Our Editorial Board and Contributors

It’s our combination of written and visual content that sets us apart. VisualDx provides its users instant access to the work of recognized experts in specific fields of medicine and research, all made possible by our Editorial Board.

The VisualDx Editorial Board is a growing team of more than 100 subject matter experts. In addition to writing, the members of the VisualDx Editorial Board edit, consult, authenticate, and review materials. They bring their authoritative medical information and integrate it with the world’s largest collection of digital medical images.

Editorial Board members are recognized for their expertise in specific fields of medicine and scientific research and keep our clinical content objective, accurate, and current.

 

Art Papier, MD

Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Papier is the co-founder of VisualDx and Chief Executive Officer. A thought leader in clinical informatics, Dr. Papier maintains the overall vision for the VisualDx product with a keen focus on software integration and impacting costs in healthcare through clinical accuracy. His entrepreneurial drive, years of clinical experience, and passion for delivering true healthcare solutions have propelled VisualDx clinical decision support to the top in quality and innovation.

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Child Abuse and Neglect

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Mary Spencer, MD

Child Abuse and Neglect Section Editor

  • Medical Director CAP/SART, Palomar Medical Center, Escondido, CA

Carol Berkowitz, MD

Child Abuse and Neglect Associate Editor

  • Executive Vice Chair, Dept. of Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Mary Carrasco, MD, MPH

Child Abuse and Neglect Associate Editor

  • Director, International & Community Health, Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Antoinette L. Laskey, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP

Child Abuse and Neglect Associate Editor

  • Professor of Pediatrics. Division Chief/Medical Director, Center for Safe and Healthy Families, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Sireesha Reddy, MD

Child Abuse and Neglect Associate Editor

  • Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Dermatology – General

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Lowell A. Goldsmith, MD, MPH

Editor in Chief

  • Dean Emeritus, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
  • Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
  • Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Journal of Investigative Dermatology and Journal Watch Dermatology

Susan Burgin, MD

Dermatology Section Editor

  • Associate Professor in Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
  • Dermatologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Jason E. Hawkes, MD, MS

Associate Editor

  • Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology, University of California-Davis

Vivian (Wai Chong) Wong, MD, PhD

Associate Editor

  • Dermatologist, Skin Wellness Physicians, Naples, FL
  • Clinical Faculty, Naples Community Hospital, Naples, FL

Art Papier, MD

Chief Executive Officer

  • Associate Professor of Dermatology and of Medical Informatics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
  • Affiliate, University of Rochester Center for Future Health

Robert Baran, MD

Nail Disorders Editor

  • Professor of Dermatology, Nail Disease Centre, Cannes, France

Erin X Barrett (Wei), MD

Associate Editor for Bullous Diseases

  • Associate Professor of Dermatology at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine
  • Director of Clinical Trials, UNMC Dermatology
  • Co-Director of the Bullous Disease Clinic, UNMC Dermatology
  • Incoming Director of Inpatient Dermatology, UNMC Dermatology, Omaha

Amy Kalowitz Bieber, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Resident in Dermatology, The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine

Romi Bloom, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Advanced Dermatology Resident, Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Amy E. Blum, MA

Assistant Editor

  • Medical Student, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Roman Bronfenbrener, MD

Dermatology Editor

  • Clinical Associate of Dermatology, Penn Medicine

Sonya Burton, MD

Dermatology Editor

  • Dermatologist, Associates in Dermatology, Louisville, KY

Jeffrey Callen, MD

Dermatology Editor

  • Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Dermatology, University of Louisville School of Medicine

Robert Chalmers, MD, MRCP

Assistant International Section Editor – Western Europe

  • Consultant Dermatologist, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, Central Manchester Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester, England

Anna B. Chapman, MD, MBBS, MSc (Allergy), FRCP

Dermatology Editor

  • Clinical Research and Educational lead and a skin cancer multidisciplinary team core member, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, South London National Health Service (NHS) Trust, London, United Kingdom

