Clinic, AMC, in Lousiana.
  • Lawrence D. Brown, PhD, professor in the department of health policy and management at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City.
  • Joel C. Cantor, ScD, director of the Center for State Health Policy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
  • Sara R. Collins, PhD, assistant vice president for the Program on the Future of Health Insurance at The Commonwealth Fund in New York City.
  • Roger Feldman, PhD, Blue Cross professor of health insurance and professor of economics at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
  • Alan K. Felsen, MD, an internist based in Hackensack, N.J.
  • Angela Fish, director of benefits at trucking transportation company Schneider National, Inc., headquartered in Green Bay, Wisc.
  • Paul H. Grundy, MD, MPH, director of healthcare, technology, and strategic initiatives for IBM Global Wellbeing Services and Health Benefits, and chair of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative.
  • John F. Hunt, MD, pediatric pulmonologist, allergist, and immunologist at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital in Charlottesville.
  • Daniel H. Johnson, Jr., MD, FACR, a diagnostic radiologist at Clearview Medical Imaging in Metairie, La., and past president of the American Medical Association.
  • Ann Loudermilk, MD, emergency medicine specialist in Weymouth, Mass.
  • B. Dale Magee, MD, MS, obstetrician/gynecologist in Shrewsbury, Mass., and president of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
  • Patrick Martin, MD, FAAP, CPE, chief medical officer for the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis Ministry of Health.
  • William Monnig, MD, urologist at The Urology Group’s Edgewood, Ky., location.
  • Maryann Napoli, associate director of the Center for Medical Consumers in New York City.
  • Carol Pryor, senior policy analyst at The Access Project in Boston.
  • Roy Ramthun, president of HSA Consulting Services, LLC, in Silver Spring, Md.
  • Samantha Rosman, MD, a fellow in pediatric emergency medicine at Boston Medical Center and member of the American Medical Association’s Board of Trustees.
  • David S. Sobel, MD, MPH, director of patient education and health promotion for Kaiser Permanente Northern California.
  • Ken Tarkoff, vice president and general manager of consumer solutions at RelayHealth, McKesson Corporation’s health services connectivity business.
  • Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute in Alexandria, Va.
  • Jennifer Vachon, executive director of marketing and business strategy for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Personal & Professional Growth—November/December 2007

  • Author: Karen Childress
  • Patrick C. Alguire, MD, FACP, director of education and career development for the American College of Physicians.
  • Tom Bramswig, president of Pharmaceutical Careers, Inc., a healthcare industry recruitment firm based in Pleasantville, NY.
  • Eugene M. R. “Rich” Charlebois, DO, a physician at Three Rivers Family Practice in Waterville, Me.
  • Audrey P. Corson, MD, an internist at Bethesda Physicians, P.C., in Bethesda, Md.
  • Erin Dawson, MD, a family physician who does locum tenens work throughout the U. S.
  • Mary Stacia Dearmin, MD, an emergency pediatric physician at Hillcrest Hospital and Medina General Hospital, both in Ohio.
  • Daniel Duffy, MD, executive vice president of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
  • Paul Dvirnak, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Animas Surgical Hospital in Durango, Colo., a physician owned and managed facility.
  • Joseph Ewing, MD, a family practice physician in Las Cruces, N.M.
  • Joe Flower, healthcare futurist and founder and CEO of Imagine What If, Inc., in Ft. Bragg, Calif.
  • Michael Glowacki, CFP, CPA, MCT, a certified financial planner based in Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Jeff Goldsmith, health care trends analyst and president of Health Futures, Inc., in Charlottesville, Va.
  • David M. Gross, MD, a radiologist at Stanford Hospital and Clinics, part of the Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, Calif.
  • James R. Higgins, FACHE, vice president of Applied Management Systems, Inc., a health care management consulting firm in Burlington, Mass.
  • Sheldon D. Horowitz, MD, special advisor to the president at the American Board of Medical Specialties.
  • Philippa Kennealy, MD, MPH, CPCC, PCC, president of The Entrepreneurial MD, a Los Angeles-based company that supports physicians in business development.
  • Chuck Krugh, CFP, president and CEO of Doctor Disability Insurance in Lake Forest, Calif.
  • Richard Leider, founder and chairman of The Inventure Group in Minneapolis, Minn., and a senior fellow at the Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota.
  • Stephen Lemon, MD, a gastroenterologist at Santa Barbara Gastroenterology Consultants Medical Group in Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • Lorna Lindsey, director of academic affairs at CompHealth, a medical staffing firm for based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Allan Markus, MD, MS, MBA, FACP, director of the Campus Health Service at Arizona State University in Tempe.
  • Timothy McNichols, MD, an internist at Ferrell-Duncan Clinic, a physician-owned practice in Springfield, Mo.
  • Jeffrey I. Mechanick, MD, Clinical Professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Diseases at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, N.Y.
  • Faryal Brousseau Michaud, DO, a hospitalist in internal medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz.
  • Glenn Y. Miya, MD, an internist and pediatrician at Chaparral Medical Group in Claremont, Calif., and a health commentator and medical news program producer for the San Bernardino public television and radio affiliate.
  • Peter S. Moskowitz, MD, founder and executive director of the Center for Professional and Personal Renewal in Palo Alto, Calif., and a practicing radiologist and clinical professor at Stanford University School of Medicine.
  • Richard Moss, MD, author and spiritual teacher based in Ojai, Calif.
  • Arlene Noodleman, MD, MPH, director of complementary medicine at Age Defy Dermatology and Wellness in Campbell, Calif.
  • Rick Noodleman, MD, a cosmetic dermatologist and medical director of Age Defy Dermatology and Wellness in Campbell, Calif.
  • Thomas F. Purdon, MD, Emeritus Professor at the University of Arizona and a community-based obstetrician/gynecologist in the Tucson area.
  • Kate Regnier, MA, MBA, deputy chief executive of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
  • Brian Sabowitz, MD, FACP, an internist in Lake Havasu City, Ariz.
  • Alan R. Sheff, MD, an internist at Potomac Physician Associates, P.C., a membership-based medical practice in Bethesda, Md.
  • Bernard M. Sklar, MD, MS, a psychiatrist with the Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services in Oakland, Calif., and an expert in online continuing medical education.
  • Phyllis R. Stein, a career counselor based in Cambridge, Mass.
  • Jack Valancy, a healthcare consultant based in Cleveland Heights, Oh.
  • Edward Zuroweste, MD, chief medical officer of the Migrant Clinicians Network, an organization focused on improving healthcare for migrant and seasonal farm workers in the United States.

