Contributors

Associate Editors

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