Annie Chen, BS

Assistant Editor

  • Medical Student, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Kyle Cheng, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Dermatology & Internal Medicine Combined Residency, Georgetown University / Washington Hospital Center, Department of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington, DC

Chia-Yu Chu, MD, PhD

Dermatology Editor

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei

Gabriela A. Cobos, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Associate Program Director, Dermatology-Rheumatology Fellowship; Director, Connective Tissue Diseases Clinic; Assistant to the Outpatient Clinical Director, Special Project Assignments, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Instructor in Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Jeffrey M. Cohen, MD

Dermatology Editor

  • Instructor in Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Melissa Danesh, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Resident in Advanced Dermatology, Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Serena Dienes, BSc

Assistant Editor

  • Medical Student, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Negar Esfandiari, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Resident in Dermatology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan

Ayman Grada MD, MS

Dermatology Editor

  • Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine

Daniel Gutierrez, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Chief Resident in Dermatology, The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine

Shahbaz Janjua, MD

Image Contributor

  • Specialist Dermatologist, Ayza Skin & Research Center, Lalamusa, Pakistan

Lauren Ko

Assistant Editor

  • Medical Student, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Hannah Kopelman, MD

Assistant Editor, Cosmetic Dermatology

  • Resident, Orlando Dermatology
  • Kopelman Aesthetic Surgery
  • Kopelman Hair Restoration

Loren Krueger, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Staff Physician, Dermatology Division of Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Edward Li, PhD

Assistant Editor

  • Medical Student, The Harvard/M.I.T. MD-PhD Program at Harvard Medical School, Boston

Julie Lin, MD

Dermatology Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Vermont College of Medicine

Shari Lipner, MD, PhD

Nail Disorders Section Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Director of Nail Division, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York

Elyse M. Love, MD

Assistant Editor of Dermatology

  • Dermatologist, Gramercy Laser and Medical Dermatology, New York, NY

Aída Lugo-Somolinos, MD

Ethnic Dermatology Editor

  • Associate Professor of Dermatology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Jere Mammino, DO, FAAD, FAOCD

Dermatology Image Contributor

  • Dermatologist, Advanced Dermatology and Advanced Cosmetic Surgery, Oviedo, FL

Lynn McKinley-Grant, MD

Ethnic Dermatology Editor

  • Associate Professor, Vice Chair for Diversity and Community Engagement, Department of Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

Thomas McMeekin, MD

Cosmetic Dermatology Section Editor

  • Clinical Professor of Dermatology and of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology, State University of New York at Buffalo

Mary Gail Mercurio, MD

Hair and Scalp Disorders Section Editor

  • Associate Professor of Dermatology and of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Program Director of Dermatology Residency, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Lorena Alexandra Mija

Assistant Editor

  • Medical Student, Université de Montreal Faculty of Medicine, Quebec, Canada

Eliot Mostow, MD, MPH

Associate Editor

  • Chair, Dermatology Section, Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine

Rajini Murthy MD

Assistant Editor

  • Dermatologist, Total Skin & Beauty Dermatology Center, Birmingham, AL

Lavanya Nagaraj, MD

Associate Editor

  • Dermatologist, Blue Ridge Dermatology, Raleigh, NC

Janelle S. Nassim, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Dermatology Resident, Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Sabrina Nurmohamed, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Dermatology Resident, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Molly Plovanich, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Medicine-Dermatology Resident, Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Samantha R. Pop, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Internal Medicine Resident, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Haya Raef, MS

Associate Editor

  • Medical Student, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston

Mehdi Rashighi, MD

Dermatology Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester

Sruthi Renati, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Dermatology Resident, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor

Bertrand Richert, MD, PhD

Nail Disorders Editor

  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Dermatology Department, University of Liège, Belgium

Sarah Robinson, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Advanced Dermatology Resident, Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Misha A. Rosenbach, MD

Dermatology Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Associate Program Director of Dermatology Residency Program, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia
  • Director of Dermatology Consult Service, Philadelphia