Health Policy Review—September/October 2007

  • Author: Joel B. Finkelstein
  • Paul Cirel, JD, partner at Boston-based law firm Dwyer & Collora, LLP, and head of the firm’s health law practice group.
  • Peter J. Cunningham, PhD, senior fellow at the Center for Studying Health System Change in Washington, DC.
  • Charles R. Ellington, MD, physician at Southern Illinois University Family Physicians of Decatur.
  • Judy Feder, PhD, professor and dean of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
  • Lila Feisee, Director for Intellectual Property at the Biotechnology Industry Organization in Washington, DC
  • Curt D. Furberg, MD, PhD, professor of public health sciences at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C.
  • Paul Ginsburg, PhD, president of the Center for Studying Health System Change in Washington, DC.
  • Janelle Guirguis-Blake, MD, clinical assistant professor at the University of Washington Tacoma Family Medicine Residency Program
  • John R. Lumpkin, MD, MPH, senior vice president and director of the Health Care Group at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, N.J.
  • Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD, MPhil, C. Boyden Gray Associate Professor of Health Policy and Law at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.
  • Marilyn Moon, PhD, vice president and director of the Health Program at the American Institutes for Research in Washington, DC.
  • Dave Moore, senior associate vice president of the Office of Governmental Relations at the American Association of Medical Colleges in Washington, DC
  • Leonard “Jack” Nelson, III, JD, professor at the Samford University Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Ala.
  • William G. Plested, III, MD, past president of the American Medical Association.
  • Carol Pryor, senior policy analyst at The Access Project in Boston.
  • William M. Sage, MD, JD, Vice Provost for Health Affairs and the James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law.
  • Matt Salo, Director of the Health and Human Services Committee at the National Governors Association in Washington, DC.
  • Kathleen D. Stoll, MA, JD, director of health policy at Families USA in Washington, DC.
  • Nora Super, a senior legislative representative for AARP.
  • W. Fred Whitson, JD, director of medical economics and managed care at the Florida Medical Association, based in Tallahassee.
  • Cecil B. Wilson, MD, past chair of the American Medical Association Board of Trustees.
  • Raymond Woosley, MD, PhD, president and CEO of The Critical Path (C-Path) Institute, an independent organization that supports implementation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Critical Path Initiative.
  • Janet Woodcock, MD, deputy commissioner and chief medical officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
  • Mary Woolley, president and CEO of Research!America in Alexandria, Va.

