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Lance K. Burns, Surgical Resident, Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; Bassam Abi-Rachad, Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Rapides Medical Center, Alexandria, LA; Bernard M. Jaffe, Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

Jason Chiriano, Vascular Surgery Resident, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of General Surgery; Afshin M. Molkara, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of General Surgery; Theodore H. Teruya, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of General Surgery; Ahmed M. Abou-Zamzam, Jr., Associate Professor of Surgery, Vascular Surgery Program Director, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA

Ramaz E. Metreveli, Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE; Nicholas J. Petrelli, Medical Director, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center, Department of Surgery, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE

Randeep S. Jawa, Assistant Professor of Surgery; Lyndsay Guiterrez, Surgical Resident; Rafael Toro-Serra, Surgical Resident; Mahmoud N. Kulaylat, Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, NY

Hardeep M. Singh, Senior Fellow, Department of Gastroenterology; Thomas Teller, Chief, Department of Gastroenterology; Karl T. Esrason, Staff Hepatologist, Department of Gastroenterology; Maher A. Abbas, Staff Colorectal Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Bernard M. Jaffe, Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

Wayne Kuznar

Doctors Debate the Pros and Cons

Caroline Helwick

Infection New Biomarker for Prognosis

Daniel M. Keller, PhD

Use the Updated Beers List to Restore Function

? Rewarding Poor-Quality and Punishing High-Quality Medicine
? The Fate of Internal Medicine

Philip R. Alper, MD

Wayne Kuznar

Wayne Kuznar

Laura Brasseur

Walter Alexander

Wayne Kuznar

Wayne Kuznar

Jill Stein

Jill Stein

Laura Brasseur

Bruce Sylvester

Rebekah McCallister

Rebekah McCallister

Davis S. MacDougall

Walter Alexander

John Schieszer

Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, and Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield

Preventive cardiology expert outlines the optimal care of patients at very high risk for a cardiovascular event, while reviewing the solid evidence for the benefits of statin therapy.

Brad Q Starley, MD, Mary Jo Rohrer, MD, and Stephen A. Harrison, MD, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Tex

Hypothyroid-induced pericardial effusions typically accumulate gradually and rarely cause tamponade in the absence of prolonged hypothyroidism.

Ami Sharad Joshi, DO, MBA, Hospitalist, Division of Internal Medicine, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ; David Kleinman, MD, Cardiologist, Crozer Chester Medical Center, Chester, Pa

This potentially fatal condition can be prevented by becoming familiar with the characteristic electrocardiographic patterns of the syndrome.

Mandeep Hundal, MD, Rajeev Garg, MD, and Niraj Mehta, MD, University of Texas, Houston

Usually affecting cartilage in the nose, ears, and laryngotracheobronchial tree, this condition can also involve the central nervous system.

Joel A. Lardizabal, MD, and Royce H. Johnson, MD, UCLA, Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, Calif

Despite all the earmarks of abdominal tuberculosis, diagnostic laparoscopy and histopathology revealed the presence of coccidioidomycosis with peritoneal dissemination.

Support for HPV vaccine applauded; Islamic law about organ donation misinterpreted

Anna D. Garrett, PharmD, BCPS, CPP

Dr. Garrett is a clinical pharmacist practitioner at Cornerstone Health Care in High Point, NC.

Anna D. Garrett, PharmD, BCPS, CPP

Dr. Garrett is a clinical pharmacist practitioner at Cornerstone Health Care in High Point, NC.

Shannon W. Fields, BA, CPhT

Ms. Fields is with the International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding and is a pharmacy technician at Innovative Pharmacy Services in Edmond, Okla.

Martin A. Erickson III, RPh

Mr. Erickson is director of professional affairs at Gallipot Inc.

Jeannette Yeznach Wick, RPh, MBA, FASCP

Ms. Wick is a senior clinical research pharmacist at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. The views expressed are those of the author and not those of any government agency.

Greta M. Pelegrin, PharmD, and Damaris Torres, PharmD Candidate

Dr. Pelegrin is a pharmacy manager with Publix and an associate clinical professor at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy (UF COP). At the time of this writing, Dr. Torres was a PharmD candidate at the UF COP.

