Bridging the gap…between the business of medicine and the practice of medicine.
Advisory & Expert Sources
Raise Your Scores: Improving Quality —September/October 2008
Author
Advisory Board
American Academy of Family Physicians
Bridges to Excellence
Newtown, CT
Massachusetts Health Quality Partners
Watertown, MA
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Cambridge, MA
Sullivan/Luallin
San Diego, CA
Expert Sources
- Margret Amatayakul, President, Margret A Consulting, LLC, Schaumburg, Ill Michael S. Barr, MD, Vice President, Practice Advocacy and Improvement, Division of Governmental Affairs & Public Policy, American College of Physicians
- Cindy Bero, Chief information officer, Partners Community HealthCare, Inc., Boston, MA
- Barry Bershow, MD, Medical Director, Quality & Informatics, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN
- Frederick Bloom MD, Department Director - Quality and Performance Improvement, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
- Helen Burstin, MD, Senior Vice President, Performance Measures, National Quality Forum, Washington, DC
- Jim Chase, Executive Director, Minnesota Community Measurement, Minneapolis, MN
- Lisa Cone-Swartz, Vice president of medical practice and home health services, Press Ganey and Associates, South Bend, IN
- Steve Fox, Vice President, Provider Network Management, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston
- Kate Goonan, MD, Executive Director, Center for Performance Excellence, MGH Institute for Health Policy, Boston, MA
- Cheryl Gregg Fahrenholz, President, Preferred Healthcare Solutions, LLC, Bellbrook, OH
- Mina Harkins, Assistant vice president, recognition programs, NCQA, Washington, DC
- Betsy Haworth, Director, Communications, Zagat Survey, LLC, New York, NY
- Doug Hiza, MD, Medical Director Provider Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- George J. Isham, MD, MS, Medical Director and Chief Health Officer, HealthPartners, Bloomington, MN
- Brent James, MD, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
- Joseph Kelly, MD, Riverbend Medical Group, Agawam, MA
- James King, MD, President, American Academy of Family Physicians
- Michael Kulczycki, Executive director for the ambulatory accreditation program, The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, IL
- Peter Lee, Executive Director, national health policy, Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco,CA
- Thomas H. Lee, MD, CEO, Partners Community HealthCare Inc., Boston, MA
- Harry Miller, MD, Four Seasons Pediatrics, Clifton Park, NY
- Michael L. O’Dell, MD, Chief Quality Officer and Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, MS
- Gary Oftedahl, MD, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, Minneapolis, MN
- Marc Overhage, MD, Indiana Health Information Exchange, Indianapolis, IA
- Christopher Queram, President/CEO, Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality, Madison, WI
- James Rohack, MD, President, American Medical Association
- Brandon Savage, MD, Chief Medical Officer, GE Healthcare, Seattle, WA
- John Schaeffer, MD, President and CEO, North Ohio Heart Center, Elyria, OH
- Scott Shapiro, Senior vice president, marketing and corporate communications, HealthGrades, Golden, CO
- Jamie Steck, Chief information officer, Central Utah Clinic, Provo, UT
- Erica Swegler, MD, North Hills Family Medicine Center, Keller, TX
- Micky Tripathi, President and CEO, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, Waltham, MA
- Glen Tullman, Chairman and CEO, Allscripts, Chicago, IL
- Steven E. Waldren, MD, Director, Center for Health-IT, American Academy of Family Physicians
Technology for Patient and Practice —July/August 2008
Author
Advisory Board
6425 South IH-35, Suite 105-177
Austin, TX 78744 Vinson J. Hudson, president of Jewson Enterprises and publisher of the POMIS Report (for Physician Office Management Information Systems), closely follows the physician practice management software market.
Clinical Content Consultants
6 Fogg Street
Concord, NH 03301 John H. Janas III, MD, is president and CEO of Clinical Content Consultants, a Concord, N.H.-based developer of clinical decision support tools. He also is an assistant professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School.
Tri-Cities Gastroenterology
The Center for Digestive Wellness
10461 Wallace Alley Dr.
Kingsport TN 37663 Nancy Salyer is billing manager of Tri-Cities Gastroenterology in Kingsport, Tenn. The practice, which runs the Center for Digestive Wellness, is an early adopter of real-time claims adjudication.
935 Highland Blvd # 2200
Bozeman, MT 59715 Joseph Sofianek, MD, is a family physician with Medical Associates PC in Bozeman, Mont. He is a former chief of staff at Deaconess Bozeman Hospital.
4711 Sunset Blvd (Highway 378)
Lexington, SC 29072 Allen Wenner, MD, is president of clinical applications design for Primetime Medical Software, producer of Instant Medical History software. He practices part-time at Twelve Mile Creek Family Medicine in Lexington, S.C.
