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Jack Ende, MD, FACP
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Michael F. Rein, MD, FACP
Jeremy B. Richards, MD
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Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH, Editorial Board Member, Annals of Internal Medicine
R. Brian Haynes, MD, PhD, FRCPC, MACP, Editor, ACP Journal Club
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Editorial Consultants

Brian L. Abbott, MD
Sherif Abdel-Fattah, MD, MRCOG
Benjamin S. Abella, MD, MPhil
Loutfi S. Aboussouan, MD
Rodney D. Adam, MD
Jason L. Adler, MD, MBA, FAAP, FCCP, CPE
Kamyar Afshar, DO
Amar Agha, MD, FRCPI
Syed Moied Ahmed, MD
Tariq F. Al-Shaiji, MB ChB, FRCSC
Armin Alaedini, MD
Lisa Albers, MD, MPH
Erik K. Alexander, MD
Katie Allen, MBBS, BMedSc, FRACP, PhD
Julia S. Anixt, MD
Baha M. Arafah, MD
Kimberly Arcoleo, PhD, MPH
Athanassios Argiris, MD, FACP
Donald M. Arnold, MD, MSc
Wilbert S. Aronow, MD, FACP
Doron Aronson, MD
Lee I. Ascherman, MD, MPH
Michael Augenbraun, MD, FACP
R. Robert Auger, MD
John G. T. Augoustides, MD
Mark P. Aulisio, PhD
Lloyd Axelrod, MD
Larry M. Baddour, MD
Mazen Bader, MD
Megan Bair-Merritt, MD
Samir K. Ballas, MD
Srinivas R. Bapoje, MD, MPH
Adrian Baranchuk, MD, FACC
Robert Barkin, MBA, PharmD
Kristine Barlow-Stewart, PhD, FHGSA
Al B. Barqawi, MD, FRCSG
Daniel Batlle, MD
Brent Bauer, MD
Dilek Bayramgürler, MD
David Becker, MD, FACC
Lorne Bellan, MD
Jaime Belmares-Avalos, MD
John F. Beltrame, BSc, BMBS, FRACP, PhD, FESC, FACC, FCSANZ
John Benson, MA, DM, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(Ed)
Merrill Benson, MD
Ronald J. Benveniste, MD
Gail Berkenblit, MD
Susan Bershad, MD
Samer Saad Mohamed Bessa, MD
Mark A. Best, MD, MBA, MPH, FCAP, FASCP
Deepak N. Bhatia, MBBS, MS(Orth), DNB(Orth), MNAMS
Ingrid Binswanger, MD, MPH
Robert H. Birkhahn, MD
Mercedes Blackstone, MD
Benjamin Bleier, MD
Ben Bloom, MB ChB
Richard S. Bloomfeld, MD
Lori Boardman, MD, ScM
Andrea K. Boggild, MSc, MD, DTMH, FRCPC
Marcy Bolster, MD
Kyle Brauer Boone, PhD, ABPP (ABCN)
Deborah Bradley, MD
Vlasios (Bill) Brakoulias, MD
Jan Brandes, MD, MS
George Bray, MD
Daniel Breitkopf, MD
Jeffrey Brent, MD, PhD
Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD
Richard Brooks, MD, MPH
Bonnie Bruce, DrPH, MPH, RD
Rachelle Buchbinder, MBBS(Hons), MSc, PhD, FRACP
Matthew Budoff, MD
Helen J. Burgess, PhD
Craig N. Burkhart, MD, MSBS
Kenneth Burman, MD
Jane C. Burns, MD
Naifa L. Busaidy, MD
Kristina Calder, PhD
Susana M. Campos, MD, MPH