Youssef Salem, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Dermatology Resident, Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec

Connie R. Shi

Assistant Editor

  • Medical Student, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Gaurav Singh, MD, MPH

Assistant Editor

  • Resident Physician, The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, NYU Langone Health, New York

Philip I. Song, MD

Assistant Editor for Inpatient Dermatology

  • Harvard Medical Faculty Physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Boston, MA

Lauren Strazzula, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Advanced Dermatology Resident, Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Mack Su

Assistant Editor

  • MD-PhD Student, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Raghunandan G. Torsekar, MD

Dermatology Editor

  • Honorary Professor, Rajiv Gandhi Medical College and Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, Thane, Maharashtra, India
  • Project Director, Digital Lecture Series, Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists (IADVL)

Nkem Ugonabo, MD, MPH

Assistant Editor

  • Resident in Dermatology, The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine

William Van Stoecker, MD

Dermatology Editor

  • President and CEO, Stoecker & Associates

Priyanka Vedak, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Advanced Dermatology Resident, Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Vishalakshi Viswanath, MD

Dermatology Editor

  • Associate Professor and Head of Dermatology Department, Rajiv Gandhi Medical College and Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, Thane, Maharashtra, India
  • Project Coordinator, Digital Lecture Series, Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists (IADVL)

Andrew Walls, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Advanced Dermatology Resident, Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Fandi Xia, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Resident Physician, Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Yun Xue, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Advanced Dermatology Resident, Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Daniel Yanes, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Advanced Dermatology Resident, Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Kimberley R. Zakka, MD

Assistant Editor

  • Postgraduate MSc candidate in Health Data Analytics and Machine Learning, School of Public Health and the Data Science Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

John G. Zampella, MD, FAAD

Assistant Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Dermatology, The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, Preston Robert Tisch Center for Men’s Health

Connie Zhong

Assistant Editor

  • Medical Student, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Dermatology – Oncology

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Mario E. Lacouture, MD

Onco-Dermatology Editor

  • Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Sherrif Ibrahim, MD

Onco-Dermatology Editor

  • Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, NY

Dermatology – Pediatrics

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Lisa M. Arkin, MD

MIS-C Editor

  • Associate Professor and Director of Pediatric Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, The School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Craig N. Burkhart, MD

Pediatrics Dermatology Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Director of Medical Student Education, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Maria Cordisco, MD

Pediatric Dermatology Editor

  • Consultant of the Vascular Lesions Section, Dermatology Department, J. P. Garrahan Children’s Hospital, Buenos Aires
  • Associate Consulting Physician, Vascular Anomalies Clinic, Imaging Diagnosis Department, Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires

Manasi Ladrigan, MD

Pediatrics Editor

  • Pediatrician, University of Rochester Medical Center

Sue Lewis-Jones, MD

Pediatrics Editor

  • Consultant Dermatologist and Pediatric Dermatologist, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK

Dean Morrell, MD

Neonatal Dermatology Editor

  • Associate Professor of Dermatology, Director of Residency Training Program, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Vikash S. Oza, MD

MIS-C Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Director of Pediatric Dermatology, The Ronald O Perelman Department of Dermatology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Karen Wiss, MD

Pediatrics Editor

  • Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Dermatology, Director of Dermatology Residency Program, UMass Memorial Medical Center

Dermatopathology

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Paul Shitabata, MD

Dermatopathology Section Editor

  • Director of Dermatopathology, Harbor-UCLA Dermatology
  • Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  • President, Dermatopathology Institute, Torrance, CA]

Belinda Tan, MD, PhD

Dermatopathology Section Editor

  • Dermatologist and Dermatopathologist, Direct Dermatology (directdermatology.com)

Keira L. Barr, MD

Dermatopathology Editor

  • Dermatopathologist and Dermatologist, Co-Founder and President, Aegis Consulting Group, LLC, Gig Harbor, WA