Expert Sources
- Dr. John Bachman, Sanders Professor of Primary Care, Mayo Clinic, Department of Family Medicine, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905
- Dr. Karen Bell, Director of Health Information Technology Adoption, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Ave., SW, HHS Building, Ste. 517D, Washington, DC, 20201
- Steven Bernstein, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, 28 State Street, Boston, MA 02109-1775
- Dr. Samuel Bierstock, Principal and Founder, Champions in Healthcare, 6 Fisher Lane, Delray Beach, FL 33483
- Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, 2632 Federal Street, Camden, NJ 08105
- Michael Burger, Director, Clinical Product Management, Sage Software Healthcare, 2202 N. Westshore Blvd., Suite 300, Tampa FL 33607
- Christine Chang, Analyst, Datamonitor, 245 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
- Dr. Steven Chang, 505 Cypress Point Drive #116, Mountain View, CA 94043
- Dr. Sarah Corley, Chief Medical Officer, NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, 3715 Moss Drive, Annandale, VA 22003-1016
- Malcolm Costello, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Relationships, Kryptiq, 3600 NW John Olsen Place, Suite 300, Hillsboro, OR 97124
- Dr. Christopher Crow, Village Health Partners, 5425 W. Spring Creek Parkway, Suite 200, Plano, TX 75024
- Francois de Brantes, CEO, Bridges to Excellence, 13 Sugar Street, Newtown, CT 06470-2046
- Russ Eckles, Director, Lake Hospital System PHO, 10 E. Washington Street, Painesville, OH 44077-3460
- Dr. Albert W. Fisk, Medical Director, The Everett Clinic, 3901 Hoyt Avenue, Everett, WA 98201
- Terri Foose, Chief Financial Officer, MacGregor Medical Center, 9969 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, TX 78240
- Dr. Edward Fotsch, CEO, Medem, 100 Pine Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
- Maggie Fox, Director of Corporate Systems Development, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, 801 Pine Street, 2P, Chattanooga, TN 37402
- Kevin Hutchinson, President and CEO, Prematics, 7315 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 200W, Bethesda, MD 20814
- Dr. David Kibbe, AAFP, Center for Health Information Technology, 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Leawood, KS
- Dr. Charles Kilo, CEO, GreenField Health, 9427 SW Barnes Road, Suite 590, Portland, OR 97225
- Dr. Robert Kolodner, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Ave., SW, HHS Building, Ste. 517D, Washington, DC, 20201
- Steven Krein, CEO, OrganizedWisdom.com, 2000 Broadway, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10023
- Dr. Alex Krist, Fairfax Family Practice Center, Fair Oaks Professional Building, 3650 Joseph Siewick Dr. Suite 400, Fairfax, VA 22033
- Dr. Rifat Latifi, Director, Telemedicine for Trauma and Critical Care, The University of Arizona, University Medical Center, P.O. Box 245063, Tucson, AZ 85724-5063
- Dr. Mark Leavitt, Chairman, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology, 233 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 2150, Chicago, IL 60601-5800
- Melissa Lukowski, Director of Payor Outreach, Athenahealth, 15 Keats Ct., Coto de Caza, CA 92679
- Dr. Thomas McHorse, McHorse, Foster and Nutson, 1301 W 38th St Ste 402, Austin, TX 78705-1013
- Bevey Miner, Allscripts, 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 2024, Chicago, IL 60654
- Michael Nissenbaum, President and CEO, iMedica, 3330 Keller Springs Road, Suite 201, Carrollton, TX 75006
- Dr. Peter Nutson, McHorse, Foster and Nutson, 1301 W 38th St Ste 402, Austin, TX 78705-1013
- Dr. Deborah Peel, Patient Privacy Rights Foundation, P.O. Box 248, Austin, TX 78767
- Margie Pence, Mercy Home Care, 2740 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
- Bruce Riegel, Multimedia Healthcare Solutions, 1201 Indian Canyon Cove, Austin, TX 78746
- Janet Root, Assistant Executive Director, Utah Health Information Network, 151 E 5600 S., Suite 320, Murray, UT 84107
- Dr. Afser Shariff, CEO, Physicians Angels, 5006 Valencia Drive, Toledo, OH 43623
- Diane Signoracci, Partner, Bricker & Eckler, 100 South Third Street, Columbus OH 43215,
- Mr. Kim Slocum, KDS Consulting, 407 Shropshire Drive, West Chester, PA 19382
- Michelle Snyder, Vice President, Marketing, Epocrates, 1100 Park Place, Suite 300, San Mateo, CA 94403
- Dr. Thomas E. Sullivan, Women’s Health Center Cardiology, One Hutchinson Drive, Danvers, MA 01923-3759
- Dr. James P. Turley, Associate Professor of Health Information Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Health Information Sciences, 7000 Fannin Street, Suite 690, Houston, TX 77030
- Victoria Waltemath, Office Manager, ABCD Pediatrics, 19238 Stonehue, San Antonio, TX 78258
- Amanda Wood, Practice Manager, The Center for Women’s Health, 533 East County Line Rd., Suite 101, Greenwood, IN 46143
Small Practice Survival Guide—May/June 2008
Author
Advisory Board
Brentwood, TN 37027
www.deltahealthcare.com
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
www.capko.com
Grand Rapids MI 49544
www.huizenga-consulting.com
Canton, MI 48187
www.meritelgroup.com
Lansing, MI 48911
www.rehmann.com
Expert Sources
- Judy Bee, Practice Performance Group, 8070 La Jolla Shores Drive #518, La Jolla CA 92037
- Steve Blum, Strategic Wealth Planning, 14900 Landmark Blvd., Ste. 650, Dallas TX 75254
- Janet Burch, Practice Administrator, Pikes Peak Nephrology Associates PC, 2002 Lelaray Street, Suite 100, Colorado Springs CO 80909-2804
- Gabriela Cora, MD, MBA, 1930 NE 47th Street, Suite 201, Fort Lauderdale FL 33308
- John Croce, Fairfield Consultants, LLC, 1 Old Farm Road, Oxford CT 06478
- Tom Doerr, MD, CMO, Purkinje, 11477 Olde Cabin Road, Suite 400, St. Louis, MO 63141
- David R. Donnersberger Jr MD, JD, FCLM, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine & Site Director, Internal Medicine Clerkship, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, 530 Winnetka Avenue, Winnetka IL 60093
- Anders Engen, Business Development, athenahealth, Inc., 311 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472
- Traci Entel, Principal, Katzenbach Partners, 381 Park Avenue South-6th Floor, New York, NY 10016
- Stephen Fischer, MD, Chairman and Chief Medical Officer, Spring Medical Systems, 14511 Falling Creek Drive, Suite 305, Houston, TX 77014
