Contributors
Olivia Carter-Pokras, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of Maryland School of Public Health
College Park, MD, USA
Darwin Deen, MD, MS
Medical Professor
Department of Community Health and Social Medicine
Sophie Davis College of Biomedical Education
City College of New York, NY, USA
Desiree Lie, MD, MSEd
Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
University of California at Irvine, Orange, CA, USA
Ana Núñez, MD
Director of Women’s Health Education Program
Associate Professor of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Debbie Salas-Lopez, MD, MPH, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Vice Chair of Medicine
Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, PA, USA
Helen Abramova, MD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Thomas A. Arcury, PhD, Professor and Research Director, Department of Family and Community Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Elena N. Atochina-Vasserman, MD, PhD, Senior Research Investigator, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Lisa Bellini, MD, Professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Clarence H. Braddock III, MD, MPH, Associate Dean for Medical Education Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Fran Burke, MS, RD, Senior Clinical Dietitian, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Olivia Carter-Pokras, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
Alexander J. Chou, MD, Instructor, Department of Pediatrics Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
April Coleman, Managing Editor University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ronald G. Collman, MD, Professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine; Co-director, Penn Center for AIDS Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Nereida Correa, MD, MPH, Associate Clinical Professor of OB/GYN and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Sonia Crandall, PhD, MS, Professor of Family and Community Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Hetty Cunningham, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
Horace DeLisser, MD, Associate Professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Spiritual Care Medicine; Assistant Dean, Cultural Competency University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Sharon Drozdowsky, MES, Industrial Hygienist, Consultation, Education and Outreach Services, Division of Occupational Safety and Health Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Tumwater, WA, USA
Eric J. Gertner, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, PA, USA
Indira Gurubhagavatula, MD, Assistant Professor of Sleep, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Medicine University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Veteran Affairs Medical Center of Philadelphia, PA, USA
Roy Hamilton, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Lisa Hark, PhD, RD, Consultant, Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Scott Kasner, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology; Director Comprehensive Stroke Center University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Nadine T. Katz, MD, Associate Dean for Students; Associate Professor and Director of Medical Education, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, NY, USA
Amal Mohamed Osman Khidir, MD, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Clerkship Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar
Lyuba Konopasek, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Education); Course Director, Medicine, Patients, and Society; Director, Pediatric Undergraduate Education Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
Elizabeth Lee-Rey, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Family and Social Medicine; Co-Director, Hispanic Center of Excellence Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, NY, USA
Ryan Leonard, Research Assistant and Item Writer University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Desiree Lie, MD, MSEd, Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine University of California at Irvine, Orange, CA, USA
Edgar Maldonado, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, Centro de Salud Latino Americano and Diabetes Institute Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, PA, USA
Mitchell L. Margolis, MD, Director of Clinical Pulmonary Medicine Veterans Affairs Medical Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Gail S. Marion, PA, PhD, Professor of Family and Community Medicine Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Rica Mauricio, Former Health Education and Adult Literacy Program Coordinator and Researcher, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
Steven R. Messé, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Dodi Meyer, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
Ana Núñez, MD, Director of Women’s Health Education Program; Associate Professor of Medicine Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Sashank Prasad, MD, Instructor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Noel B. Rosales, MD, Director, Cultural Effectiveness Initiative; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Lisa Rucker, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
J. Eric Russell, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine Pediatrics University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Debbie Salas-Lopez, MD, MPH, FACP, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Vice Chair of Medicine, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, PA, USA
John Paul Sánchez, MD, MPH, Emergency Medicine Resident Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Nelson Felix Sánchez, MD, Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Alexandra Schieber, Medical Student, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Nicholas E. S. Sibinga, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Charles Vega, MD, FAAFP, Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine; Director, Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community University of California at Irvine, Irving, CA, USA
Susan E. Wiegers, MD, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA