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Dr. McCullough is a specialist in male sexual health and fertility. He is Assistant Professor at New York University Medical Center and Director of the University''s Male Sexual Health and Fertility program. Dr. McCullough also serves on staff at a number of hospitals in the New York area including the Hospital of Joint and Bone Disease and the Manhattan Veterans Administration Hospital. He is a reviewer for the Journal of Urology and Urology.

Dr. Brent T. Shoji reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr. Shoji is a specialist in abdominal and gastrointestinal surgery. He has been an Associate Surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston since 1987. Dr. Shoji was an Instructor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School from 1989 until July of 1997, when he was named Assistant Professor of Surgery. Dr. Shoji also practices with Brigham Surgical Group, Department of Gastrointestinal/General Surgery. He has been affiliated with Harvard Vanguard Medical Association (formerly Harvard Community Health Plan) since 1987 and was chief of general surgery from 1991 to 2005.

Dr. Carr is the Saltonstall Professor of Pain Research in the Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine at New England Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. A graduate of Columbia College and Columbia University, Dr. Carr trained in internal medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and later at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he continued his training in internal medicine, endocrinology, and anesthesiology. He is a diplomate of the American Boards of Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology and the American Board of Pain Medicine. Known internationally for his contributions to pain research, Dr. Carr co-chaired and drafted major portions of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Clinical Practice Guidelines on Acute and Cancer Pain Management. He was principal technical consultant for the evidence report on cancer pain prepared by the Evidence-Based Practice Center at Tufts University School of Medicine and New England Medical Center and played a lead role in developing pain treatment programs at Massachusetts General Hospital and the New England Medical Center. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Association for the Study of Pain publication Pain: Clinical Updates; he is lead editor for pain trials in the Cochrane collaborative review group on Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care; and he serves on editorial boards of several pain-related journals. He co-directs the master's degree program in Pain Research, Education, and Policy at Tufts University School of Medicine. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Pain Society, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the International Association for the Study of Pain, and on the Legislative Task Force on Pain of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Dr. Carr has published widely and is the recipient of many awards, including the Bernard Schoenberg Memorial Award, American Institute of Life-Threatening Illness and Loss, New York; a citation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for co-chairing the Acute and Cancer Pain Guideline Panels; selection as a Bonica Lecturer for the University of Washington; and honorary fellowship in the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the College of Anaesthetists of Australia and New Zealand.

Dr. Douglas Jacobs, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, is a nationally recognized expert on suicide and depression and a leader in the mental health field. He also maintains a clinical practice in Wellesley and Newton, Massachusetts, and is on the staff of several psychiatric hospitals in the greater Boston area. Dr. Jacobs founded and is Executive Director of Screening for Mental Health, Inc. (formerly the National Mental Illness Screening Project), a nonprofit organization devoted to mental health education and screening. He has edited three books and numerous papers on suicide. Dr. Jacobs founded and directs National Depression Screening Day, the first program to apply the concept of a large-scale health screening to a mental illness. This collaborative effort is cosponsored by several national organizations including the National Institute of Mental Health, the American Psychiatric Association, and the National Mental Health Association. Since 1991, the program has provided free nationwide depression screenings each October during Mental Illness Awareness Week. In 1999, more than 3,000 sites around the country offered free screening for depression, and more than 100,000 people attended. The success of National Depression Screening Day led Dr. Jacobs to establish Screening for Mental Health, which helps coordinate national mental health screening programs and ensure cooperation, professionalism, and accountability in mental illness screenings. Screening for Mental Health also offers screening programs for eating disorders and alcohol as well as interactive screening services via telephone and the Internet.