- Barbara J. Grant, Principal, Gates, Moore & Company, 3340 Peachtree Road NE, Tower Place 100, Suite 600, Atlanta GA 30326
- Sue Hertlein, Senior Consultant/Managing Coordinator - IT Division, The Coker Group, 1000 Mansell Exchange West, Suite 310, Alpharetta GA 30022
- Jeffrey Hertzberg, MD, MS, Medformatics, 4915 Garfield Avenue South, Minneapolis MN 55419
- Russell Hicks, President, Martin, Fletcher, 909 Lake Carolyn Parkway, Suite 1300, Irving, TX 75039
- Beth Hodges, MD, Hodges Family Practice, Inc., 208-A W. Salisbury St., Asheboro, NC 27203
- Douglas E. Hough, PhD, Chair, The Business of Health, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University, 10 N. Charles Street, 3rd Floor, Baltimore MD 21201
- Michelle Jones, Product Manager, Practice Management Solutions, Misys Healthcare, 8529 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC 27615
- Frederic Katz, CPA, MST, Braver, PC, 25 Christina Street, Newton, MA 02461
- Masoud Khorsand, CEO, Argole Systems, Inc., One Research Court, Suite 450, Rockville, Maryland 20850
- Gary Lewins, Manager, Wipfli LLP-Health Care Practice, 469 Security Boulevard, Green Bay, WI 54313
- Barry Lycka, MD, First Edmonton Place, 10665 Jasper Ave., Suite 780, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 3S9 CANADA
- L. Gordon Moore, MD, Ideal Micro Practice, 1501 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14610
- Jacob Reider, MD, Medical Director, Clinical Solutions, Misys, 8529 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27615
- Charles Shaefer, MD, University Primary Care, Inc., 820 St. Sebastian Way, Suite 4C, Augusta, GA 30901
- Scott L. Soelberg, JD, P.C., 837 East 1200 South, Orem UT 84097
- Nick Ulmer, MD, Family Healthcare Center, 23013 Highway 76 E, Clinton, SC 29325
- Patrick Umphrey, Hibbard Umphrey & Associates, 161 Ottawa Avenue NW, Suite 511, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
- Paul D. Weinberg, CPA, CA, President, The CPA Exchange, Inc., 250 Parkway Drive, Suite 150, Lincolnshire IL 60069, www.thecpaexchange.com
- TC Yang, Misys Payerpath Product Manager, Revenue Cycle Management, Misys Healthcare, 9030 Stony Point Parkway, Suite 440, Richmond, VA 23220
- Doris Young, Doris Young Associates, 320 Westover Ave., Norfolk VA 23507
Reducing Practice Risk—Mar/Apr 2008
Author
Advisory Board
Medical Instructor DukeChildren’s Primary Care
4020 North Roxboro Road
Durham, NC 27704
www.mc.duke.edu Dr. Debra Best is a medical instructor at Duke University Medical Center’s Pediatrics department. She received her medical degree from Northwestern University School of Medicine and completed her pediatrics residency training at Duke University Medical Center. She began in private practice in the Raleigh area, and now is a medical instructor. At Duke Children’s Primary Care, she’s worked to develop a pediatric electronic medical record for use in the outpatient setting. Her main areas of interest include medical informatics, community pediatrics and medical student/resident education.
The Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44195
www.ccf.org Vicki Bokar is the Director of Clinical Risk Management for Cleveland Clinic, a not-for-profit multi-specialty academic medical center located in Cleveland, Ohio. She directs the clinical risk management program for this 140 acre, main hospital campus and its 14 family health centers. Ms. Bokar has diverse risk management experience and has spent the past 19 years working in the professional liability claims and risk arena. She began her career as a registered nurse specializing in critical care. She held positions as a nurse paralegal for a prominent medical malpractice defense firm, and as a claims and risk manager for the Cleveland Clinic. She was a claims and litigation liaison for the claims department of a major professional liability insurance company. She also served as a risk manager for an academic and clinical practice group comprised of more than 800 multi-specialty physicians and practitioners. She became a certified professional in healthcare risk management in 2003 and is an active member of ASHRM.
Ms. Bokar has 20 years experience working in risk management. Starting as a registered nurse, she practiced critical care medicine, later working for attorneys at a medical malpractice defense law firm. She provided risk management services to the Cleveland Clinic, and later managed their malpractice claims for several years. Ms. Bokar started the Cleveland Clinic’s Clinical Risk Management department in 2003, and now oversees risk management activities for 11 health centers and a 1,200 bed hospital.
Metairie, Louisiana 70006 USA
www.intrepidresources.com Dr. Palmisano is president of Intrepid Resources/The Medical Risk Manager Company and lectures extensively on patient safety, risk management, leadership, medical liability reform, emergency communications, and disaster preparedness. He graduated from Tulane Medical School and Loyola Law School, and served as the 2003-2004 president of the American Medical Association. He is a clinical professor of surgery, clinical professor of medical jurisprudence at Tulane University School of Medicine and adjunct professor in the Department of Health Systems Management of the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans. Dr. Palmisano serves on the Board of Governors of the National Patient Safety Foundation, the Board of Governors of Tulane University Health Sciences Center, the editorial board of The Journal of Patient Safety and the Board of Governors of The Doctors Company.
2 Columbia Drive
Tampa, FL 33606
www.thg.org Ms. Sanders is a Senior Clinical Pharmacist with Tampa General Hospital, and a consultant pharmacist for the state of Florida. She received her B.S.Pharm from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, and is currently studying for her M.B.A. with dual concentrations in risk management and health care administration. As a pharmacist for 21 years, Ms. Sanders has worked at hospitals and long term care facilities in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Florida.
Paoli, PA 19301
www.positivephysicians.com/ Dr. Lewis. Sharps is an orthopedic surgeon, as well as founder and president of Positive Physicians Insurance Exchange. Headquartered in Paoli. Pennsylvania, PPIX is the first physician-driven medical liability company in Pennsylvania.
