Healthwise Medical Review Board

The Medical Review Board is directed by our chief medical officer, Dr. Steven L. Schneider, and our medical directors, Dr. Adam C. Husney and Dr. Martin J. Gabica; all three are board-certified family medicine physicians. Dr. Catherine Serio provides leadership on behavioral health issues for all Healthwise products. There are nine board-certified associate medical directors. Together, these thirteen physicians conduct initial and final reviews of all Healthwise^® Knowledgebase topics written by Healthwise, and they are involved in the planning and updating of all Healthwise publications and products.

Chief Medical Officer:Steven L. Schneider, MD, Family Medicine, Boise, ID

Medical Director:Adam C. Husney, MD, Family Medicine; Physician, Boise Minor Emergency Center, PA, Boise, ID

Medical Director:Martin J. Gabica, MD, Family Medicine; Boise, ID

Behavioral Health Specialist:Catherine Serio, PhD, Psychology, Boise, ID

Associate Medical Directors:

• Patrice Burgess, MD, Family Medicine; Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Washington, part-time faculty at the Family Practice Residency of Idaho, and family medicine physician in Boise, ID
• William M. Green, MD, Emergency Medicine; Medical Director, Sexual Assault Forensic Medicine Education Program and Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA
• Sarah Marshall, MD, Family Medicine; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA
• Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH, Family Medicine; Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA
• Anne C. Poinier, MD, Internal Medicine; Physician, St. Luke's Internal Medicine, Boise, ID
• Caroline S. Rhoads, MD, Internal Medicine; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Kathleen Romito, MD, Family Medicine; Physician, St. Luke's Family Medicine Clinic, Boise, ID
• Michael J. Sexton, MD, Pediatrics; Medical Director, CARES Program, St. Luke's Children's Hospital, Boise, ID; Associate Clinical Professor, Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• E. Gregory Thompson, MD, Internal Medicine; Physician, St. Luke's Internal Medicine, Boise, ID

Other members of the Medical Review Board review Knowledgebase topics from the specialist's point of view. With the input of these specialists, Healthwise medical writers develop topics based on scientific evidence and current clinical practice.

Members of the Medical Review Board are experts in their specialty area. Their credentials include board certification, academic appointments at the nation's leading medical schools, active involvement in research, and publication in peer-reviewed journals and medical textbooks. Most important, they share the Healthwise commitment to empowering patients with reliable health information and building strong patient-provider relationships; this encourages partnerships in the decision-making process.

The following physicians and health professionals have been selected for the Medical Review Board:

Addiction Medicine

Enoch Gordis, MD, Addiction Medicine

Director Emeritus, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Allergy and Immunology

Harold S. Nelson, MD, Allergy and Immunology

Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Professor in the Department of Medicine at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO

Anesthesiology

John M. Freedman, MD, Anesthesiology

Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco, and Chief, Department of Anesthesiology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Santa Rosa, CA

Behavioral Health

Catherine Serio, PhD, Psychology

Behavioral Health Specialist, Healthwise, Incorporated, Boise, ID

Cardiology

Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC, Interventional Cardiology

Associate Professor and Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Dalhousie University and Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS

Julien I. E. Hoffman, MD, Pediatric Cardiology

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD, Cardiology

Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; Director of Research, The Heart Institute of Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

Larry A. Latson, MD, Pediatric Cardiology and Critical Care

Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, and Director of the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Diseases Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

George J. Philippides, MD, FACC, Cardiology

Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Neil J. Stone, MD, FACC, FACP, Cardiology

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School; Attending Staff, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Marc S. Micozzi, MD, Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Dentistry

Arden G. Christen, DDS, MSD, MA, FACD, Dentistry

Professor and Director of Preventive/Community Dentistry, Department of Oral Biology, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN

Steven K. Patterson, BSc, DDS, MPH, Dentistry

Faculty and Director of Continuing Dental Education, Department of Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Dermatology

Randall D. Burr, MD, Dermatology

Associate Faculty, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA; Consultant, VA Medical Center and Family Practice Residency Program; Ada West Dermatology, Boise, ID

Alexander Murray, MD, Dermatology

Associate Professor, Division of Dermatology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Diet and Nutrition

Ruth Schneider, RD, MPH, Dietitian

Dietetic Internship Coordinator and Clinical Assistant Professor, Idaho State University; Private Practice, Boise; Adjunct Instructor, Boise State University, Boise, ID

Emergency Medicine

Sean P. Bush, MD, FACEP, Emergency Medicine/Envenomation Specialist

Professor of emergency medicine and envenomation specialist at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA.