Emergency Planning—July/August 2007

  • Mark O. Asperilla, MD, FACP, an infectious disease specialist in Port Charlotte, Fla.
  • W. Anderson Baker, III, CPCU, ARM, president of Gillis, Ellis & Baker, Inc., a Louisiana insurance agency headquartered in New Orleans.
  • M. Anita Barry, MD, MPH, director of communicable disease control for the Boston Public Health Commission.
  • Paul D. Biddinger, MD, director of operations for prehospital care and disaster medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
  • Bob Boyd, MBA, president and CEO of Agility Recovery Solutions, a disaster recovery and business continuity firm headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.
  • Cynthia D. Brown, public information officer at the Nassau County Department of Health in Mineola, N.Y.
  • Judith L. Comoletti, assistant vice president of public education at the Massachusetts-based non-profit National Fire Protection Association
  • Terence P. Connelly, MD, FACC, cardiologist at the Charlotte Heart & Vascular Institute in Port Charlotte, Fla.
  • Jennifer Cummings, public relations coordinator for Harris Interactive Inc., in Rochester, N.Y.
  • Paul D’Arcy, MBA, vice president of marketing at MessageOne, Inc., a crisis communications firm headquartered Austin, Tex.
  • Christophe Fremont, president of San Diego-based Bekaert Specialty Films, LLC (a business unit of Bekaert), worldwide provider of protective window coverings and coatings.
  • Luc Goemaere, head of strategic accounts at San Diego-based Bekaert Specialty Films, LLC, (a business unit of Bekaert), worldwide provider of protective window coverings and coatings.
  • Robyn R. Gershon, DrPH, professor of clinical sociomedical sciences (in nursing) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City.
  • Michael R. Grey, MD, MPH, co-author of The Bioterrorism Sourcebook (McGraw-Hill, 2006) and professor at Tufts University School of Medicine.
  • Carden Johnston, MD, FAAP, FACEP, FRCP, Alabama pediatrician, past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and member of the Academy’s taskforce on terrorism.
  • Judith Kolberg, author and professional organizer based in Decatur, Ga., specializing in home disaster preparedness.
  • Daniel J. Kuhles, MD, MPH, assistant director of the division of disease control at the Nassau County Department of Health in Mineola, N.Y.
  • Suzanne Loughlin, Esq., executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Firestorm Solutions, LLC, a business continuity and disaster planning firm operating out of Golden, Colo., and Roswell, Ga.
  • David Markenson, MD, FAAP, EMT-P, chair of the American Red Cross Advisory Council on First Aid and Safety, and chief of pediatric emergency medicine at the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y.
  • Elizabeth (Betsy) McCaughey, PhD, founder, CEO, and chairperson of Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, a New York-based non-profit educational campaign aimed at reducing deaths from hospital-acquired infections.
  • Robin McFee, DO, MPH, FACPM, toxicologist at Winthrop-University Hospital’s Long Island Regional Poison and Drug Information Center, and clinical assistant professor in the department of preventive medicine at the State University of New York, Stonybrook.
  • Stephen S. Morse, PhD, associate professor of clinical epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, and founding director and senior research scientist at the school’s Center for Public Health Preparedness.
  • Liz Olivera-Mustard, MBA, MT (ASCP), director of online learning for Total Compliance Solutions, Inc., a company in Wellesley, Mass., specializing in healthcare accreditation and compliance programs.
  • Rossanne M. Philen, MD, MS, medical director for the Epidemic Information Exchange (Epi-X) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • Arleen Porcell-Pharr, public affairs specialist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • Michael Rosenfelt, executive vice president of MessageOne, Inc., a crisis communications firm headquartered Austin, Tex.
  • James W. Satterfield, president, chief operations officer, and co-founder of Firestorm Solutions, LLC, a business continuity and disaster planning firm operating out of Golden, Colo., and Roswell, Ga.
  • Troy G. Scroggins Jr., MD, chair of the department of radiation oncology at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, La.
  • Linda Taylor, CPM, medical staff manager at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, Fla.
  • Robert B. Wolfe, CFP, vice president of the wealth management firm Capital Planning Group, LLC, a division of the Florida insurance agency, Seitlin.
  • Tener Goodwin Veenema PhD, MPH, MS, CPNP, associate professor of clinical nursing and instructor in the department of emergency medicine at the University of Rochester.

Financial Visioning—May/June 2007

  • Alexander Mikhaylov, Financial Vision, 26026 Southfield Rd., Lathrup Village, MI 48076
  • Kathleen Cotton, 1298 Farragut Drive, Coupeville, WA 98239
  • Sherrill St. Germain, New Means Financial Planning, P. O. Box 666, Hollis, NH 03049
  • Jeremy Alexander, Beacon Research, 1434 Crain Street, Evanston, IL 60202
  • Mary McGrath, Cozad Asset Management, 2501 Galen Drive, P.O. Box 3669, Champaign, IL
  • Christopher Cordaro, Regent Atlantic Capital LLC, One Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
  • Al Zdenek, 6 Minneakoning Road, Suite 1, Flemington, NJ 08822-2300
  • Lawrence Torella, Eisner LLP, Accountants and Advisors, 750 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017-2703
  • David G. Strege, Syverson Strege & Company, Regency West 7, 4400 Westown Parkway, Ste. 405, West Des Moines, IA 50266
  • Saul Simon, Simon Financial Group, 399 Thornall St. 12th Floor, Edison, NJ 08837
  • Michael Lent, Progressive Asset Management, 90 Broad Street, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10004
  • Chris Moore, Moore, Reimbold & Anderson, 5750 Coventry Lane, Suite 110, Fort Wayne, IN 46804
  • Lee Slavutin, Stern Slavutin 2, Inc., 530 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10036
  • Ed Fulbright, Fulbright Financial Consulting, PA, 5302 NC Highway 55, Suite 104, Durham, NC 27713
  • Jane King, Fairfield Financial Advisors, 20 William St, Ste 260, Wellesley, MA 02481
  • Bert Whitehead, Cambridge Connection, Franklin Village Office Centre, 26111 W. 14 Mile Rd, Suite #LL6, Franklin, MI 48025
  • Sandy Soltis, Blackman Kallick Bartelstein, 10 South Riverside Plaza, 9th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606
  • Bob Keebler, Virchow, Krause & Company, 1400 Lombardi Avenue, Suite 200, Green Bay, WI 54304
  • Tom Ochsenschlager, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 1455 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC 20004
  • Ed Slott, CPA, 100 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570

Optimize Your Practice—March/April 2007

  • Russell Foulk, Nevada Center for Reproductive Medicine, 645 Sierra Rose Drive, Suite 205, Reno, NV 89511
  • David C. Watts, MD, FACS, 1051 West Sherman Avenue, Vineland, New Jersey 08361
  • Edward Gulko, Englewood Orthopedic Associates, 401 South Van Brunt St., Englewood, NJ 07631
  • James Ehlen, MD, Halleland Consulting, 600 U.S. Bank Plaza South, 220 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-4501
  • Nancy Elliott, Montclair Breast Center, 37 North Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey 07042
  • John Phillips, PivotHealth, 5211 Maryland Way, Suite 2020A, Brentwood, TN 37027-5011
  • Scott Lorenz, Westwind Communications, 1310 Maple Street, Plymouth, MI 48170
  • Ron Rosenberg, PA, MPH, Practice Management Resource Group, Inc., 4100 Redwood Road #283, Oakland, CA 94619-2363
  • Adan Rios, Oncol Therapeudics, 1200 Binz St # 1490, Houston, TX 77004
  • Barry Lycka, First Edmonton Place, 10665 Jasper Avenue, Suite 780, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3S9
  • Joe White, LarsonAllen, 220 South Sixth Street, Suite 300, (US Bank Plaza - South Tower), Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-1436
  • Tab Bingamon, Kanaly Trust Company, Kanaly Trust Building, 4550 Post Oak Place Drive, Houston, Texas 77027
  • Janet Ruth, CPA, Kerber, Eck & Braeckel, One Memorial Drive, Suite 950, St. Louis, MO 63102
  • Dan Kushner, CPA, Gerson, Preston, Robinson & Co, 666 Seventy-First Street, Miami Beach, Florida 33141
  • Judy Capko, Capko & Company, 501-I S. Reino Rd., #225, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
  • Gregory L. Reed, Smith, Frank & Partners, LLC, One Lincoln Centre, 5400 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1250, Dallas,TX 75240
  • Paul D. Weinberg, CPA, Partner, DeMarco, Kinnaman, Lewis & Co., 300 Knightsbridge Parkway, Suite 350, Lincolnshire, Illinois 60069 USA
  • Barbara Gates, Gates, Moore and Company, Tower Place 100, Suite 600, 3340 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30326
  • Suzanne Rey, Rey Edwards Group, 842 Brockton Street, El Cajone, CA 92020