Expert Sources
- Amy Abernethy, MD, director of the Duke Cancer Care Research Program, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, 25165 Morris Building, Box 3436, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
- Harriet Borofsky, MD, Mills-Peninsula Women’s Center,Director of Breast Imaging
- Scott D.Buchholz, JD, CPHRM,Dummit Briegleb Boyce & Buchholz, 525 B Street, Suite 1400, San Diego, CA 92101
- Waldene K. Drake, RN, MBA, Vice President of Risk Management & Patient Safety, Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc., 333 S. Hope St. 8th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071, www.cap-mpt.com
- Gerald Hickson, MD, Director of Risk Prevention, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Assoc Dean for Clinical Affairs, Center for Patient & Professional Advocacy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 405 Oxford House, Nashville, TN 37232-4220, www.mc.vanderbilt.edu
- Gregory Makoul, PhD, Professor and Director, Center for Communication and Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, 10th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611, www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/ccm
- Linda Oberstein, MD, 50 South San Mateo Drive, San Mateo, CA 94401, Internist
- Steven Selbst, MD, Pediatrician, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, 1600 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE 19899, American Academy of Pediatrics, Member of AAP Committee on Emergency Medicine, Specializes in risk management
- Steven E. Waldren, MD, MS, Director, Center for Health Information Technology, American Academy of Family Physicians, 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Leawood, KS 66211-2672, http://www.centerforhit.org
Consumer-driven Healthcare—Jan/Feb 2008
Author
www.tonigoldfarb.com Toni L. Goldfarb is a New Jersey-based medical writer who started her career working in laboratory and clinical research. During over 25 years of writing about medical and scientific subjects, she has frequently collaborated with physicians in the preparation of research papers, monographs, continuing medical education programs, and patient education materials. Her work has also appeared in medical magazines, popular periodicals, and health newsletters. Previously she was the editor and publisher of Medical Abstracts Newsletter, which provided consumers with easy-to-understand summaries of new medical journal reports. She is also co-author of the American Lung Association’s popular smoking cessation book, 7 Steps to a Smoke-Free Life (Wiley, 1998).
Advisory Board
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
600 W. 168th St., Sixth Floor
New York, NY 10032
www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu Lawrence D. Brown, PhD, is a professor in the department health policy and management at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City. Among Dr. Brown’s professional interests are the political aspects of health policymaking and healthcare reform, including the intersecting roles of the Federal government, the private sector, and special interest groups. He has worked with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and helped to evaluate a foundation initiative encouraging communities to design innovative ways of providing coverage for the uninsured. Dr. Brown is the author of numerous academic journal articles, books, and book chapters, and is a former Brookings Institution senior fellow. He completed both his undergraduate and graduate studies at Harvard University.
1 East 75th St.
New York, NY 10021
www.commonwealthfund.org
Sara R. Collins, PhD, is assistant vice president for the The Commonwealth Fund, where she directs the Program on the Future of Health Insurance. The program analyzes issues affecting the U.S. health insurance system such as cost, access, and quality. Dr. Collins is co-author of an annual report—issued jointly by The Commonwealth Fund and the Employee Benefit Research Institute—on the experiences of consumers using high-deductible health plans. An economist with a doctorate from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., Dr. Collins’s professional experience has centered on health and science policy research with a focus on healthcare expenditures.
Mayo Mail Code 729, 420 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0392
www.sph.umn.edu
Roger Feldman, PhD, is Blue Cross professor of health insurance and professor of economics at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. He is also interim head of the school’s division of health policy and management. Dr. Feldman focuses his research on health insurance, particularly its organization, financing, and delivery; he is currently evaluating several consumer-driven health plans. He has served as an advisor to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Department of Justice and was a senior staff member on President Ronald Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisors. Dr. Feldman received his doctorate in economics from the University of Rochester and is a former Marshall Scholar at the London School of Economics.
Alexandria, VA 22320-0080
www.galen.org
Grace-Marie Turner is president and founder of the Galen Institute, a non-profit research organization focusing on healthcare policy. Ms. Tuner has a background in politics and journalism. She lectures and publishes regularly on topics related to free market healthcare reform. Ms. Turner has served on Federal healthcare advisory committees, including the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Medicaid Commission. In the mid-1990s, she was executive director of the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform (also known as the Kemp Commission), a Congressional committee charged with investigating potential reforms to the U.S. tax code.
Expert Sources
- 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 immediate past 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.
- Joseph Mondy, CIGNA HealthCare, 900 Cottage Grove Rd, Hartford, Ct.
- 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—Nov/Dec 2007
Author
Advisory Board
Watervile, ME 04901
http://trfponline.com Dr. Rich Charlebois is a physician at Three Rivers Family Practice in Waterville, Me. He received his degree in osteopathic medicine from the College of Osteopathic Medicine of Pacific at the Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, Calif. After completing his residency at nearby Downey Regional Medical Center, Dr. Charlebois and his family moved to rural Maine. He joined the Three Rivers’ medical staff in 2000.
Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
www.hillcresthospital.org Medina General Hospital
1000 East Washington Street
Medina, OH 44256
www.medinahospital.org Dr. Stacia Dearmin is an emergency pediatric physician in Ohio. Dr. Dearmin received her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1995. She began her career in private practice, eventually cofounding a small, independent pediatric practice with a physician colleague. Dr. Dearmin left the practice about a year after it was established, opting for part-time work in emergency medicine. She currently works in the emergency departments of two Ohio hospitals—Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, and Medina General Hospital in Medina.
PO Box 872104
Tempe, AZ 85287-2104
www.asu.edu Dr. Allan Markus, MS, MBA, FACP, is Director of the Campus Health Service at Arizona State University in Tempe, where he oversees a team of physicians, nurse practitioners, and other medical professionals who provide health care services to the school’s nearly 65,000 students. In addition to his medical training, Dr. Markus has earned a Master of Science in management and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland University College. He also volunteers with the Phoenx-based Los Amigos Chapter of The Flying Samaritans, a group that provides medical care to remote areas of Baja California, Mexico.