William M. Green, MD, Emergency Medicine

Associate Medical Director, Healthwise, Incorporated; Medical Director, Sexual Assault Forensic Medicine Education Program and Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA

H. Michael O' Connor, MD, Emergency Medicine

Chairman and Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Alan C. Dalkin, MD, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Virginia Health Sciences, Charlottesville, VA

Lois Jovanovic, MD, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Director, Sansum Medical Research Institute; Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California, Santa Barbara, CA

Matthew I. Kim, MD, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Division of Health Sciences Informatics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Stephen H. LaFranchi, MD, Pediatric Endocrinology

Director, Pediatric Endocrinology Training Program; Head, Pediatric Endocrinology Division; Associate Chair for Education Professor, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

David C.W. Lau, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Chair of the Diabetes and Endocrine Research Group at the University of Calgary, AB

Family Medicine

Thomas M. Bailey, MD, Family Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Victoria, BC

Patrice Burgess, MD, Family Medicine

Associate Medical Director, Healthwise, Incorporated; Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Washington, part-time faculty at the Family Practice Residency of Idaho, and family medicine physician in Boise, ID

Martin J. Gabica, MD, Family Medicine

Medical Director, Healthwise, Incorporated, Boise, ID

Adam C. Husney, MD, Family Medicine

Medical Director, Healthwise, Incorporated; Physician, Boise Minor Emergency Center, PA, Boise, ID

Sarah Marshall, MD, Family Medicine; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA

Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH, Family Medicine

Associate Medical Director, Healthwise, Incorporated; Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA

Kathleen Romito, MD, Family Medicine

Associate Medical Director, Healthwise, Incorporated; Physician, St. Luke's Family Medicine Clinic, Boise, ID

Steven L. Schneider, MD, Family Medicine

Chief Medical Officer, Healthwise, Incorporated, Boise, ID

David S. Smith, MD, Family Medicine

Assistant Professor, Family/Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin; Director, Family Practice Residency Program, St. Michael Hospital; Medical Director, Down Syndrome Clinic of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Gastroenterology

Peter J. Kahrilas, MD, Gastroenterology

Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Jerome B. Simon, MD, Gastroenterology

Professor, Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Jerry S. Trier, MD, Gastroenterology

Professor Emeritus, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Arvydas D. Vanagunas, MD, Gastroenterology

Associate Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Genetics

Renée H. Martin, PhD, FCCMG, Medical Genetics

Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

John B. Moeschler, MD, Genetics, Pediatric

Director, Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Gerontology

Carla J. Herman, MD, Gerontology

Associate Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Gerontology, and Member, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Hematology

Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, MD, Hematology

Professor, McMaster University, Department of Medicine, Hamilton, ON

Joseph F. O'Donnell, MD, Hematology/Oncology

Senior Associate Dean for Student Life and Alumni Relations at Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH

Hepatology

W. Thomas London, MD, Hepatology

Senior Member, Division of Population Science and Director, Liver Cancer Prevention Center, Fox Chase Cancer Center; Senior Member and Adjunct Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Infectious Diseases

W. David Colby, MSc, MD, FRCPC, Infectious Disease

Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario; Director, University Hospital Travel Medicine and Tropical Diseases Service, London, ON

Christine Hahn, MD, Infectious Disease, Medical Epidemiology

Epidemiologist, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Boise, ID

Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, Infectious Disease, STD/HIV Prevention Epidemiology

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Washington; Medical Director, Seattle STD/HIV Prevention and Training Center, Seattle, WA

Peter Shalit, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine (HIV/AIDS)

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington; Attending Physician, AIDS Clinic, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Stanford T. Shulman, MD, Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, and Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

