Medical Advisors

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United States (59)

William C. Adams, MD

Affiliate Staff (pediatrics)

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Cary, North Carolina

 

Ajay K Ajmani, MD, FACP

Rheumatologist

Sanford, North Carolina

 

Ann Merriol Almond, MD, MPH, MLS

Medical librarian

West Hartford, Connecticut

 

Robert S. Baratz, MD, DDS, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

Boston University School of Medicine

Boston, Massachusetts

 

Judith N. Barrett, MD

Family Practice

Allentown, Pennsylvania

 

Ivor Benjamin, MD

Assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Editor-in-Chief, Oncolink

Associate Director for Clinical Information Systems

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

Joel Brill, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Gila River Health Care Corporation

Sacaton, Arizona

 

Paul Brown, MD

Consultant in internal medicine

Lakeview Clinic

Waconia, Minnesota

 

Bruce Bouts, RPh, MD, FACP

Adjunct Professor, Clinical Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University

Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Medical College of Ohio at Toledo

Adjunct Faculty, College of Pharmacy, Idaho State University

 

Howard Chaitin, M.D.

General surgeon (retired)

Lake Worth, Florida

 

James W Crichton, MD

Family practictitioner

Helena, Montana

 

David Colville, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Mayo Medical School

Rochester, Minnesota

 

Charles Davant, MD

Family practice, geriatrics
Blowing Rock, North Carolina

 

Frank J. Eidelman, MD

Allergist and Immunologist

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

 

Christopher A. Friedrich, MD., PhD
Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Medical Genetics
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi

 

Michael J. Franzblau, MD

Clinical Professor of Dermatology

University of California School of Medicine

San Francisco, California\

 

Larry I. Giltman, MD

Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

 

Joseph R. Goggin, MD

General Surgeon

Port Charlotte, Florida

 

Robert A. Goldstone, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon

Glen Rock, New Jersey

 

Tomothy N. Gorski, MD

Obstetrician/Gynecologist

Arlington, Texas

 

Ronald E. Gots, MD, PhD

National Medical Advisory Services

Bethesda, Maryland

 

Steven G. Haas, MD

Family Practice

Dubuque, Iowa

 

Harriet Hall, M.D.
Retired, Family Practice
Puyallup, Washington

 

Lewis J Hellerstein MD, FACP

Clinical Associate Professor, Program in Internal Medicine

University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Houston, Texas

 

Richard A. Hodder, MD, MPH

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health

New York Medical College

Formerly, Director of Epidemiology

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

 

John Iskander, MD, MPH

Epidemiology/pediatrics

275 Winchester Court

West Columbia, SC 29170

 

Jeffrey D. Lazar, MD, PhD

Internal Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology

Greenville, South Carolina

 

Randall G. Lee, MD

Associate Professor of Pathology

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

Christopher U. Lehmann, MD

Instructor, Division of Neonatology

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

 

George D. LeMaitre, MD, FACS

Clinical Instructor in Surgery

Tufts University school of Medicine

Boston, Massachusetts

 

Len Leshin, MD, FAAP

Pediatrician

Corpus Christi, Texas

 

Marvin Lipman, MD

Chief medical adviser, Consumers Union

Clinical Professor of Medicine Emeritus

New York Medical College

Internal medicine/endocrinology

Scarsdale, New York

 

David Malish MD

Internal Medicine, Allergy/Immunology, Addiction Medicine

San Jose, California

 

Richard A. McGee, MD, FACP

Clinical Professor of Medicine

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington

 

Bina Motwani, MD

Former Assistant Clinical Professor (Oncology), Clinic Director,

and Ambulatory Care Quality Assurance Representative

Mount Sinai Medical Center

New York, New York

 

Gerald Neuberg, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine

Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

New York, N.Y.

 

Joel J. Nobel, MD

President, ECRI

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania

 

Steven Novella, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Yale University School of Medicine

 

John G. Oas, MD

Neurologist

Austin, Texas

 

Joseph G. Pastorek II, MD

Obstetrician/Gynecologist

Metairie, Louisiana

 

David Prager, MD

Hematology and Oncology

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Milton Hershey Medical School

Allentown, Pennsylvania

 

William W. Quick, MD

Endocrinologist, diabetes specialist

Kansas City, Missouri

 

Timothy J. Quill, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Dartmouth Medical School

Hanover, New Hampshire

 

Robert S. Richmond, MD

Pathologist

Knoxville, Tennessee

 

Nancy T. Rodgers-Neame, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

 

Mark S. Rosenthal, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland

 

F. Phil Salileng, MD

Family practitioner

Penn State Geisinger Health System

Valley View, Pennsylvania

 

Wallace Sampson, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine

Stanford University School of Medicine

 

Donald P. Shedd, MD

Professor Emeritus (head and neck surgery)

State University of New York and

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo, New York

 

David Silverman, MD, PhD

Internal Medicine

West Hartford, Connecticut

 

Ivan Stanko, MD

Neurologist

Wausau, Wisconsin

 

Michael Stiegler, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Family Practice

University of Minnesota Medical School

Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

James F. Szocik, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

University of Michigan Medical School

Ann Arbor, Michigan

 

Edward Uthman, MD

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pathology

University of Texas School of Medicine

Houston, Texas

 

John Watson, MD

Clinical Instructor, Ophthalmology

Oregon Health Sciences University

Portland, Oregon

 

Stephen R. Yarnall, MD

Internal medicine/cardiology

Edmonds, Washington

Other Countries (9)

Birger Andersson, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Immunology

Nova Medical Central Automatization Laboratory

St. Goerans Hospital

Stockholm, Sweden

 

Marco Antivalle, MD

Department of of Rheumatology

Polo University

Milan, Italy

 

Willem Betz, MD

Professor of Family Medicine

Chairman, Department of Family Medicine Training

Free University Brussels

Brussels, Belgium

 

Luis Fernando de Mello Campos, MD, BSC

Psychiatrist/Neuroimmunologist

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

Ray Lowenthal, MD FRCP FRACP FAChPM

Oncologist
Australia Clinical Professor, School of Health Science,

University of Tasmania

Hobart, Tasmania

 

David Meldrum, MB, BS

Family Physician

Chairman. Suffolk Medical Audit Advisory Group

Ipswich, United Kingdom

 

Kevin C. Murphy, MDCM, PRCP(C)

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

University of British Columbia

Surrey, BC, Canada

 

Henry Tegner, MSc, MB, BS, MRCGP

General Medicine

London, England

 

John Weisnagel, MD

Allergist and Pediatrician

Former President, Asssociation of Allergists and Immunologists of Quebec

Polyclinique Médical Concorde

Laval, Quebec

Canada