Yann Charli-Joseph, MD

Dermatopathology Editor

  • Research Associate and Dermatopathology Scholar, University of California San Francisco
  • Dermatologist, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Mexico City

Amy K. Reisenauer, MD

Dermatopathology Editor

  • Dermatopathologist and Dermatologist, Hawaii Permanente Medical Group

Cynthia Reyes Barron, MD

Dermatopathology Editor

  • Staff pathologist/dermatopathologist, Pathology Professional Services, El Paso, Texas

Jeffrey P. Zwerner, MD, PhD

Dermatopathology Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Dermoscopy

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Allan C. Halpern, MD

Dermoscopy Editor

  • Chief, Dermatology Service; Associate Chair, Promotions Advisory Committee, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
  • Professor of Dermatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Harold S. Rabinovitz, MD

Dermatology Editor

  • Clinical Professor of Dermatology, University of Miami School of Medicine

Sarah Hocker, DO

Dermoscopy Contributor

  • Dermoscopy Fellow, Skin and Cancer Associates, Plantation, FL

Emergency Medicine

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Sean Bush, MD

Bites, Stings, and Envenomations Associate Editor

  • Professor of Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA

Scott Camazine, MD

Bites, Stings, and Envenomations Image Contributor

  • Scott Camazine Photography and Digital Imagery

Michael Cardwell

Bites, Stings, and Envenomations Image Contributor

  • Extreme Wildlife Photography, Sacramento, CA

Joanne Feldman, MD, MS

Bites, Stings, and Envenomations Associate Editor

  • Emergency Medicine Physician, UCLA Health System

JT Finnell, MD

Emergency Medicine Editor

  • Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Fellowship Program Director, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis

Bruce M. Lo, MD, MBA, RDMS, FACEP

Cardiology Associate Editor

  • Professor of Emergency Medicine and Assistant Program Director of Emergency Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
  • Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine and Medical Director of Sentara Transfer Center, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Sara L. Manning, MD

Gastroenterology Associate Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis

Robert Norris, MD

Emergency Preparedness Section Editor

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Co-Director of The Center for Cardiovascular Health and Lipid Disorders, Pennsylvania Cardiology Associates

Gerald O’Malley, DO, FACEP, FAAEM, FACMT, MROc

Toxicology Associate Editor

  • Emergency Medicine Physician, McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence, South Carolina

Lawrence B. Stack, MD

Emergency Medicine Editor

  • Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Department of Emergency Medicine

Endocrinology

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Marilyn Augustine, MD

Endocrinology Section Editor

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Endocrine/Metabolism, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Family Medicine

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Richard Usatine, MD

Family Medicine Section Editor

  • Teaching Professor, Dermatology, Family Medicine, & Medical Humanities, University of Texas Health, San Antonio, TX

Gastroenterology

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Dev I. Mehta, MD, MSc, MRCP

Gastroenterology Section Editor

  • Associate Professor, Florida State University
  • Director of Outcomes and Translational Research
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology, Arnold Palmer Medical Center, Orlando, FL

Hospitalist Medicine

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Jonathan Cotliar, MD

Dermatology Hospitalist Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Medicine, Director of Cancer Skin CARE Program, Director of Combined Medicine-Dermatology Training Program, Clinical Practice Director of Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Immunology/HIV

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Marcus Conant, MD

HIV and AIDS Section Editor

  • Founder and Chairman of the Board, Conant Foundation

Ncoza Dlova, MBChB, FCDerm, PhD

HIV and AIDS Section Editor

  • Associate Professor, Chief Specialist, and Head of Department of Dermatology at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Anisa Mosam MBChB, MMed, FCDerm, PhD

HIV and AIDS Associate Editor

  • Associate Professor, Principal Specialist, Department of Dermatology, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Infectious Disease

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

James H. Willig, MD, MSPH

Infectious Disease Section Editor

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
  • Medical Director of Informatics UAB 1917 Clinic