Marc Carrier, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Michael P. Carson, MD
Jimmy Caudell, MD, PhD
Cihan Cevik, MD, FESC
Rabih Chaer, MD
Elisa Chakravarty, MD
Jennifer Ang Chan, MD, MPH
Stewart S. W. Chan, MBBS(Syd), FRCSEd, FHKAM
Wee Shian Chan, MD
Rei-Yeuh Chang, MD, MSc
David Charytan, MD, MSc
Melvin D. Cheitlin, MD, FACP
Lan X. Chen, MD, PhD
Lin H. Chen, MD
Wendy Chen, MD, MPH
Yi-Jen Chen, MD, PhD
Jonathan Cheng, MD
Teresa Cheng, MD
James C. S. Chim, MD
Roger Chou, MD
Charles Christian, MD
Colleen Christmas, MD
Marcin Chwistek, MD
David Claman, MD
Bart L. Clarke, MD
Jacqueline Close, MD
Megan E. B. Clowse, MD, MPH
Rubin Cohen, MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM
Sherman L. Cohn, BSFS, LLB, LLM
Steven L. Cohn, MD, FACP
Sophie Coleman, RN, BSc
Michelle Conde, MD, FACP
Peter J. Conlon, MD
Craig M. Coopersmith, MD, FACS, FCCM
James R. Couch, MD, PhD
Susan Cowchock, MD
Albert J. Czaja, MD
Linda R. Dagi, MD
Hung Q. Dam, MD
Dilip Dan, MD, MBBS, FACS
Paul Dargan, MD
J. Lucian Davis, MD
Janet Davis, MD
Larry E. Davis, MD, FACN, FACP
Hollis Day, MD
Chris Deighton, MD
Catherine M. Dentinger, FNP, MS
Herbert Diamond, MD
David Diemert, MD, FRCP(C)
Claudio F. Donner, MD
Ramona L. Doyle, MD
Benard P. Dreyer, MD
Vivian E. Drory, MD
Anne Lang Dunlop, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Daniel Durrie, MD
Francesca C. Dwamena, MD
Mark S. Dykewicz, MD
Robert E. Eckart, MAJ MC
Mark H. Eckman, MD
Charles L. Edelstein, MD
Corwin Q. Edwards, MD
Mark Eidelman, MD
Garabed Eknoyan, MD
Edward Ellerbeck, MD, MPH
David H. Ellison, MD
Lawrence J. Eron, MD, FACP
Patricio Escalante, MD
Barry Fabius, MD
Yngve Falck-Ytter, MD
Gelareh Farshid, MBBS, FRCPA
Deborah M. Feldman, MD
Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD
Joshua J. Fenton, MD, MPH
Charles B. Ferguson, MB, MRCP
Victor Ferrari, MD
Robert J. Ferry, Jr., MD
Donna Fick, RN, PhD, FGSA
Stephen K. Field, MD
Thomas W. Flaig, MD
Sander S. Florman, MD
Christopher C. Frank, MD
Lee Frazin, MD, FACC
David L. Freeman, MD
Martin L. Freeman, MD
Linda French, MD
Izzet Fresko, MD
Linda Fried, MD, MPH
Vic Froelicher, MD
Howard Fuchs, MD
Joseph M. Furman, MD
Christopher Gale, MB, ChB, MPH, FRANZCP
Michael J. Galloway, MBBS, BSc, MBA, MD, FRCP, FRCPath
James E. Galvin, MD, MPH
Suvranu Ganguli, MD
Linda Ganzini, MD, MPH
Allan J. Garber, MD, PhD, FACE
Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS
Marc B. Garnick, MD
Jean Gekas, MD, PhD
Georges Ghattas, MD
Jacob Gilad, MD
Sundep Gill, MD
James Glazer, MD
Melanie A. Gold, DO