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Dr. Ginsberg is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He has been the director of the Thromboembolism Unit at Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals since 1989. In 1998 Dr. Ginsberg received the Stephen Garnett Distinction Award for Outstanding Physician which was awarded by the Hamilton Health Sciences Medical Staff. Dr. Ginsberg is actively involved in research and is an accomplished author of book chapters, articles for peer reviewed journals and abstracts. His current research interests include the clinical development of novel antithrombotic agents, the diagnosis and management of thrombosis during pregnancy, the prevention and treatment of post-phlebitic syndrome, the investigation of the clinical complications of antiphospholipid antibodies, and the diagnosis of venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Dr. Ginsberg served as an Editorial Board Member for Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine in 1996 and served as a grant reviewer for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada for several years. He also serves as a career investigator for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

Dr. Reichman is the executive director of the New Jersey Medical School National Tuberculosis Center and professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine and Community Health at New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey. He has been the principal investigator for several National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants related to tuberculosis. Dr. Reichman serves as chairman of several CDC committees, including the National Coalition to Eliminate Tuberculosis and the National Tuberculosis Training Initiative. He participates in numerous professional organizations and societies, including the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, where he served as vice-chair of the Executive Committee; the American Lung Association, where he served as president; the American Thoracic Society; and the American College of Chest Physicians. Dr. Reichman has published more than 200 articles, scientific reviews, and book chapters, many on the diagnosis, treatment, control, patient compliance with therapy, and epidemiology of tuberculosis and other infectious lung diseases. In 1993, he published the first comprehensive medical book covering tuberculosis, which is now in its second edition. His most recent book, Timebomb: The Global Epidemic of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, received the American Medical Writers Association''s Best Trade Medical Book award in 2002.

Dr. Clark is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan, where she is employed on a full-time basis. Dr. Clark is also an active member of the medical staff for the Saskatoon Regional Health Authority. She works primarily with adolescents, providing inpatient, outpatient, and emergency psychiatric care at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Dr. Turck is Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. He is also attending physician at Harborview Medical Center, the Seattle Veterans Administration Hospital, and the University of Washington Hospital in Seattle. Dr. Turck has served on the editorial boards for numerous medical journals and has been Chief Editor of The Journal of Infectious Diseases since 1989.

Dr. Coughlin is recognized nationally as a leading author and speaker on orthopedic topics. He is an orthopedic surgeon in private practice in Boise, Idaho, and Clinical Professor of Surgery in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. Dr. Coughlin has given over 200 presentations at orthopedic conferences and is the author of 50 scientific publications regarding orthopedic foot and ankle surgery. Since 1987, he has co-authored and produced eleven video presentations and textbooks on orthopedic topics.

Dr. Montgomery is a medical oncologist with the Mountain States Tumor Institute at St. Luke''s Regional Medical Center in Boise. He is a Clinical Instructor for the University of Washington in Seattle

Dr. Tharratt is an internist who specializes in pulmonology, medical toxicology, and emergency medical services. He is a professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology at the University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, interim chief of the Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, and chief of the Section of Clinical Pharmacology and Medical Toxicology in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. In addition, he serves as medical director of both the Sacramento County Emergency Medical Services and the Sacramento city and county fire departments.

Dr. Cowie, a specialist in respiratory medicine, is a professor at the University of Calgary in the Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences. He is a member of the Division of Respiratory Medicine of the University of Calgary and the Calgary Health Region. In addition, Dr. Cowie is director of Tuberculosis Services of the Calgary Health Region and director of the Calgary COPD and Asthma Program. He has also been a staff physician with the Department of Medicine at Foothills Hospital in Calgary since 1990. Since 1988, Dr. Cowie has been affiliated with the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians in London, and was honored with its Member of Distinction award. His career as a teacher, writer, and researcher makes him a sought-after speaker addressing clinical and research groups throughout North America, South Africa, and Europe. Dr. Cowie has written numerous scientific research studies and textbooks focusing on asthma, tuberculosis, and occupational lung epidemiology. In 2002, he received the Alberta Lung Association Award of Excellence, a Lorraine Award.

Chaplain, Ron Compton, is an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene for 24 years and is ecclesiastically endorsed in Specialized Pastoral Care settings. He has been a pastor for 31 years with 17 years serving as pastor of the Saginaw First Church of the Nazarene. Ron has served as a Duty Chaplain at Covenant, member of the Pastoral Education Care Committee and IRB (instutional review board). Since August 2005, Ron has been working as Night Chaplain at Covenant HealthCare. Ron can be reached at 989.583.4279 or by pager at 989.258.1213.

Dr. Berkowitz is a specialist in gynecologic cancer who has devoted his career to teaching, writing and editing. He is William H. Baker Professor of Gynecology at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director of the New England Trophoblastic Disease Center. He has been affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston since 1980 and was appointed Director of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology in 1989. Dr. Berkowitz has served on the editorial board of Gynecologic Oncology and is an editorial consultant for the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cancer Research, Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Cancer Treatment Reports, New England Journal of Medicine, and Journal of Reproductive Immunology.

Dr. Patterson is on the faculty of medicine and dentistry at the University of Alberta and is director of the Tobacco Cessation Clinic and at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. He serves as director of the Dental Public Health Centre and is the Regional Dental Officer of Health at several regional health authorities in Canada. Dr. Patterson is a member of the Provincial Advisory Council of the International Scholarships of Canada. Dr. Patterson is actively involved in the Department of Dentistry, where he serves on several committees. He also is actively involved in the Canadian and American Dental Associations and is chair of the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Dental Directors Working Group. Dr. Patterson is an accomplished speaker who presents papers at local, national, and international conferences. He also has provided public education through TV and radio on topics such as tobacco cessation and careers in dentistry.

Dr. Stewart Agras reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr. Agras has focused his career on teaching and research in the field of psychiatry. His primary research interest is the area of behavior change, including compliance, essential hypertension and other cardiovascular risk factors, and eating and anxiety disorders He joined the Psychiatry Department at Stanford University School of Medicine in 1973, where he is now professor and associate chair. In 1974, he began one of the first U.S. programs in behavioral medicine at Stanford University. From 1961 to 1969, he was on the faculty of the University of Vermont College of Medicine. In 1969, he was appointed professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where he served until 1973. Dr. Agras serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Eating Disorders, Behavior Therapy, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry and is editor for eating disorders for the journal Treatment.

Dr. Francoeur is a pediatrician at the Montreal Children''s Hospital in Montreal, Quebec. At this hospital, he is also director of the Learning Progress Clinic in the Child Development Programme and the codirector of the Psychopharmacology Clinic of the Developmental Behavioural Pediatric Service. Dr. Francoeur is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McGill University in Montreal. Dr. Francoeur has participated in numerous lecture series in Montreal and is a frequent presenter throughout Canada. He is fluent in both French and English.

Dr. Tracy Glauser is a board-certified pediatrician and neurologist who specializes in child neurology and epilepsy. In September of 1998, he was appointed Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at Children''s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati. He is also Director of the hospital''s Children''s Comprehensive Epilepsy Program and Director of the Drug Trials Program for Neurologic Disease. He is a well-known lecturer on epilepsy and other pediatric/neurological problems at regional, national, and international conferences. Dr. Glauser is actively involved in neurological research and has served as principal investigator or co-investigator for 22 different protocols for investigational anti-epileptic drugs. He has co-authored over 45 scientific publications and more than 70 abstracts. He also serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Pediatrics, Clinical Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Annals of Pharmacotherapy, and United States Pharmacopeial Drug Information.

Dr. William M. Green reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr. Green specializes in emergency medicine and the evaluation and treatment of sexual abuse. He is a clinical professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, Davis, and director of Sexual Assault Education at the California Clinical Forensic Medical Training Center, UC Davis Medical Center. In 1988, he published a textbook for health professionals, Rape: The Evidential Examination and Management of the Adult Female Victim. Dr. Green is also staff physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe, California. Dr. Green has been reviewing Healthwise Knowledgebase topics since 1995 and was named an associate medical director in 1997.