Evidence-Based Medicine—January/February 2007

  • Max Anderson, DDS, 872 Three Crabs Road, Sequim, WA 92382
  • Gwyn Barley, PhD, Director, Center for Advancing Professional Excellence, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine P. O. Box 6508, Mail Stop F495, Aurora, CO 80045
  • Joseph Britto, MD, Isabel Healthcare, PO BOX 8393, Reston, VA 20195
  • Gregory A. Brown, MD, Director, Division of Clinical Informatics, 3455 S. 344th Way, Suite 210, Federal Way, WA 98001
  • William Caplan, MD, Director of Clinical Strategy, Kaiser Permanente, Care Management Institute, One Kaiser Plaza, 16th Floor Bayside, Oakland, CA 94612
  • Paul Chrisp, PhD, Editor-in-Chief, Core Evidence, Mere House, Brook Street, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8GP, UK
  • Ronán Conroy, Epidemiology Department, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 120 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland www.flickr.com/photos/ronanconroy
  • Clifford Dacso, MD, 6560 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77030
  • Kay Dickersin, PhD, Professor, Director, Center for Clinical Trials, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Mail Room 5010, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
  • D. Robert Dufour, MD, 50 Irving Street NW, Pathology Lab Routing #113, Washington, DC 20422
  • Lynne M. Kirk, MD, FACP, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9005
  • Barnett Kramer, MD, MPH, Associate Director for Disease Prevention, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Blvd., Rooms 2B03, Rockville, MD 20892
  • Gar LaSalle, MD, Chief Medical Officer, TeamHealth, c/o Theresa Stahnke, 3455 S. 344th Way, Suite 210, Federal Way, WA 98001
  • Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, President and CEO, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Route 1 and College Road East, Princeton, New Jersey 08543
  • Diana Mason, RN, PhD Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Nursing, 333 Seventh Avenue - 20th floor, New York, NY 10001
  • Jim Pack, CEO, AdvancedMD Software, 11781 South Lone Peak Parkway, Suite 110, Draper, UT 84020
  • Lane Peterson, Vice President of Marketing, AdvancedMD Software, 11781 South Lone Peak Parkway, Suite 110, Draper, UT 84020
  • Sara Rosenbaum, JD, Chair of the Department of Health Policy, 2021 K Street NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20006
  • Thomas Simmer, MD Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan, 600 East Lafayette Blvd, MC 2121, Detroit, MI 48226
  • Steve Singer, PhD, Director of Educational Services, PeerPoint Medical Education Institute, 620 Davis Street, Evanston, IL 60201
  • R. Lawrence Van Horn, PhD, MPH, MBA, Associate Professor of Management, Faculty Director, Health Care, The Owen Graduate School of Business, Vanderbilt University, 401 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203