David S. Goldfarb, MD
Steve Goodacre, MD
Mark Goodarzi, MD
Adam J. Gordon, MD, MPH, FACP
Michael B. Gotway, MD
David Y. Graham, MD, MACG
Sergei Grando, MD, PhD, DSc
Rebecca Gray, MD
Richard Greenberg, MD
W. Thomas Gregory, MD
Cary P. Gross, MD
Scott Gunn, MD
Kapil Gupta, MD, MPH
Connie Haley, MD
John J. Halperin, MD, FAAN, FACP
Meilan King Han, MD
Janet R. Hardy, MPH, MSc, PhD
Jeffrey P. Harris, MD, PhD, FACS
Matthew Hayn, MD
John Heffner, MD
Thiravat Hemachudha, MD
Peter Henke, MD
Margaret Trexlor Hessen, MD, FACP
David L. Heymann, MD
David R. Hill, MD, DTM&H, FRCP
Philip C. Hoffman, MD
Jonathan Howlett, MD
Li-Yang Hsu, MBBS, MRCP, DTMH
Simon Huang, MD, FRCPC
Deborah Hughes, MPH
Maha Hussain, MD, FACP
Jimmy Hwang, MD
Elias Jabbour, MD
Jay A. Jacobson, MD, FACP
Tarun Jain, MD
Janine E. Janosky, PhD
Benjamin Jeffs, MD
Gordon L. Jensen, MD, PhD
Rahul M. Jindal, MD, PhD, MBA
Carey V. Johnson, ScM
Alan E. Jones, MD
Jacqueline Jonklaas, MD, PhD
Vijaysri Kakumani, FRCOG
Priya Kansal, MD
Thanos Kapetanopoulos, MD, FACC
Allen P. Kaplan, MD
Ze'ev Katzir, MD
Arthur Kavanaugh, MD
Ann E. Kearns, MD, PhD
Vicki Keedy, MD
Mark B. Keegan, MD, FRCP(C)
Richard Kefford, MBBS, PhD, FRACP
Tanaz A. Kermani, MD
Aliya Khan, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FACE
Mary T. Killackey, MD
Charles H. King, MD
Virginia G. King, MD
Andrew N. Kingsnorth, MD
Lawrence S. Kirschner, MD
Kleopas A. Kleopa, MD
Harold Koenig, MD
Malcolm Koo, PhD
Thomas Kovacs, MD
Jeffrey D. Kravetz, MD
Helaina Laks Kravitz, MD
Richard Kravitz, MD, MSPH
Calvin Kunin, MD
Fin Stolze Larsen, MD, PhD, DSc
Anne M. Larson, MD, FACP, AGAF
Elaine Lau, BScPhm, PharmD, MSc
Peter J. Lavin, MD
Deana Lazaro, MD
John H. Lazarus, MA, MD, FRCP, FACE, FRCOG
Tien Le, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACOG, DABOG
Catherine M. Leclair, MD
Frank A. Lederle, MD
F. Joseph Lee, MD, CCFP, FCFP, MClSc
Jerrold B. Leikin, MD
Marc E. Lenaerts, MD
Brian C. Lentle, MD
Geraldine Leong, MSc
A. Martin Lerner, MD
Alexander K. C. Leung, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP(UK & Ireland), FRCPCH, FAAP
Eric Levens, MD
E. Michael Lewiecki, MD, FACP
Peter A. LeWitt, MD
Sarah Dianne Liddle, MD
Phil Lieberman, MD
Richard W. Light, MD, FCCP
Wendy Lim, MD, FRCPC
Jennifer Lin, PhD
Robert Y. Lin, MD
Mark E. Linskey, MD
Kore Liow, MD, FAAN
Michael J. Lipinski, MD
Paul H. Lipkin, MD
Michael R. Littner, MD
Yongmei Liu, MD
Yair Lotan, MD
Richard Lottenberg, MD
Steven Lubitz, MD
Melanie E. Mabrey, MSN, ACNP, BC-ADM
James M. Mahoney, DPM