Loren Miller, MD, MPH

Infectious Disease Senior Editor

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Division of Infectious Diseases
  • Director, Infection Control Program, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Senu Kobla Apewokin, MD

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Medical Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH

William Bonnez, MD

Infectious Disease Editor/Pulmonary Senior Editor

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Maximo Brito, MD, MPH

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine
  • Staff Physician, University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago
  • Staff Physician, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago

Sandro Cinti, MD

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

John Crane, MD

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo

Vincent Fulginiti, MD

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona College of Medicine
  • Chancellor Emeritus, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Li-Yang Hsu, MD

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Associate Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital
  • Clinical Tutor, National University of Singapore

Christopher M. Hull, MD

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City

Lilly Cheng Immergluck, MD

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Ricardo M. La Hoz, MD

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Mark Malek, MD, MPH

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Director of Infection Control, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

Neil Mendoza, MD

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Infectious Diseases Fellow, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Zaw Min, MD

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia
  • Core Faculty, Division of Infectious Disease, Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh

Yoshihiko Murata, MD, PhD

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Mukesh Patel, MD

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Staff Physician, Medical Education, Princeton Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham, AL

Paritosh Prasad, MD

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care and Infectious Disease, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Martin Rodriguez, MD

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
  • Active Staff of Medicine Service: Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama Health System
  • Medical Director, Spain Wallace S9 General Medicine Inpatient Unit, University of Alabama Hospital
  • Tinsley Harrison Clinical Scholar, Dept. of Medicine, UAB

Carlos Seas, MD, MSc

Tropical and Infectious Disease Editor

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima, Peru
  • Member of Executive Board, Tropical Medicine Institute “Alexander von Humboldt,” UPCH
  • Chief Physician, Department of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, National Hospital Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Marvin Turck, MD

Infectious Disease Editor

  • Professor of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle

Internal Medicine

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Abhijeet Waghray, MD

Internal Medicine Section Editor

  • Gastroenterology Fellow, Tufts Medical Center, Boston

Michael W. Winter, MD

Internal Medicine Section Editor

  • Gastroenterology Fellow, Tufts Medical Center, Boston

Pamela Sloan, MD

Internal Medicine Editor

  • Rochester Internal Medicine Associates and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Medical Toxicology

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Timothy J. Wiegand, MD

Toxicology Section Editor

  • Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of Toxicology and The Toxicology Consult Service, University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), Rochester, NY
  • Attending Physician at URMC and Highland Hospital, Rochester
  • Detoxification Specialist Physician at Syracuse Behavioral Health Rochester Detoxification Unit
  • Medical Director of Medical Affairs, Huther-Doyle Chemical Dependency Treatment Program and Huther Health Clinic, Rochester
  • Consultant Toxicologist for the State University of New York (SUNY) Poison Control Center, Syracuse, NY
  • Adjunct Faculty in Emergency Medicine and SUNY Upstate Medical Toxicology Fellowship Program–State University of New York at Syracuse

Nephrology

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Catherine Moore, MD

Nephrology Section Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
  • Head of Program Education Committee of Nephrology Fellowship Program, Division Coordinator of Ambulatory Subspecialties Block of Internal Medicine Residency Program, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY

Neurology

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Richard L. Barbano, MD, PhD, FAAN

Neurology Section Editor

  • Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Jamie Adams, MD

Neurology Editor

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Center for Health + Technology (CHeT), University of Rochester, NY

Obstetrics and Gynecology

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Mitchell A. Linder, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology Section Editor

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY

David Foster, MD, MPH

Obstetrics and Gynecology Editor

  • Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Director of Ambulatory Care, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Lynette Margesson, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School

Ruchi Puri, MD, MSc

Obstetrics and Gynecology Editor

  • Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières)

Oncology

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Carla Casulo, MD

Oncology Section Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine and Oncology, Lymphoma Program, Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Ophthalmology

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Lauren Patty Daskivich, MD, MSHS