Guide to Well-Being—November/December 2006

  • Debbie Mandel, MA, is a stress management specialist and author of: Changing Habits: the Caregiver’s Total Workout, 340 Pond Crossing, Florence, NY 11559, www.turnonyourinnerlight.com
  • Mark Klion, MD, of Manhattan Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Group, 1065 Park Ave., NY, NY 10128
  • Craig Phelps, DO, Family Medicine, Sports Medicine, Provost at AT Still University, Primary care doctor for the Phoenix Suns and WNBA„Phoenix Mercury, 5850 E. Still Circle, Mesa, AZ 85206
  • Mary Jane Minkin, MD, is an obstetrician gynecologist at Obstetrics Gynecology and Menopause Physicians PC, 135 Goose Lane, Guilford, CT 06437
  • Michael D. Ozner, MD, Medical Director, Wellness and Prevention Baptist Health, South Florida, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in Cardiology, University Miami School of Medicine, Author of: The Miami Mediterranean Diet, 13920 Southwest 92nd Ave., Miami, FL 33176, www.drozner.com
  • Joel Fuhrman, MD, family physician specializing in nutritional medicine, 4 Walter Foran Blvd, Suite 409, Flemington, NJ 08822
  • Molly Morgan, RD, CDN, owner, Creative Nutrition Solutions (nutrition consulting firm), POB 913, Vestal, NY 13851, www.creativenutritionsolutions.com
  • Andrea Pennington, MD, Founder, The Pennington Empowerment Group and she’s a Lifestyle Coach, 2000 Spencer Road, Silver Spring, Md. 20910, www.penningtonempowerment.com
  • Susie Supper, is assistant manager and education director at NETA, 5955 Golden Valley Road, Suite 240, Minneapolis, Minn 55422
  • Miriam Belov, MAT, RMT, wellness expert and founder of The Wellness Agenda/Creative Concentration , 124 S. Wyoming Ave., South Orange, NJ 07079, www.wellnessagenda.com
  • Doreen Orion, MD, psychiatrist, 425 College Ave, Boulder, Colo. 80302
  • Dennis Goodman, MD, cardiologist, Clinical Associate Professor at , the University of CaliforniaÑSan Diego, Scripps Integrated Medicine, 8854 Caminito Primavera, La Jolla, CA 92037, www.scrippsintegratedmedicine.com
  • Jay Winner, MD, family practitioner, 1526 Fan Miguel Ave., Santa Barabra, CA 93109, www.stressremedy.com
  • Ron Knaus, DO, Board certified in psychiatry and sports medicine, 1520 Gulf Blvd., Suite 1602, Clearwater, FL 33767, www.peakenergyinstitute.com
  • Susan Shumsky, DD (doctor of divinity), stress management consultant and spiritual meditation teacher, 818 SW Third Ave., #1505, Portland, Ore. 97204, www.scientificprayer.com
  • Susan Neri-Friedwald, CHT (certified hypnotherpaist), cognitive behavioral modification specialist and hypnotist, Founder, The New Behavior Institute, 145 E. 27th St., Suite 11K, NY, NY 10016
  • Peter Lambrou, PhD, Clincial psychologist, 9834 Genesee Ave., Suite 321, La Jolla, CA 92037
  • Toby Haslam-Hopwood, PsyD (doctor of psychology) staff psychologist, Director of Professional Assessment Services, Professionals in Crisis, Menninger Clinic, 2801 Geffner, POB 809045, Houston, TX 77280
  • Bill Dueease, president and cofounder of The Coach Connection, 15861 Dorth Circle, Ft. Myers, FL 33908, www.findyourcoach.com
  • Bob Murray, PhD, clinical psychologist at The Uplift Program, Fortinberry Murray Consulting, 5190 Neil Road, Suite 430, Reno, NV
  • Jone Geimer-Flanders, DO, Hill Country Cardiology, 5000 Baptist Health Drive, Schertz, Texas 78154
  • Richard Shames, MD, The Preventive Medicine Center, 25 Mitchell Blvd., # 8, San Rafael, CA 94903, www.feelingfff.com
  • Jane Straus, lifecoach and author of: Enough is Enough!: Stop Enduring and Start Living Your Extraordinary Life, POB 472, Mill Valley, CA 94942
  • Stephen Rosen, PhD, chairman, Premium Career Management for Physicians, 1776 Broadway, Suite 1806, NY, NY 10019, www.non-clinical-career-doctors.org
  • Steven Hodes, MD, 205 May Street, Edison, NJ 08837
  • Shane Sheibani, MD, MBA, New Me Institute, 6200 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1208, Los Angeles, CA, 90048
  • Aurora Estevez, MD, gynecologist, 9291 Glades Road, #203, Boca Raton, FL 33434
  • Samuel H. Steinberg, PhD, Deputy Chair of medicine, Temple University, 642 Addison, Philadelphia, PA 19147
  • Mindi McKenna, 12203 Wyandotte Court, Kansas City, MO 64145, www.rockhurst.edu/hcl
  • Akram Boutros, MD, Exec VP, South Nassau Hospital, One Healthy Way, Oceanside, NY 11572
  • Edward Hindin, Hindin Healthcare Advisors, 1100 Clinton Street, Suite 302, Hoboken, NJ 07030
  • William Gamel, MD, CEO, Bridgepoint One, Suite 300, 5918 West Courtyard Drive, Austin, Texas 78730-5036
  • Howard Forman, MD, MBA, Professor, diagnostic radiologist and public health, Yale New Haven Hospital, 265 College St., Apt. 11Q, New Haven, Conn. 06510, www.thehowie.com
  • Randolph Barker, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Management, School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 844000, Richmond, VA 23284-4000
  • Francis LaMorte, MD, Chairman of the board, EMA & Affiliates (Emergency Medical Associates & Affiliates), 651 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston, NJ 07039
  • Curtis Rimmerman, MD, MBA, cardiologist, Medical Director, Cleveland Clinic Westlake, 2635 Som Center Road, Hunting Valley, Ohio 44022
  • Karen LeLand, Sterling Consulting Group, 180 Harbour Drive, Suite 208, Sausalito, Calif 94965, www.scgtraining.com
  • Douglas Wood, DO, PhD, Dean of College of Osteopathic medicine, A.T. Still University, 5850 East Still Circle, Mesa, AZ 85206
  • Wally Adamchik, president, Firestarter Speaking and Consulting, 10212 Swanhaven Court, Raleigh, NC 27617
  • Mark J. Zucker, MD, JD, practices cardiology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, 201 Lyons Ave., Newark, NJ 07112, Also: Director, Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Associate Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • Jason Willett, Director of Communications, VolunteerMatch, 385 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
  • David Weissberg, MD, orthopedic surgeon, 175 E. Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743
  • Marcus DeGraw, MD, pediatrician and fellowship trained child abuse expert, St. John Hospital Children’s Center, 2201 Moross, Suite 270, Detroit, Mich. 48236
  • Jack Kenny, MD, retired neonatalogist, St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, 1217 Seminole Highway, Madison, WI 53711
  • Samuel Weinstein, MD, pediatric cardio-thoracic surgeon, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center, 3400 Bain Bridge Ave. Suite 5B, Bronx, NY 10467
  • Gena Carter, MD, diagnostic radiologist, InMed Diagnostic Women’s Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Nedham, MA), 263 Bridge Street, Dedham, MA 02026
  • William Blanchard, MD, pediatric cardiologist, 3248 Bayou Lane, Pensacola, Fl 32503
  • Anthony Griffin, MD, plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Beverly Hills Cosmetic Surgery institute, 8641 Wilshire, #305, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
  • Greg Buford, MD, plastic surgeon, Body By Buford, 125 Inverness Drive east, Suite 200 Englewood, Colo 80012
  • Stefanie Rubin, director, IVPA (international volunteer programs association), 925 Main Street, Apt. 2, Hackensack, NJ 07601, www.volunteerinternational.org
  • Joseph Haddad, Jr., MD, Director of pediatric ENT and runs a private practice at Columbia East Side New York Presbyterian Hospital, 3959 Broadway, NY, NY 10032
  • Edward O’Neil, Jr., MD, practices emergency medicine at Caritas St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Boston, 382 Lexington St., Auburndale, Mass. 02466
  • Adan Rios, MD, an internist and oncologist with expertise in AIDS, HIV-disease and related disorders, OnCol Therapeutic, 1200 Binz, Suite 1490, Houston, TX 77004
  • Evaleen Jones, MD, family physician and Founder of Child Family Health Int’l, Assistant Clinical Professor, Stanford University, School of Medicine, 951 College Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025, www.cfhi.org
  • Billy Vaughn, Chief Learning Office, Diversity Training University, 346 First St. Suite 106, San Francisco, CA 94105
  • David Reynolds, MD, Wayne Memorial Hospital, 601 Park St., Honesdale, PA 18431
  • Stephen Beeson, MD, Rocks-DeHart Public Relations, 1375 Lenoir Rhyne Blvd. SE, Ste 207, Hickory NC 28602