John R. Horn, PharmD, FCCP, and Philip D. Hansten, PharmD

Fred M. Eckel, RPh, MS

Mr. Eckel is professor and director of the Office of Practice Development and Education at the School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Julie M. Gerhart, RPh, MS

Ms. Gerhart is manager of pharmacy affairs at Merck & Co Inc.

Guido R. Zanni, PhD

Dr. Zanni is a psychologist and health-systems specialist based in Alexandria, Va.

Ed Lamb

Mr. Lamb is a freelance pharmacy writer living in Virginia Beach, Va, and president of Thorough Cursor Inc.

Jim Middleton, BS, RPh

Mr. Middleton is an instructor of pharmacology at Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek, Mich.

Kathleen Jaeger

Susan Goodin, PharmD, FCCP, BCOP

Dr. Goodin is the director of the division of pharmaceutical sciences at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey and associate professor of medicine, division of medical oncology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick.

Max Sherman, BSPharm

Mr. Sherman is president of Sherman Consulting Services Inc.

Mohammad J. Tafreshi, PharmD, BCPS, and Kyle Patterson, PharmD

Dr. Tafreshi is professor and director of cardiology pharmacy practice residency at Midwestern University College of Pharmacy-Glendale (MWU-CPG), Glendale, Ariz. At the time of submission of this article, Dr. Patterson was a senior pharmacy student at MWU-CPG.

James C. McAllister III, MS, FASHP

Mr. McAllister is director of pharmacy at University of North Carolina Hospitals and Clinics.

Lauren S. Schlesselman, PharmD

Dr. Schlesselman is an assistant clinical professor at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy.

Joseph L. Fink III, BSPharm, JD

Dr. Fink is professor of pharmacy law and policy at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington.

Cmdr John Burke

John Burke, commander of the Warren County, Ohio, drug task force and retired commander of the Cincinnati Police Pharmaceutical Diversion Squad, is a 39-year veteran of law enforcement. Cmdr Burke also is the current president of the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators. For information, he can be reached by e-mail at burke@choice.net, via the Web site www.rxdiversion.com, or by phone at 513-336-0070.

Michael J. Gaunt, PharmD

Dr. Gaunt is a medication safety analyst and the editor of ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care Edition.

Ms. Khani and Mr. Sewell are copresidents of the Coalition for Community Pharmacy Action.

Yvette C. Terrie, BSPharm, RPh

Ms. Terrie is a clinical pharmacy writer based in Haymarket, Va.

Susan Farley

Ms. Farley is a freelance medical writer based in Wakefield, RI.

Dana A. Brown, PharmD

Dr. Brown is an assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Andryann Pino, PharmD

Dr. Pino is an assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Greta M. Pelegrin, PharmD

Dr. Pelegrin is a pharmacy manager with Publix Supermarkets in Miami, Fla, and an associate clinical professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville.

Susan Farley

Ms. Farley is a freelance medical writer based in Wakefield, RI.

Ami Teague, PharmD, BCPS

Dr. Teague is a clinical pharmacist with St. George's Clinic at Cooper Green Hospital, Birmingham, Ala.

Renee Michelle Striker, PharmD, and Matthew A. Fuller, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, FASHP

At the time of writing, Dr. Striker was a psychiatry pharmacy resident at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), a pharmacist at Huron Hospital, and a relief pharmacist with Target Pharmacy. Dr. Fuller is a clinical pharmacy specialist in psychiatry at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC, a clinical pharmacy specialist in psychiatry with Lexi-Comp Inc, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University, and an adjunct associate professor of clinical pharmacy at the University of Toledo.

Jeegisha T. Patel, PharmD

Dr. Patel is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, Oregon State University/ Oregon Health & Science University, College of Pharmacy, Portland campus.

Caryn Domenici, RPh, and Alka Patel, RPh, PharmD

Ms. Domenici and Dr. Patel are both pharmacists at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Monica Holmberg, PharmD

Dr. Holmberg is a pharmacy resident at the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz.

Susan Farley

Ms. Farley is a freelance medical writer based in Wakefield, RI.

Anna D. Garrett, PharmD, BCPS, CPP

Dr. Garrett is a clinical pharmacist practitioner at Cornerstone Health Care in High Point, NC.

Anna D. Garrett, PharmD, BCPS, CPP

Dr. Garrett is a clinical pharmacist practitioner at Cornerstone Health Care in High Point, NC.