Expert Sources

Reducing Practice Risk—Mar/Apr 2008

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

Personal & Professional Growth—Nov/Dec 2007

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

Health Policy Review—Sept/Oct 2007

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

Emergency Planning—July/Aug 2007

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

Financial Visioning—May/June 2007

• Alexander Mikhaylov, Financial Vision, 26026 Southfield Rd., Lathrup Village, MI 48076
• Kathleen Cotton, 1298 Farragut Drive, Coupeville, WA 98239
• Sherrill St. Germain, New Means Financial Planning, P. O. Box 666, Hollis, NH 03049
• Jeremy Alexander, Beacon Research, 1434 Crain Street, Evanston, IL 60202
• Mary McGrath, Cozad Asset Management, 2501 Galen Drive, P.O. Box 3669, Champaign, IL
• Christopher Cordaro, 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Experts: List currently being updated

Financial Planning—Mar/Apr 2006

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

Technology in Practice—Jan/Feb 2006

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

Finding Work-Life Balance—Nov/Dec 2005

• Author: Carol Patton
• 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

• Author: Joan Szabo
• 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

• Author: Carol Patton
• Nancy Adams, executive director of the Monroe County Medical Society in Rochester, NY.
• Dr. Dennis Agliano at Tampa Bay ENT and Cosmetic Surgery in Tampa, FL.
• Dr. Stephan Baker, plastic surgeon in Coral Gables, FL.
• Dr. Susan Bane, an obstetrician/gynecologist at Physicians East/Greenville OB/GYN in Greenville, NC.
• Stephanie Barnard, a communication consultant and co-author of Writing, Speaking, and Communication Skills for Health Professionals (2001, Yale University Press).
• Dr. Neil Baum, urologist in New Orleans and author of Marketing Your Clinical Practice Ethically, Effectively and Economically (2004, Jones & Bartlett Publishers).
• Judy Bee, practice management consultant at Practice Performance Group in La Jolla, CA.
• Karen Berg, chief executive officer at CommCore Strategies, a communications coaching firm in White Plains, NY.
• Jonathan Bernstein, president at Bernstein Crisis Management in Monrovia, CA.
• Dr. Garrison Bliss, internist at Seattle Medical Associates in Seattle, WA.
• Dr. Philip Bonanni, associate chairman of the department of medicine at Unity Health System in Rochester, NY.
• Dr. Gary D. Carr, medical director at the Mississippi Professionals Health Program in Hattiesburg, MS.
• Dr. Jim Chlovechok, president and medical director of the Ohio Sports Medicine Institute in Cambridge, OH.
• Robert James Cimasi, president of Health Capital Consultants, a healthcare consulting firm in St. Louis.
• Dr. Edward T. Creagan, a cancer specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. and author of How Not to Be My Patient: A Physician’s Secrets for Staying Healthy and Surviving Any Diagnosis (HCI, 2003).
• Dr. Jack D’Angelo, psychiatrist at the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Staten Island, NY.
• Dr. Paul Dobransky, psychiatrist in Chicago.
• Georgianna Donadio, Ph.D., director of the National Institute of Whole Health in Wellesley, MA.
• Kristine Eckis, president at Bottom Line Medical Administrative Consultants, in Lake Wales, FL.
• Dr. Nabil El Sanadi, chair and director of emergency medicine Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
• Michael Fleischman, vice president of Gates, Moore & Co., a practice management consulting firm in Atlanta.
• Dr. Mark L Friedman, emergency room physician at Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, IL and University of Illinois in Chicago and author of Everyday Crisis Management: How to Think Like an Emergency Physician (Archer-Ellison Publishing; 2002)
• Dr. John Garofalo, family physician, Newport Family Practice in Newport, Maine
• Dr. Walter Gaman, family practitioner and senior managing partner at Healthcare Associates of Irving in Irving, TX.
• Linda Greenwald, editor of risk management publications at ProMutualGroup in Boston.
• Dr. Donald Hofreuter, chief executive officer of Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, WV, and its affiliate, Belmont Community Hospital in Bellaire, OH
• Gail Houck, president of Select, Assess & Train, a business and management consulting firm in Alexandria, VA.
• David Javitch at Javitch Associates, a consulting firm in Newton, MA.
• Dr. John William Kinsinger, obstetric anesthesiologist in Oklahoma City.
• Dr. Forrest Lang, professor and vice chairman of family medicine at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN.
• Dr. Edie Lepgold, medical director at the Center for Women’s Well Being in Milwaukee, WI.
• Susan R. Levy, a researcher and fellow at the Institute for Health Research and Policy at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
• Laurence McCullough, Ph.D., professor of medicine and medical ethics and associate director for education in the Center for Medical Ethics & Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
• Ruth McNamara, R.N., director of clinical safety and quality and nurse manager for interventional procedures at the Midwest Spine Institute in Stillwater, MN.
• Andra Medea, author of Conflict Unraveled: Fixing Problems at Work and in Families (PivotPoint Press, 2004).
• Ann Mills, assistant professor at the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA.
• Christine Mingst, director of patient care at Sharp Mission Park Medical Group in Oceanside, CA.
• Rosemary Nelson, a consultant at the Medical Group Management Association.
• Andrea Nierenberg, principal at the Nierenberg Group, a management and business consulting firm in NY.
• Nancy Radcliff, R.N., director of customer service for the Bronson Customer Service Institute at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI.
• Dr. Maurice Ramirez, emergency medicine physician at South Bay Hospital in Sun City Center, FL.
• Susyn Reeve, an organizational development consultant in San Francisco who specializes in healthcare.
• Heather Roebuck, operations manager at Physicians East in Greenville, NC.
• Bruce Rubin, public relations counselor at RBB Public Relations in Coral Gables, FL.
• Dr. Edward Ryter, internist at Hampten County Physician Associates in Ludlow, MA.
• Dr. Shawn Christopher Shea, psychiatrist, director and founder at the Training Institute for Suicide Assessment and Clinical Interviewing in Stoddard, NH.
• Dr. William Schumacher, emergency medicine specialist and founder of The Schumacher Group in Lafayette, LA.
• Dr. Jeff Segal, chief executive officer and founder of Medical Justice Services in Greensboro, NC.
• Dr. Dana Simpler, internist in Baltimore, MD.
• Dr. William Smits, an allergist and pulmonary medicine specialist in Fort Wayne, IN.
• Richard Southard, an attorney who practices civil and criminal litigation in New York.
• Brian Steller, partner at Health Care Law Practice, Connell Foley LLP, in Roseland, NJ.
• Dr. Kochy Tang, a family practitioner at Seven Hills Family Practice in Henderson, NV.
• Susan M. Tellem, president of Tellem Worldwide, a Los Angeles public relations and crisis management firm.
• Dr. Troy Tippett, a neurosurgeon at the Neurosurgical Group in Pensacola, FL.
• Dr. Kevin Vrablik, occupation medicine specialist, Belle Vernon, PA.