Surviving the Malpractice Crisis—September/October 2006

  • Eric Anderson, Physicians Insurers Association of America
  • Larry E. Smarr, President, Physicians Insurers Association of America
  • Bruce Bagley, MD, American Academy of Family Physicians
  • David Troxel, MD, Medical Director, The Doctor’s Company, Napa, Calif.
  • Elliot Menkowitz, MD, orthopedic surgeon and co-founder of Doctor’s Advocate www.doctorsadvocate.org
  • Robert B. Surrick, Esq., Retired trial lawyer and co-founder of Doctor’s Advocate www.doctorsadvocate.org

Patient-Physician Communication—July/August 2006

  • William Smith, Executive Vice President, Academy for Educational Development, 1825 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20009
  • Mary Dondiego, Director of Corporate Communications, VitalSmarts™, 282 W River Bend Ln, Suite 100, Provo, Utah 84604 USA
  • Martie L. Moore, RN, MAOM, CPHQ, Senior Vice President, Patient Services
  • Cathy McCray, MD, Fulton, MO
  • Carlye Fallon, Media Relations Specialist, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Allen Wenner, MD, Family physician, Lexington, SC, Primetime Medical Software, 4840 South Forest Drive, Suite 349, Columbia, SC 29206
  • Joseph Kvedar, MD, dermatologist with Partners Healthcare in Boston, Mass.
  • Tom Lund, Director of Business Development for HealthCommunities.com
  • John Wingate, spokesperson for CaringBridge Communications
  • C. Richard Guiton, MD, internist at Woodwinds Hospital in St. Paul, MN
  • Paul Alexander Clark, MPA, CHE, Senior Knowledge Manager, Press Ganey Associates, Inc., 404 Columbia Place, South Bend, IN 46601, www.pressganey.com
  • Bradford W. Hesse, PhD, Chief, Health Comm & Informatics Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Room 4068, 6130 Executive Blvd., MSC 7365, Bethesda, MD 20892-7365
  • Neeraj K. Arora, PhD, Social Scientist, Health Outcomes & Communication Research, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Room 4005, 6130 Executive Blvd., MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD 20892-7365
  • Chris Pallozola, Executive Director, American Academy on Physician and Patient, 16020 Swingley Ridge Road, Suite 300, Chesterfield, MO 63017