Ophthalmology Section Editor

  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at UCLA (VA Scholar), University of California, Los Angeles
  • Attending Physician, Department of Ophthalmology, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Deepak Sobti, MD

Ophthalmology Section Editor

  • Oculoplastic Surgeon, Private Practice (www.sobtimd.com), Dallas, Texas

Brandon Ayres, MD

Ophthalmology Associate Editor

  • Assistant Surgeon, Cornea Service, Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia

Harvey Brown, MD

Ophthalmology Associate Editor

  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, University of California at Los Angeles, Jules Stein Eye Institute and Harbor General Hospital

Harold E. Cross, MD, PhD

Ophthalmology Editor

  • Professor and Director, Medical Student Teaching, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson
  • Visiting Professor in Molecular Genetics, University of Exeter Medical School

Sunir J. Garg, MD

Ophthalmology Editor

  • Assistant Surgeon, Wills Retina Service, Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia
  • Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
  • Mid Atlantic Retina, Wills Eye Physicians

Andrew Goodfriend, MD

Ophthalmology Editor

  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
  • Ocusight Eye Care Center, Rochester, NY

John Nguyen, MD

Ophthalmology Editor

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, West Virginia University Eye Institute, Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center Morgantown, WV

Rajeev S. Ramchandran, MD

Ophthalmology Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Vitreoretinal Services, Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center

Christopher Rapuano, MD

Ophthalmology Editor

  • Co-Director of Cornea Service, Co-Chief of Refractive Surgery Department, Attending Surgeon, Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia
  • Professor of Ophthalmology, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia

Oral Medicine and Dentistry

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Carl Allen, DDS, MSD

Oral Medicine/Dentistry Editor

  • Professor and Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Ohio State University, College of Dentistry

Charles Halstead, DDS, MSD

Oral Medicine/Dentistry Editor

  • Professor Emeritus, Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Emory University

Diana V. Messadi, DDS, MMSc, DMSc

Oral Medicine/Dentistry Editor

  • Professor and Chair, Section of Oral Medicine and Orofacial Pain, Division of Oral Biology and Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry

Sook-Bin Woo, MS, DMD, MMSc

Oral Medicine/Dentistry Editor

  • Associate Professor of Oral Medicine, Infection & Immunity, Director of Advanced Graduate Education Program in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Orthopaedics

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Sandeep Mannava, MD, PhD

Orthopaedics Section Chair

Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

  • Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Lead Orthopaedic Surgeon, Team Physician, The College at Brockport, Brockport, NY
  • Team Physician, United States Skiing and Snowboarding Association (USSA)

Benedict F. DiGiovanni, MD

Orthopaedics Section Editor

Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle

  • Professor, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Director of the Orthopaedic Sub-Internship Program University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Director of the Musculoskeletal Curriculum, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Fellowship Director, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Surya N. Mundluru, MD

Orthopaedics Section Editor

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery / Scoliosis

  • Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, UT Houston McGovern School of Medicine, Houston, TX

Johannes Plate, MD, PhD

Orthopaedics Section Editor

Orthopaedic Surgery, Total Joint Arthroplasty

  • Assistant Professor, Director of Adult Reconstruction Research, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC

Dr. Plate reports that he is a consultant for Johnson & Johnson and Total Joint Orthopedics.

Katherine H. Rizzone, MD, MPH

Orthopaedics Section Editor

Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics

  • Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Head Team Physician, The College at Brockport, Brockport, NY
  • Team Physician, University of Rochester

Danielle M. Wilbur, MD

Orthopaedics Section Editor

Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand, Wrist, and Microsurgery

  • Associate Professor, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Chief, Division of Hand Surgery, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Associate Residency Program Director, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Paul C. Bryson, MD

Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Section Editor

  • Staff Physician, Head of Section of Laryngology, Associate Residency Program Director, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Head and Neck Institute
  • Director, Cleveland Clinic Voice Center

William Michael Hawke, MD, FRCS(C)

Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Editor

  • Professor Emeritus, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Toronto