Retirement Planning—May/June 2005

• Author: Donald J. Korn
• Joel Blau, president of MEDIQUS Asset Advisors in Chicago.
• Sid Blum, a financial planner in Buffalo Grove, IL.
• Rick Carey, managing director of research at Finetre Corporation in Roswell, GA.
• Craig Carnick, a financial planner and president of Carnick & Company in Colorado Springs.
• Chris Cordaro, a financial planner and chief investment officer at RegentAtlantic Capital in Chatham, NJ.
• Dave Foster, a CPA and financial planner with Foster & Motley in Cincinnati.
• Marjorie Fox, a financial planner in Falls Church, VA.
• Genevia Gee Fulbright, a CPA in Research Triangle Park, NC.
• Joseph Gallagher, vice president and assistant secretary of Health Care Law Associates in Plymouth Meeting, PA.
• Seymour Goldberg, CPA, JD, senior partner at Goldberg & Goldberg P.C., in Melville, NY.
• Paul Gydosh, a financial planner in Columbus, OH
• Michael Hatlee, director of retirement services at Chemung Canal Trust Company in Elmira, NY.
• Cheryl Holland, CFP, president of Abacus Planning Group in Columbia, SC.
• Martin James, CPA, who heads an accounting firm in Mooresville, IN.
• Bob Keebler, partner in the accounting firm Virchow, Krause & Co. in Green Bay, WI.
• Roger Lusby, tax partner in the accounting firm Frazier & Deeter in Atlanta.
• Nick Misenti, an attorney of counsel to C.W. Briggs & Associates, a law firm in Glastonbury, Connecticut., and author of Safe Harbors: The Asset Protection Guide for Small Business Owners (CCH, 2003).
• Richard Newman, CPA, director at Newman + Cohen Financial Management in Boca Raton, FL.
• Chad Parks, president and CEO of Decimal, Inc., a 401(k) plan provider in San Francisco.
• Ronald Paprocki, CEO of MEDIQUS Asset Advisors in Chicago.
• Barry Picker, a CPA and financial planner in Brooklyn, NY.
• Scott Revare, CEO of Smart401k in Overland Park, KS.
• Jeff Sansweet, shareholder and officer in Kalogredis, Sansweet, Dearden and Burke, a law firm in Wayne, PA.
• Karen Schechter, consultant with Stone Carlie Wealth Advisors, an accounting and management consulting firm in St. Louis.
• Sandy Soltis, partner in the tax department of Blackman Kallick Bartelstein, an accounting and consulting firm in Chicago.
• Ed Slott, a CPA in Rockville Centre, New York, who publishes Ed Slott’s IRA Advisor newsletter.
• Bill Stecker, a CPA who heads the Marble Group, a retirement planning firm in Conifer, CO.