Springfield, MO 65807
www.ferrellduncan.com Dr. Timothy McNichols is an internist at Ferrell-Duncan Clinic, a physician-owned practice in Springfield, Mo. Dr. McNichols received his medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine. He joined Ferrell-Duncan shortly after completing his residency at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
www.cppr.com Clinical Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Radiology
Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital
725 Welch Rd., Room 1635, MC 5654
Palo Alto, CA 94304
http://med.stanford.edu Dr. Peter Moskowitz is a career and life coach for medical professionals and Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Professional and Personal Renewal in Palo Alto, Calif. He is also a practicing radiologist and clinical professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. As a trained and certified professional and organizational coach since 1996, Dr. Moskowitz has worked with hundreds of physicians on issues such as work-life balance, career transitions, and stress management. He has also delivered presentations, workshops, and seminars for hospitals and medical professional societies on career and life management. Dr. Moskowitz received his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, and he is board certified in diagnostic radiology.
Expert Sources
- 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—Sept/Oct 2007
Author
Advisory Board
Washington, DC 20036
http://cgood.org Paul J. Barringer is head of a health court initiative at Common Good, an organization established to promote policy change in the legal system. With a professional law degree from the University of North Carolina, Mr. Barringer has worked in private law practice in both North Carolina and Washington, DC. Prior to joining Common Good in 2005, Mr. Barringer was a health care consultant with Accurium, a company that he co-founded with the aim of helping employers control health care costs through the use of consumer education programs.
Boston, MA
www.accessproject.org Carol Pryor is the senior policy analyst at The Access Project, a Boston-based research and advocacy group focused on healthcare access. Ms. Pryor received Masters degrees in public health and education from Boston University. She has more than 20 years of publications experience. In her work with The Access Project, she has researched and written numerous reports on medical debt and other health policy issues for organizations such as The Commonwealth Fund and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
727 E. Dean Keeton St.
Austin, TX 78705
www.utexas.edu/law Dr. William M. Sage is Vice Provost for Health Affairs and the James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. Dr. Sage received both his medical and law degrees from Stanford University in 1988. An Elected Fellow to the Hastings Center, Dr. Sage has been teaching health law and related topics since 1995. In 2002, he served on the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Rapid Advance Demonstration Projects: Health Care Finance and Delivery Systems; in 2004, he participated in the JCAHO Tort Resolution and Injury Prevention Roundtable. Dr. Sage’s publications include numerous scholarly articles and book chapters on medical liability, tort reform, and other health law issues. He is currently on the editorial board of the journal Health Affairs.
Hall of the States
444 N. Capitol St., Suite 267
Washington, DC 20001
www.nga.org Matt Salo is Director of the Health and Human Services Committee at the National Governors Association, a public policy organization representing U. S. governors. Mr. Salo’ss previous experience includes health policy work at the National Association of State Medicaid Directors. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia.
Expert Sources
- 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/Aug 2007
Author
Advisory Board
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 615 N. Wolfe St., Room E2148
Baltimore, MD 21205
www.jhsph.edu Dr. Daniel J. Barnett, MPH, is an instructor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Md. Dr. Barnett received his medical degree from Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. At Johns Hopkins, he completed a residency in general preventive medicine and earned his Master’s in Public Health. Dr. Barnett’s research and professional interests focus on public health emergency preparedness, including the education and training of public health workers. Topics of his academic publications include terrorism-related public health threats, pandemic influenza, and the mental health aspects of emergency response.
Winthrop-University Hospital 259 First St.
Mineola, NY 11501
www.lirpdic.org Dr. Robin McFee, MPH, FACPM, is a toxicologist at Winthrop-University Hospital’s Long Island Regional Poison and Drug Information Center and a clinical assistant professor in the department of preventive medicine at the State University of New York, Stonybrook. Dr. McFee is alsomedical director of Threat Scienceª, an emergency preparedness consultancy. She has published and lectured widely on topics such as bioterrorism and weapons of mass destruction, emerging pathogens, and medical toxicology (particularly among adolescent and pediatric populations). A graduate of New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. McFee has pursued additional training in toxicology and preventive medicine and received a master’s in public health from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She is board certified in preventive medicine.
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health 722 W. 168th St., Room 1021
New York, NY 10031
www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu Dr. Stephen S. Morse is associate professor of clinical epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. He is also founding director and senior research scientist at the school’s Center for Public Health Preparedness. In addition to his work in academics, Dr. Morse spent four years in the public sector as program manager for biodefense at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, part of the U.S. Department of Defense. He has served the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine on committees convened to address issues such as emerging pathogens and biological warfare, and has authored numerous publications on these topics. Dr. Morse has also collaborated with international scientists on projects such as the development of early warning and response systems for infectious disease prevention. Dr. Morse received his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin.
Roswell, GA 30076
www.firestorm.com Mr. James W. Satterfield is president, chief operations officer, and co-founder of Firestorm Solutions, LLC, a risk management consulting firm specializing in business continuity and disaster planning. Mr. Satterfield has held upper management positions in various public and private companies. His experience in identifying and managing risk extends to the insurance and reinsurance, technology, communications, and environmental fields. An author of books on disaster planning, Mr. Satterfield is currently focused on disaster preparedness in schools and universities.
Expert Sources
- 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
Author
Advisory Board
Private Client Services
A.G. Edwards St. Louis, MO
Ebersole & Pajak Sacramento, CA
Expert Sources
- 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, RegentAtlantic 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—Mar/Apr 2007