Hoda M. Malaty, MD, MPH, PhD, FACG
Carl Malchoff, MD
Ellen Manzullo, MD, FACP
Joseph E. Marine, MD
John K. Marshall, MD, MSc, FRCPC, AGAF
Wenjun Martini, PhD
Peter Maslak, MD
Benson T. Massey, MD, FACP
David B. Matchar, MD
Robina Matyal, MD
Davide Mauri, MD, PhD
Desiree McCarthy-Keith, MD, MPH
Ryan P. McCormack, MD, FACEP
Brian J. McMahon, MD, MACP
Wolf Mehling, MD
Vlada Melekhin, MD
Melike Melikoglu, MD
Dan Merenstein, MD
Matthew N. Meriggioli, MD
Steven Messe, MD
Hector I. Michelena, MD
Holly Middlekauff, MD
David E. Midthun, MD
Jennifer H. Mieres, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASNC
Donald Miller, PharmD, FASHP
Jane Millichamp, PhD
Matthew J. Mimiaga, ScD, MPH
Ben Hur P. Mobo, Jr., MD, MPH
Eamonn Molloy, MD
Frank J. Molnar, MD, MSc, MDCM, FRCPC
Erica Monasterio, RN, MN, FNP-BC
Zack S. Moore, MD
Richard Moseley, MD
Andrew Muir, MD
Bala S. Munipalli, MD
Harvey Murff, MD
David R. Murphy, DC, DACAN
Shweta Nagendra, MD
Sherif F. Nagueh, MD
Rajasree Nair, MD
Vivek Nama, MD
Anita Nelson, MD
Richard L. Nelson, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Quyen Nguyen, MD, PhD
Michael Niederman, MD
Carrie Nielsen, PhD
Winifred P. Nolan, MD, FRCOphth
Barbara Norquist, MD
Donna Marie Norris, MD
Imre Noth, MD
Warren B. Nothnick, PhD, HCLD
Ebenezer A. Nyenwe, MD
Menachem Oberbaum, MD, MFHom
Olatoyosi M. Odenike, MD
Jane Onoye, PhD
William C. Orr, PhD
Laura J. Orvidas, MD, FACS
Martin Osranek, MD
Michael J. Ostacher, MD, MPH
Salih Ozgocmen, MD
Cynthia A. Padula, PhD, RN
Peter S. Pang, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Liron Pantanowitz, MD
Efthimios Parasidis, JD
Elizabeth Pearce, MD
Pablo Fernández Peñas, MD, PhD, FACD
Mario F. P. Peres, MD, PhD
Adam Perlman, MD
Andrew R. Peterson, MD
William A. Petri, Jr., MD, PhD
Lawrence M. Phillips, MD, FACP
T. Grant Phillips, MD
Eduardo Pimenta, MD
Mark Pimentel, MD, FRCPC
Nikolaos P. Polyzos, MD
Robert W. Powers, PhD
Michael Rafii, MD, PhD
Ateequr Rahman, PhD, MBA
Mahboob Rahman, MD, MS
Kalyanakrishnan Ramakrishnan, MD
Manuel Ramos-Casals, MD, PhD
Susan D. Reed, MD, MPH
Jennifer Reeder, MD
Margaret Rees, MA, DPhil, FRCOG
Glen E. M. Reeves, MD
Habib U. Rehman, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCPI
Sari L. Reisner, MA
Enrique Rey, MD, PhD, AGAF
Andrew Rezvani, MD
Stuart Richer, OD, PhD, FAAO
David Rimland, MD
Lewis R. Roberts, MBChB, PhD
Bryce R. H. Robinson, MD
Megan E. Roehrig, MD
Felix J. Rogers, DO
Thomas Roth, PhD
Bruce Rothschild, MD
Maroeska M. Rovers, PhD
Michael Roy, MD, MPH, LTC, MC
Samuel Rubin, MD