Dennis L. Stevens, MD, Infectious Diseases

Chief, Infectious Diseases, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boise, ID

Internal Medicine

Anne C. Poinier, MD, Internal Medicine

Physician, St. Luke's Internal Medicine, Boise, ID

Caroline S. Rhoads, MD, Internal Medicine

Associate Medical Director, Healthwise, Incorporated; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

E. Gregory Thompson, MD, Internal Medicine

Physician, St. Luke's Internal Medicine, Boise, ID

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Gregory A.L. Davies, MD, FRCSC, FACOG, Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Professor, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Diagnostic Imaging, and in the School of Kinesiology and Health Education, Chair of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON

William M. Gilbert, MD, Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Regional Medical Director of Women's Services at Sutter Health and Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA

Neurology

David N. Alexander, MD, Neurology

Professor of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles; and Medical Director of the UCLA Neurological Rehabilitation and Research Unit at Reed Neurological Research Center, Los Angeles, CA

Colin H. Chalk, MD, CM, FRCPC, Neurology

Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC

Seymour Diamond, MD, Headaches

Director, Diamond Headache Clinic; Director, Inpatient Headache Unit, Columbus Hospital; Adjunct Professor, Chicago Medical School; Editor-in-Chief, Headache Quarterly, Chicago, IL

Barrie J. Hurwitz, MD, Neurology

Associate Professor, Division of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, PhD, Neurology

Professor of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

G. Frederick Wooten, MD, Neurology

Chairman and Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA

Obstetrics/Gynecology

Ross S. Berkowitz, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology

Oncology Professor of Gynecology and Director of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Professor of Gynecology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Robert A. Hatcher, MD, MPH, Obstetrics and Family Planning

Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Director, Family Planning Program, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Kirtly Jones, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology

Associate Professor and Chief, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT

Deborah A. Penava, MD, FRCSC, Obstetrics/Gynaecology

Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON

George F. Sawaya, MD, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Stephen D. Smith, MD, FACOG, Obstetrics/Gynecology

Private practice, Missoula, MT

Oncology

Paul G. Montgomery, MD, Hematology/Oncology

Medical Oncologist, Mountain States Tumor Institute; Codirector, Bone Marrow Transplant Program, St. Luke's Regional Medical Center, Boise, ID; Clinical Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Douglas A. Stewart, MD, FRCPC, Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology

Professor, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, Divisions of Medical Oncology, Hematology and Hematological Malignancies, University of Calgary, and Medical Oncologist at Tom Baker Cancer Centre and the Calgary Health Region, Calgary, AB.

Ophthalmology

Christopher Joseph Rudnisky, MD, BMs, MD, FRCSC, Ophthalmology

Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.

Jill Ann Smith, MD, Ophthalmology/Glaucoma

Clinical Instructor, Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School's Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston; Newton Wellesley Eye Associates, Newton, MA

Orthodontics

William F. Hohlt, DDS, Orthodontics

Associate Professor with Tenure, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN

Orthopaedics

Michael J. Coughlin, MD, Orthopaedics

Clinical Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR; Orthopaedic Surgeon, Boise, ID

Freddie H. Fu, MD, Orthopaedics

David Silver Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Robert B. Keller, MD, Orthopaedics

Professor of Community and Family Medicine and Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School; Associate Clinical Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, North Dartmouth, MA

Kenneth J. Koval, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Trauma

Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Medical School and division leader in orthopedic trauma at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Frederick A. Matsen III, MD, Orthopaedics

Assistant Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics, and Adjunct Professor, Center of Bioengineering, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Patrick J. McMahon, MD, Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine

Founder, McMahon Orthopedics and Rehabilitation (MORe), and Adjunct Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Thomas S. Renshaw, MD, Orthopaedics

Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Otolaryngology

Charles M. Myer III, MD, Pediatric Otolaryngology

Professor, Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital Medical Center; Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Cincinnati, OH

Palliative Medicine

Ira Byock, MD, Palliative Medicine

Director, The Palliative Care Service, Missoula, MT

Daniel R. Tobin, MD, Palliative Medicine

Adjunct Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH; Principal Investigator, Robert Wood Johnson National Demonstration "Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care," in coordination with The National Chronic Care Consortium, Albany, NY