Author
Advisory Board
Innsbrook Corporate Center 4470 Cox Road, Suite 250
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060
Newbury Park, CA 91320
230 McDill Dr.
Port Charlotte, FL 33953
Fern Park, Florida 32730
Tallahassee, FL 32308
Expert Sources
- 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—Jan/Feb 2007
Author
Advisory Board
Advanced ICU Care 999 Executive Parkway, Suite 320
St. Louis, MO 63141
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Fletcher Allen Health Care 1 So. Prospect Street
Burlington, VT 05401
Center for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice
Arizona State University 500 N 3rd Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004-0698
Center for Health Improvement 1330 21st Street, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95814
BMJ Publishing Group BMA House
Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9JR UK
Expert Sources
- 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—Nov/Dec 2006
Author
Advisory Board
Division of Cardiology
Nemours Children’s Clinic 3248 Bayou Lane
Pensacola, FL 32503
Edison, NJ 08837
Clearwater, FL 33767
Baptist Hospital of Miami 13920 Southwest 92nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33176
Expert Sources
- 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 WNBAÑPhoenix 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, http://www.wellnessagenda.com
- Doreen Orion, MD, psychiatrist, 425 College Ave, Boulder, Colo. 80302
- Dennis Goodman, MD, cardiologist, Clinical Associate Professor at , the University of California—San 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—Sept/Oct 2006
Author
Advisory Board
Expert Sources
- 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/Aug 2006
Author
Advisory Board
Baird Consulting, Inc. Fort Atkinson, WI
Institute for Healthcare Communication, Inc. New Haven, CT
Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN
American Academy of Communications in Healthcare
Internist University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MS
Expert Sources
- William Smith, Executive Vice President, Academy for Educational Development, 1825 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20009
- Mary Dondiego, Director ofÊCorporate 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
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Advisory Board
Hamilton Medical Group San Jose, CA
Oasis Outsourcing West Palm Beach, FL
Gates, Moore & Co. Atlanta GA
Aldrich Kilbride & Tatone Lake Oswego, OR
Emdat, Inc. Covington, LA
Expert Sources
- Experts: List currently being updated
Financial Planning—Mar/Apr 2006
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Advisory Board
Houston, TX 77027
www.investec.us/pages/index.htm Mr. Blackman is the Executive Vice President, Managing Director and CIO of Investec Advisory Group in Houston. Prior to joining Investec, he was a regional and national director for Deloitte & Touche Investment Advisors. He has been on Worth magazine’s list of top advisers in America for the last nine years. A Contributing Editor to the American Association of Individual Investors Journal from 1990 until 2003, he has authored or co-authored over 50 published articles on investment and financial planning topics. Mr. Blackman has been in the financial consulting business for 23 years and is a CPA/Personal Financial Specialist, a Chartered Financial Analyst, Certified Investment Management Analyst, Accredited Asset Management Specialist and Certified Financial Planner.
Chicago, IL 60601
www.amainsure.com Denise S. Friday is a vice president with AMA Insurance Agency, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Medical Association that offers insurance and related products to the physician community. She has been with AMA Insurance Agency since its inception in 1988. During her tenure, Ms. Friday has managed the development and introduction of more than 20 new products/services and continues to direct the design and launch of new products for physicians and their families. Ms. Friday is a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and holds licensure in all 50 jurisdictions for life, health and property and casualty insurance.
New Providence, NJ 07974
www.lassuswherley.com Diahann W. Lassus is president and co-founder of Lassus Wherley, a wealth management firm with offices in New Providence, N.J. and Naples, Fla. Lassus Wherley is a fee-only firm with expertise in financial planning, investment management, tax preparation, and other financial capabilities. Ms. Lassus was named one of Worth magazine’s top financial advisers six times, beginning in 1994 with the top-60 list and most recently the 2004 Most Exclusive 100. She was named among the 120 Best Financial Advisers for Doctors by Medical Economics magazine. She has been profiled in the Dow Jones Investment Advisor Magazine, CPA Wealth Provider, the Journal of Financial Planning and Financial Advisor Magazine. She is an accomplished author and lecturer with articles appearing in newspaper financial columns and other financial-interest publications. She speaks on financial topics at universities and business seminars on a regular basis.
Coral Gables, FL 33134
www.singerxenos.com Marc Singer is a founding partner and adviser of Singer Xenos Wealth Management in Coral Gables, FL. In 2004 Mr. Singer was named one of the nation’s 100 most exclusive advisers by Worth Magazine. He is also listed in Medical Economics Magazine as one of the nation’s 150 leading advisers. In addition to serving as a financial adviser, Mr. Singer is a member of the Singer Xenos investment committee, ensuring the implementation of sound investment strategies for the firm’s clients. He has developed innovative investment strategies that help physicians protect their personal assets from liability claims. He is actively involved in the current tort reform efforts and has lectured extensively on the topics of financial and investment planning and creditor protection for physicians. Mr. Singer holds a Masters of Business Administration degree and is a Certified Financial Planner with over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry.
Overland Park, KS 66210
www.steppandrothwell.com Kathy Stepp is a principal and founder of Stepp & Rothwell, a fee-only financial planning and investment advisory firm in Overland Park, Kansas. Ms. Stepp holds the designations of Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Financial Planner (CFP), and Personal Financial Specialist (PFS). She is a former national board member of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), the largest professional organization of fee-only financial planners, having served as a NAPFA national conference chair. She also is a former board member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), Kansas City Chapter. She has been named among the top financial advisers in the country by Worth, Medical Economics and Mutual Funds magazines.
Expert Sources
- 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—Jan/Feb 2006
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Alpharetta, GA 30022 Jeffery Daigrepont is a principal of The Coker Group, a national healthcare consulting firm based in Alpharetta, Ga.. He is head of the Coker Technology Division and specializes in practice start-ups, strategic planning, operations, and deployment of fully integrated information systems for the medical practice. He writes and lectures frequently about medical practice technology.
Nantucket, MA 02554 Dr. Greg Hinson is a family physician who operates a fully automated solo private practice on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. His Website is www.ackdoc.com.
Andover, MA 01810-1492 Dr. Jonathan Leviss serves as Medical Director, Healthcare Strategies for Sentillion, an Andover, Mass.-based provider of identity and access management solutions to the healthcare industry. Dr. Leviss also practices internal medicine at a community health center in West Warwick, R.I. Dr. Leviss has held faculty positions at the New York University School of Medicine and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, has co-authored papers in several peer-reviewed academic medical journals, and frequently presents at academic and industry conferences and forums.
MGMA Health Care Consulting Group
Syracuse, NY Rosemarie Nelson is a Syracuse, N.Y.-based consultant for the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) in Englewood, Colo. She has experience as a medical office manager, in information technology, and as a consultant to physicians and practice professionals. Ms. Nelson conducts educational seminars and provides keynote speeches on a variety of healthcare technology and operational topics. She has authored numerous articles on practice management issues.