Mary D. Ruppe, MD
James E. Sabin, MD
Carolyn J. Sachs, MD, MPH
R. Bradley Sack, MD, ScD
Seyed-Ali Sadjadi, MD
Mustafa Sahin, MD
M. Wasif Saif, MD, MBBS
Robert Sambursky, MD
Nader Sanai, MD
Eva M. Sanchez-Morla, PhD
Paola Sandroni, MD, PhD
Randy Sansone, MD
Yogen Saunthararajah, MD
Werner Schaefer, DI
Michael Schatz, MD, MS
Paul Schneider, MD, FACP
Robert Schneider, MD
Sandra Schneider, MD
H. Ralph Schumacher, MD
Jane Schwebke, MD
Michael Seffinger, DO
Jeffrey A. Seiden, MD
Stuart Seidman, MD
Magdy H. Selim, MD, PhD
Suranjith L. Seneviratne, MD, DPhil, MRCP, FRCPath
Prateek Sharma, MD, FACG, FACP
Morris Sherman, MD
Lynne Shinto, ND, MPH
Badri Man Shrestha, MS, MPhil, FRCS
Kathryn Shrift, MD
Leonard Sigal, MD
Marina G. Silveira, MD
David S. Silver, MD
George Simon, MD, FACP, FCCP
Frederick Singer, MD
Shepherd (Roee) Singer, MD
Sonal Singh, MD
Rebecca Sippel, MD
Dominic Sisti, MBe
Elaine M. Sloand, MD
Kristen Snyder, MD
Amit Sood, MD
Susan E. Spratt, MD
Ann Stapleton, MD, FACP
Andrew Steer, MBBS, BMedSci, FRACP
Scott M. Stevens, MD
Scott Stewart, MD
Stephen Stewart, MD
David C. Stone, MD
John H. Stone, MD, MPH
Bradley Stoner, MD, PhD
David J. Straus, MD
David Sullivan, MD
John Sweetenham, MD
Harry Tagbor, MBChB, DrPH
Abd A. Tahrani, MD, MRCP
Jerry Tan, MD, FRCPC
Yanlin Tang, PhD
Judith Tanner, PhD
Ahmad Tarhini, MD, MSc
Sara Taub, MBE
Claire Templeman, MD
Jecko Thachil, MBBS, MRCP, FRCPath
Courtney Thornburg, MD, MS
Dennis A. Tighe, MD, FACP, FACC
Isabelle Touitou, MD
Raymond Townsend, MD
Huy Tran, MD
Barbara W. Trautner, MD, PhD
Ian K. Tsang, MB, FRCPC
Gary M. Tse, FRCPC
Mintu Turakhia, MD, MS
Nikolaos Tzemos, MD
Manuel C. Vallejo, MD
Gauri Varadhachary, MD
David J. Vaughn, MD
Rick Vetter, MS
Nicholas John Vietri, MD, MS
Anne von Gottberg, MD
Ostoja (Steve) Vucic, PhD
Carol A. Waksmonski, MD
David H. Walker, MD
Hobart W. Walling, MD, PhD
Kathleen E. Walsh, DO
Emily Wang, MD
Sachin Wani, MD, FACP
Gary D. Webb, MD
James S. Webber, PhD
Peter Weber, MD
Edgard Wehbe, MD
Louis M. Weiss, MD, MPH
Robert A. Wermers, MD
Eric S. White, MD
Richard J. Whitley, MD
Rachel Whitmer, PhD
Henry Wilde, MD
Peter Wilson, MD
Laraine Winter, MD
Leonard Wisneski, MD, FACP
Christopher Wong, MD
Joanne N. Wood, MD
Bradford A. Woodworth, MD
Justine Wu, MD, MPH
Olivia Wu, PhD
Mark J. Yaffe, MDCM, MCISc, CCFP, FCFP
Gloria Yeh, MD
Sai-Ching Jim Yeung, MD, PhD, RPh, FACP
Craig C. Young, MD
Ken Zafren, MD, FACEP
Charalampos Zalavras, MD, PhD, FACS
Janice Zgibor, PhD
Sasa Zivkovic, MD

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