Pathology

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

David G. Hicks, MD

Surgical Pathology Section Editor

  • Director of Surgical Pathology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Pediatrics

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Eric F. Ingerowski, MD, FAAP

Pediatrics Section Editor

  • Panorama Pediatric Group, Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Cynthia Christy, MD

Pediatrics Editor

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Chief of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Lynn Garfunkel, MD

Pediatrics Editor

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Paritosh Prasad, MD

Pediatrics Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care and Infectious Disease, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Brett W. Robbins, MD

Pediatrics Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

David Sullo, MD, FAAP

Pediatrics Editor

  • Panorama Pediatric Group and Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Pharmacology

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Neil Shear, MD

Adverse Drug Events Editor

  • Professor and Chief of Dermatology, Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, Pediatrics and Pharmacy, University of Toronto

Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Paritosh Prasad, MD

Pulmonary and Critical Care Section Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care and Infectious Disease, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Lewis Rubinson, MD, PhD

CBRN Section Editor

  • Director, Critical Care Resuscitation Unit, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, and Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Mary Anne Morgan, MD

Pulmonary and Critical Care Editor

  • Mary Parkes Center for Asthma and Pulmonary Care and Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Radiology

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Daniel C. Oppenheimer, MD

Diagnostic Imaging Editor

  • Assistant Professor in the sections of Abdominal Imaging and Emergency Radiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center

Sumanth Rajagopal, MD

Pulmonary Section Editor

  • Infectious Disease Faculty, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Scott Schiffman, MD

Musculoskeletal Imaging Section Editor

  • Director, Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship Program, Assistant Professor of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Susan Voci, MD

Ultrasound Section Editor

  • Associate Professor of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Ryan R. Walsh, MD

Chest Imaging Section Editor

  • Cardiothoracic Attending, Associate Professor, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT

Alastair Moore, MD

Chest Imaging Contributor

  • Radiology Resident, PGY-2 University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT

Tropical and International

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Noah Craft, MD, PhD, DTM&H

Tropical and International Medicine Section Editor

  • Assistant Professor of Dermatology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
  • Dermatology Group of Southern California, Torrance, CA
  • Direct Dermatology (directdermatology.com)

Adriana Cruz, MD

Tropical and International Medicine Editor

  • Research Associate, Immunology and Cell Biology, Infectious Disease Research Program, Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia

Vidal Haddad MD, PhD, MSc

Aquatic Editor

  • Assistant Professor, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Rizwan Ul Hassan, MBBS

International Medicine Editor

  • Medical Director, Manzoor Medical Hall and Children Clinic, Murree, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Barbara Herwaldt, MD, MPH

Tropical Medicine Editor

  • Medical Epidemiologist, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta

Camille E. Introcaso, MD

Tropical Medicine Editor

  • Attending Dermatologist, Pennsylvania Centre for Dermatology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia

Edith Lederman, MD, MPH

Tropical Medicine Editor

  • Research Physician, Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Program (IDCRP), Naval Medical Center, San Diego

Diana Lockwood, MD

Tropical Medicine Editor

  • Professor of Tropical Medicine, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London

Taimor Nawaz, MBBS, MRCP

Tropical Medicine Editor

  • Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine, Bangladesh Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • International Adviser, Royal College of Physicians of London

Maria Teresa Ochoa, MD

Tropical Medicine Editor

  • Clinical Associate Professor, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles

Lawrence Parish, MD

International Section Editor

  • Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Director of Center for International Dermatology, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University

Victoria Leigh Williams, MD

Image Contributor

  • Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania Department of Dermatology, Philadelphia, PA

Wound Care

The below have no financial disclosures to report.

Lisa Wallin, ANP, FCCWS

Wound Care Editor

  • Board Certified Wound Specialist, Strong Memorial Hospital Wound Healing Center, Rochester, NY

Sally-Ann Whelan, MS, NP, CWOCN

Wound Care Editor

  • Board Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse Clinician, Highland Hospital, Rochester, NY