Expert Sources
- 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
Finding Work-Life Balance—Nov/Dec 2005
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Advisory Board
Coral Gables, FL 33146
www.drbaker.com Dr. Stephan Baker is a board-certified plastic surgeon in Coral Gables, Fla., who specializes in reconstructive plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures.
Brentwood, TN 37027
www.deltahealthcare.com Randy Bauman is president of Delta Health Care, a Brentwood, Tenn.-based healthcare consulting firm that serves its physician clients with practice assessments, strategic planning, mergers, partner-level arrangements and other services. Mr. Bauman has over 18 years experience in the healthcare industry, specializing in all aspects of physician issues including strategic planning, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions and group formations. He is a frequent speaker and writer on healthcare issues.
Norcross, GA 30092 Jim Bird is the founder and CEO of WorkLifeBalance.com, a Norcross, GA-based firm that offers management training and support programs with a special emphasis on relationship building, stress and change management and work-life balance. Mr. Bird is frequently quoted, published or appears in traditional and online media including the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Knight Ridder Newspapers, Monster News and CNN International.
West Palm Beach, FL 33406 Dr. Lee Fischer practices family medicine in West Palm Beach, Fla. In addition, he reviews malpractice complaints for the Florida Board of Medicine.
Arlington, MA 02476 Dr. Richard A. Sheff serves as chairman and executive director for the Greeley Company, an Arlington, Mass.-based healthcare consulting and training company. Dr. Sheff, who practiced family medicine for 13 years, is a leading faculty member for Greeley’s national seminars and provides educational and consulting services in a wide range of areas including governance, hospital and medical staff performance improvement, managing poor quality and disruptive physicians, patient safety and error reduction, credentialing, medical staff effectiveness and redesign, medical staff leadership development, strategic planning, and regulatory compliance. He has also authored numerous books on healthcare related topics, is a popular national speaker and serves on the faculty of the American College of Physician Executives and The Governance Institute.
Expert Sources
- Dr. Melinda Allen, Internal Medicine Associates of Ponca City, Ponca City, OK.
- Dr. Stephan Baker, plastic surgeon, Coral Gables, FL.
- Dr. David Baron, chairman of psychiatry and behavioral medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
- Dr. Neil Baum, urologist, New Orleans.
- Randy Bauman, president, Delta Health Care, Brentwood, TN.
- Dr. Zack Bechtol, family physician, Northeast Oklahoma Family Practice and Obstetrics, Grove, OK.
- Jim Bird, president, WorkLifeBalance.com, Norcross, GA
- Keith Borglum, practice management consultant, Professional Management & Marketing, Santa Rosa, CA.
- Rick Carter, senior managing director, Phase2 Consulting, Salt Lake City, UT.
- Dr. Eliza Chin, internal medicine, Piedmont, CA.
- Dr. Isaac Eliaz, physician and licensed acupuncturist, Sebastopol, CA.
- Tom Erney, Ph.D., licensed marriage and family therapist, Alternatives Counseling & Consultation Center, Gainesville, FL.
- Dr. Steve Fallek, plastic surgeon, Englewood, NJ.
- Dr. Lee Fischer, Palm Beach Family Physicians, West Palm Beach, FL.
- Dr. Tel Franklin, family physician, Ryan Ranch Medical Group, Monterey, CA.
- Dr. Bernard Godley, ophthalmologist, Retina Specialists, DeSoto, TX.
- Mark Gorkin, licensed clinical social worker, Kensington, MD
- Dr. Mark Goulston, psychiatrist, Santa Monica, CA.
- Pamela A. Granda, senior associate director, Committee for Physician Health, Medical Society of the State of New York, Albany.
- Bill Gruchow, Ph.D., professor, public health education, University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
- Kathleen Hall, Ph.D., founder, The Stress Institute, Clarkesville, GA.
- Jan Jasper, productivity expert based in Plainfield, NJ, author of Take Back Your Time: How to Regain Control of Work, Information & Technology (St. Martin’s Press, 1999).
- Dr. Bradley S. Johnson, chief medical officer, Aspen Medical Group in Twin Cities, Woodbury, MN.
- Dr. Ben Lee, plastic surgeon, Englewood,CO.
- Kathie Lingle, director, Alliance for Work-Life Progress, Scottsdale, AZ.
- Mike Martin, president, Practice Support Resources, Inc., Independence, MO.
- Dr. Jack McIntyre, psychiatrist, Unity Health System, Rochester, NY.
- Laurel Mellin, associate clinical professor of family and community medicine and pediatrics, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.
- Dr. Edward Nace, psychiatrist, Dallas, TX.
- Dr. Stanley Platman, psychiatrist at EHP Behavioral Services in Baltimore, MD, and chair of the Physician Health Committee of the Maryland Physician Health Program.
- Dr. Michael G. Rayel, psychiatrist, Clarenville, NL (Newfoundland and Labrador) Canada
- Dr. Mike Ritze, family physician, Broken Arrow, OK.
- Dr. Tracy Roth, Gulf Coast OB/GYN, Pascagoula, MS.
- Dr. Bernard Rubin, rheumatologist and faculty member at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Ft. Worth.
- Dr. David P. Rudman, orthopedic surgeon, Ridgewood, NJ.
- Len Schwartz, healthcare consultant, Ivyland, PA.
- Vijai Sharma, Ph.D., yoga instructor and clinical psychologist, Cleveland, TN.
- Dr. Richard Sheff, chairman and executive director of The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, a national healthcare consulting and educational firm in Marblehead, MA.
- Dr. David Shlim, Jackson Hole Travel and Tropical Medicine, Jackson Hole, WY.
- Dr. Rivka Stein, Kindercare Pediatrics, Brooklyn, NY.
- Russ Still, executive vice president, Medical Management Associates, Atlanta.