Managing Your Practice—May/June 2006

  • Experts: List currently being updated

Financial Planning—March/April 2006

  • Author: Donald Jay Korn
  • Marty Abo, a CPA in Voorhees, NJ
  • Christine Ambrose, a Vice President at First Horizon MSaver, a Chicago-based company that markets health savings accounts (HSA) and HSA-qualified high-deductible health insurance plans.
  • Louis Barajas, a financial planner in Santa Fe Springs, CA.
  • Marilyn Bergen, a Co-president of CMC Advisers, a financial planning firm in Portland, OR
  • Clark Blackman, CIO of Investec Advisory Group in Houston.
  • Sidney Blum, Director of financial advisory services at Leonetti & Associates in Buffalo Grove, IL
  • Michael Booker, founding principal at Financial Synergies Asset Management in Houston.
  • Bill Brennan, Principal of Capital Management Group in Washington, D.C.
  • Brent Brodeski, Managing Director of Savant Capital Management in Rockford, IL
  • Herb Daroff, Director of Estate and Business Planning for Baystate Financial Planning in Boston.
  • Peg Downey, a partner at Money Plans in Silver Spring, MD
  • Marilee Driscoll, a long-term care insurance consultant in Plymouth, MA
  • Dave Foster of Foster & Motley, a wealth management firm in Cincinnati.
  • Denise S. Friday, Vice President of AMA Insurance Agency, a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Medical Association.
  • Edward Fulbright, a CPA and financial planner in Durham, NC
  • Genevia Gee Fulbright, a CPA and business adviser in Durham, NC
  • Alan Gotthardt, President of Brightworth, a private wealth management firm based in Norcross, GA
  • Karin Grablin, a financial planner with Dictor & Martin in Sarasota, FL
  • Melissa Hammel, Managing partner at Hammel Financial Advisory Group in Brentwood, TN
  • Joe Hurley, a CPA in Pittsford, NY, and founder and CEO of savingforcollege.com.
  • Mark Kaizerman, a financial planner in Natick, MA
  • Diahann Lassus, President of Lassus Wherley & Associates, a wealth-management firm in New Providence, NJ
  • Rick Leonard, President of Long-Term Care Resources, Bridgeville, PA
  • Roger Lusby, Tax partner in the accounting firm Frazier & Deeter, Atlanta.
  • Tom Lydon, President of Global Trends Investments in Newport Beach, CA.
  • David John Marotta, President of Marotta Asset Management in Charlottesville, VA
  • Tom Ochsenschlager, Vice president of taxation for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, based in Washington, D.C.
  • Joe Outlaw, President of PenTrust Financial Services in San Diego.
  • Erika Safran, a financial planner in New York.
  • Matthew Shaklee, Vice president at Medical Risk Management Insurance Services, an agency in Los Angeles.
  • Marty Shenkman, an attorney in Teaneck, NJ
  • Femi Shote, Managing Director of Asset Harvest Group, a financial planning and investment advisory firm in McLean, VA
  • Marc Singer of Singer Xenos Wealth Management in Coral Gables, FL
  • Ed Slott, a CPA in Rockville Centre, NY
  • Karen Spero of Spero-Smith Investment Advisers in Vail, CO
  • Kathy Stepp, Principal of Stepp & Rothwell, a financial planning and investment advisory firm in Overland Park, KS
  • Karin Maloney Stifler who heads True Wealth Advisors in Hudson, OH
  • Eleanor Szymanski, head of EKS Associates, a financial planning firm in Princeton, NJ
  • Charles Taylor of Taylor & Padgett Financial Group in Prescott, AZ
  • Jerry Wade, a financial planner in Minneapolis.
  • Stewart Welch III, a planner in Birmingham, AL
  • Mark Wilson, a financial planner with Tarbox Group, in Newport Beach, CA.

Technology in Practice—January/February 2006

  • Author: Neil Versel
  • Scott Wallace, President and CEO, National Alliance for Health Information Technology
  • Dr. David J. Brailer, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
  • Deryl Metze, Vice President, EDI Companion Technologies
  • Samantha Allison, General Manager HPSC
  • Dr. Paul C. Tang, Chief Medical Information Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto Medical Clinic
  • Dr. Eric Liederman, Director of Medical Informatics, Kaiser Permanente Health Connect
  • Dr. David C. Kibbe, Director, AAFP Center for Health Information Technology
  • Girish Kumar, VP, sales and Marketing, eClinicalWorks
  • Jonathan Bush, CEO, Athenahealth
  • Jeffery Daigrepont, Principal, The Coker Group
  • Dr. Greg Hinson, Family Practice Nantucket
  • Robert Seliger, President and CEO, Sentillion
  • Dr. Jonathan Leviss, MD, Medical Director, Sentillion
  • Laurence A. Kinzler, Practice Administrator, Virginia Adult & Pediatric Allergy & Asthma, P.C.
  • Mark Ecker, Director, Product Management, Skyscape
  • Susan Miller, Practice Administrator, Family Practice Associates of Lexington
  • Dr. W. Jeffrey Foxx, Family Practice Associates of Lexington
  • Dr. Jason Butler, TouchChart Medical Officer, Clinical Solutions Group, Allscripts
  • Dr. Samuel Bierstock, IBM
  • Dr. Peter Kaufman, Chief Medical Officer, DrFirst
  • Robert Tennant, Government Affairs Manager, Medical Group Management Association, Washington, DC
  • Rosemarie Nelson, Senior Consultant, Medical Group Management Association
  • David Kates, Vice President, Clinical Product Management, Emdeon
  • Vinson J. Hudson, President, Jewson Enterprises
  • Mark R. Anderson, AC Group