Pediatrics

Thomas Emmett Francoeur, MDCM, CSPQ, FRCPC, Pediatrics

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, and Director, Learning Progress Clinic and Child Development Programme, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC

Louis Pellegrino, MD, Pediatrics, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

Michael J. Sexton, MD, Pediatrics

Associate Medical Director, Healthwise, Incorporated; Medical Director, CARES Program, St. Luke's Children's Hospital, Boise, ID; Associate Clinical Professor, Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Pharmacy

Theresa O'Young, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacist

Clinical Instructor, University of Washington School of Pharmacy, and Clinical Pharmacist at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Nancy E. Greenwald, MD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Medical Director, Idaho Elks Rehabilitation Hospital Outpatient Brain Injury Program, Boise, ID

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Keith A. Denkler, MD, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Associate Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, and physician in private practice, Larkspur, CA

Podiatry

Barry Scurran, DPM, Podiatry and Podiatric Surgery

Assistant Physician-in-Chief, The Permanente Medical Group, Hayward, CA

Psychiatry

W. Stewart Agras, MD, FRCPC, Psychiatry (Eating Disorders)

Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

John R. Hughes, MD, Addiction Psychiatry

Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Family Practice, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT

Yifrah Kaminer, MD, MBA, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Alcohol Research Center, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT

Alfred J. Lewy, MD, PhD, Psychiatry

Richard H. Phillips Professor, Biological Psychiatry, Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine, Portland, OR

Fred R. Volkmar, MD, Pediatric Psychiatry

Professor of Child Psychiatry and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Lisa S. Weinstock, MD, Psychiatry

Private practice specializing in Psychopharmacology and Perinatal Psychiatry, Mount Kisco, NY

Sidney Zisook, MD, Psychiatry

Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA

Pulmonology

Robert L. Cowie, MB, ChB, MD, MSc, FCP[SA], MFOM, Respiratory Medicine

Professor, University of Calgary Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences; Director of Tuberculosis Services, Calgary Health Region; Director, Calgary COPD and Asthma Program, Calgary, AB

Susanna A. McColley, MD, Pediatric Pulmonology

Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Children's Memorial Center, Chicago, IL

R. Steven Tharratt, MD, FACP, FCCP, Pulmonology, Critical Care Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine; Chief of Clinical Pharmacology and Medical Toxicology, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Medical Director, Respiratory Care Department, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

Ken Y. Yoneda, MD, Pulmonology, Critical Care Medicine

Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA

Radiology

Paul D. Traughber, MD, Interventional Radiology

Radiology Group, St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, ID

Rheumatology

Stanford M. Shoor, MD, Rheumatology

Internist and Chief of Professional Education, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Santa Clara, CA; Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Immunology), Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Sleep Disorders

Jan Ulfberg, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine, Sleep Disorders

Associate Professor of Medicine, Uppsala University, Sweden; Medical Director, Sleep Disorders Centers, Avesta Hospital, Sweden, and Inland Hospital, Norway.

Stress Management

Paul J. Rosch, MD, Stress Management, Cardiovascular Disease

Clinical Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, New York Medical College; President, American Institute of Stress, New York, NY

Surgery

Brent T. Shoji, MD, General Surgery

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Chief of General Surgery, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Boston, MA

Brad W. Warner, MD, Pediatric Surgery/Critical Care

Surgeon-in-Chief, St. Louis Children's Hospital (SLCH), and the Apolline Blair Professor of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Urology

Peter Anderson, MD, FRCS(C), Pediatric Urology

Professor of Urology and Director of the Residency Training Program, Dalhousie University; Professor of Urology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS

Philip Belitsky , MD, Urology

Professor of Urology, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS

J. Curtis Nickel, MD, FRCSC, Urology

Professor, Department of Urology, Queen's University; Staff Urologist, Department of Urology, Kingston General and Hotel Dieu Hospitals, Kingston, ON

Avery L. Seifert, MD, Urology

Private practice, Boise, ID; Clinical Instructor, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Christopher G. Wood, MD, FACS, Urology

Associate Professor of Urology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Last updated: February 2009