- Dr. Albert Thomas, OB/GYN, Mt. Sinai Faculty Practice, NY.
- Dr. Elizabeth Youngs, anesthesiologist, Oakland, CA.
- Dr. Albert Yurvati, cardiovascular thoracic surgeon, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Ft. Worth, TX.
Physician’s Legal Handbook—Sept/Oct 2005
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Advisory Board
Greenville, SC 29607
www.healthlawcenter.com Neil Caesar, president of the Health Law Center in Greenville, SC, has served the consulting and legal needs of medical practices, home health agencies, hospitals, healthcare networks and alliances, and other health providers nationally for over 25 years. Mr. Caesar is an active speaker and author on privacy issues; compliance issues; physician relationships and arrangements; fraud and abuse; reimbursement issues; networks and alliances; managed-care negotiations; hospital-physician relations; and numerous other topics. He serves on the editorial advisory boards of a number of healthcare industry publications and has written for such publications as Medical Economics, Home Health Care Dealer, Medicare Compliance Alert, and Hospital Network Insider.
Chicago, IL 60601
www.hinshawlaw.com Paul J. Cherner, is a partner in the Chicago law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson, a national law firm with more than 425 lawyers in 27 offices coast-to-coast. Mr. Cherner has more than 30 years experience in advising businesses on compliance with labor and employment laws. He serves as outside labor and employment counsel to corporations within various manufacturing and service industries. Mr. Cherner has spoken at numerous seminars on labor and employment law subjects for clients, trade associations, professional associations and continuing professional education seminar organizations.
Alpharetta, GA 30222 J. Max Reiboldt, CPA, is managing partner and chief executive officer of The Coker Group, a national healthcare consulting firm based in Alpharetta, Ga. Mr. Reiboldt oversees Coker’s services and coordinates and supervises most projects. He personally engages in consulting projects with physicians and health systems nationwide. His expertise covers physician employment and compensation, physician network development, business and strategic planning, disengagements of practices and network unwinds, practice operational assessments, hospital-physician services, medical staff development, practice appraisals, and negotiations for acquisitions and sales. Mr. Reiboldt also performs financial analyses for health care entities as well as equity planning arrangements for medical practices.
Chicago, IL 60611
ww.karenzupko.com Karen Zupko is president of Karen Zupko & Associates, a Chicago-based practice management consulting and training firm with clients nationwide. Ms. Zupko built her firm from a "solo practice" to a team of 17. Consultants and advisers at Karen Zupko & Associates have specific skills in management, reimbursement, marketing, Internet services, financial management, and contracting. Clients include physician practices, medical societies, academic medical centers, Fortune 500 pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, and medical associations. Ms. Zupko is on the board of editorial consultants of Medical Economics magazine, and is a member of the American Marketing Association, the Health Care Strategy Forum and Women in Communications, and has served on the board of trustees of Chicago’s Grant Hospital.
Expert Sources
- Dr. Martin MacNeill, D.O., J.D., medical director of the Utah State Developmental Center.
- Dr. Richard E. Anderson, chairman of the Board of Governors of The Doctors Company, a physician-owned medical malpractice insurance provider based in Napa, CA.
- Mark Langdon, an attorney with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Arent Fox.
- Robert J. Mintz, an attorney with the Asset Protection Law Center, in Oceanside, CA.
- Stephen Trosty, senior risk-management consultant for American Physicians Assurance Corporation (APAC), an East Lansing, Mich.-based malpractice insurance carrier.
- Richard Vento, president of Medical Risk Management Services, a malpractice insurance brokerage and consulting firm in Jamison, PA,
- Andrew Wood, chief operating officer for Insurance Noodle, a brokerage agency that works with the American Medical Association Insurance Agency
- Jennifer Jones, a CPA in Fairfax, VA,
- Karen Zupko, president of the Chicago-based practice management consulting and training firm, Karen Zupko & Associates, Inc.
- Paul J. Cherner, a partner in the law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson in Chicago.
- Neil B. Caesar, Esq., president of the Health Law Center, a national health law firm headquartered in Greenville, S.C.
- Dr. David C. Kibbe, director of the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Center for Health Information Technology.
- Max Reiboldt, managing partner with the Alpharetta, GA-based Coker Group, a national healthcare consulting firm.
- Richard D. Harroch, an attorney and author of Business Contracts Kits for Dummies (For Dummies, 2000).
Resolving Practice Dilemmas—July/Aug 2005
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Advisory Board
Rochester, NY 14626 Dr. Philip P. Bonanni is associate chair for clinical affairs in the Department of Medicine at Unity Health System in Rochester, N.Y. He is professor of medicine, nursing, and medical humanities at the University of Rochester and served as associate chair of primary care in the Department of Medicine since 1996. He has practiced Internal Medicine in Rochester since 1974.
St. Louis, MO 63132 Robert James Cimasi, president of Health Capital Consultants, focuses on the financial and economic aspects of healthcare service sector entities including: valuation consulting; litigation support; business intermediary and financing services; certificate-of-need consulting; and, healthcare transactions including sales, mergers, and acquisitions. He is a nationally known speaker on healthcare industry topics. He is the author of several books on healthcare consulting and medical practice valuation and is often quoted by healthcare industry trade publications and the general media.
Charlottesville, VA 22908 Ann Mills, M.sc. (Econ), MBA, is an assistant professor in Medical Education and member of the core faculty at the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Virginia. Ms. Mills is director of outreach programs and co-director of the Program in Ethics and Policy in Healthcare Systems. Ms. Mills has written on the healthcare delivery system and is co-author of two books on healthcare organization ethics. In addition, she is the editor of a recently published book which explores the ACGME competencies on professionalism and system-based practice.
New York, NY 10022 Andrea Nierenberg heads The Nierenberg Group, a business consulting firm based in New York, which specializes in customized training, workshops and keynote addresses for business executives. She is author of Nonstop Networking: How To Improve Your Life, Luck and Career and Millio