Editorial Board for The Merck Manual—Home Edition Online

We gratefully acknowledge the expertise of the Editorial Board to our current online version. We also gratefully acknowledge the expertise of the Editorial Board for the most current print version (Second Home Edition). Their names and affiliations appear separately below.

Richard K. Albert, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Chief of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center

Marjorie A. Bowman, MD, MPA

Professor and Founding Chair of Family Practice and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Glenn D. Braunstein, MD

Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles; Chairman, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Sidney Cohen, MD

Professor of Medicine and Director, Research Programs, Thomas Jefferson University

Linda Emanuel, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Buehler Center on Aging

Jan Fawcett, MD

Professor of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Eugene P. Frenkel, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine and Radiology, Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research, Elaine Dewey Sammons Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research in honor of Eugene P. Frenkel, MD, A. Kenneth Pye Professorship in Cancer Research, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Susan L. Hendrix, DO

Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Hutzel Women's Hospital; Director of Women's Health Initiative, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Michael Jacewicz, MD

Professor of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Memphis

Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Professor and Vice Chairman of Medicine, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University

Gerald L. Mandell, MD, MACP

Professor of Medicine (Emeritus), Owen R. Cheatham Professor of the Sciences (Emeritus), and Chief of Infectious Diseases (Emeritus), University of Virginia Health Center

Judith S. Palfrey, MD

T. Berry Brazelton Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston

Albert A. Rundio, Jr., PhD

Associate Professor of Nursing, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey; Nurse Practitioner, Lighthouse at Mays Landing

David A. Spain, MD

Professor of Surgery and Chief of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, Stanford University

Paul H. Tanser, MD, FRCP (C), FRCP (Glasgow)

Professor of Medicine (Emeritus), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; Medical Consultant, North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals, Auckland

Editorial Board for The Second Home Edition (print version)

Sarah L. Berga, MD

Professor and Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Magee-Womens Hospital

Marjorie A. Bowman, MD, MPA

Professor and Founding Chair of Family Practice and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Douglas A. Drossman, MD

Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry and Codirector of Center for Functional and Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

L. Jack Faling, MD

Professor of Medicine, Chief of Medical Intensive Care Unit, and Staff Physician, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston VA Health Care System

Eugene P. Frenkel, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine and Radiology, Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research, and A. Kenneth Pye Professorship in Cancer Research, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Glen O. Gabbard, MD

Callaway Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine

Michael Jacewicz, MD

Professor of Neurology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine; Assistant Chief of Neurology, VA Medical Center, Memphis

Gerald L. Mandell, MD, MACP

Professor of Medicine (Emeritus), Owen R. Cheatham Professor of the Sciences (Emeritus), and Chief of Infectious Diseases (Emeritus), University of Virginia Health Center

John E. Morley, MB, BCh

Director of Geriatric Medicine, Director of Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis VA Medical Center

G. Victor Rossi, PhD

Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Professor of Pharmacology, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

Albert A. Rundio, Jr., PhD

Associate Professor of Nursing, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey; Nurse Practitioner, Lighthouse at Mays Landing

H. Ralph Schumacher, Jr., MD

Professor of Medicine, Director of Arthritis-Immunology Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, VA Medical Center, Philadelphia

Peter G. Szilagyi, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of General Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center

Paul H. Tanser, MD, FRCP(C), FRCP(Glasgow)

Professor of Medicine (Emeritus), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; Medical Consultant, North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals, Auckland

Last full review/revision March 2007