Maximizing Practice Profits—Mar/Apr 2005

• Author: Joan Szabo
• Geoffrey Anders, president of The Health Care Group, a practice management consulting firm in Plymouth Meeting, PA.
• Nancy Babbitt, practice administrator for the Roswell Pediatric Center in Alpharetta, GA.
• Daniel Bernick, an attorney with The Health Care Group, a practice management firm in Plymouth Meeting, PA.
• Keith Borglum, a practice management consultant in Santa Rosa, CA.
• Dr. Stephen Brodsky, a practice management consultant and chief medical director for the data storage company Kardex in Paoli, PA, and founder and CEO of Med Solutions.
• David N. Gans, director of practice management resources for the Medical Group Management Association.
• Steven M. Harris, a partner with the Chicago law firm of Harris Kessler & Goldstein.
• Dr. William F. Jessee, president of the Medical Group Management Association.
• Bruce A. Johnson, J.D., a consultant for the Medical Group Management Association and a healthcare attorney with the Denver office of Faegre & Benson, LLP.
• Jayme Matchinksi, a healthcare attorney with the law firm of Harrris Kessler & Goldstein in Chicago.
• Trevor J. Stone, private sector advocacy manager for the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
• Jack Valancy, a practice management consultant in Cleveland Heights, OH.

Error Proofing Your Practice—Jan/Feb 2005

• Author: Lynn Wagner
• Dr. Jon Allen, an internist and associate professor of medicine at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine in Grand Forks.
• Dr. Susan Andrews, family practitioner in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, participant in the Practice Partner Research Group.
• Dr. Anne Marie Audet, assistant vice president for quality improvement at the New York-based Commonwealth Fund.
• Dr. Peter Basch, medical director for the eHealth initiative and co-chair of Physicians Electronic Health Record Coalition.
• Donald Berwick, president and chief executive officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in Boston.
• Dr. Michael Fleming, chairman of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
• Dr. Thomas Gallagher, an internist and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle.
• Suzanne Graham, patient safety practice leader for Kaiser Permanente’s California regions.
• Dr. Lee Hilborne, director of University of California Los Angeles’s Center for Patient Safety and Quality.
• Dr. William Jessee, president and chief executive officer of the Medical Group Management Association.
• Dr. David Kibbe, director of the AAFP’s Center for Health Information Technology and co-chair of Physicians Electronic Health Record Coalition.
• Dr. Lucian Leape, adjunct professor of health policy at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and a member of the Institute of Medicine panel that produced “To Err Is Human” in 1999.
• Dr. John Lumpkin, chairman of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics.
• Kathleen Mazor, Ed.D., assistant professor at the Meyers Primary Care Institute at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
• Kathy McCauley, R.N., Ph.D., president of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN).
• Julie Morath, chief operating officer of Children’s Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, and a board member of the National Patient Safety Foundation in McLean, Virginia. She is author of The Quality Advantage: A Strategic Guide for Health Care Leaders (Jossey-Bass, 1998).
• Christel Mottur-Pilson, Ph.D., director of scientific policy for the Philadelphia-based American College of Physicians (ACP).
• Dr. Robert Phillips, director of the Robert Graham Center: Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, a Washington, D.C.-based research center sponsored by AAFP. He also serves on the faculty of Georgetown University’s family medicine department and practices in Fairfax, Virginia.
• Dr. Maher Roman, primary-care team leader at the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, and assistant professor of medicine at Loma Linda University School of Medicine.
• Dr. Ranjit Singh, associate director of the Patient Safety Research Center at the State University of New York, Buffalo.
• Dr. Stephen Spann, professor and chairman of family and community medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
• Dr. Jonathan Teich, chief medical officer for Healthvision and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
• Dr. Robert Wachter, chief of the medical service at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center and author of Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America’s Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes (Rugged Land, 2004).
• Dr. Albert Wu, a patient safety researcher at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.
• Dr. Scott Young, director of health IT at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).