About Family Practice News Digital Network

Family Practice News Digital Network is an independent news source that provides the family physician with timely and relevant news and commentary about clinical developments in the field and about the impact of health care policy on the specialty and the physician's practice. Family Practice News Digital Network is owned by the International Medical News Group division of Elsevier.

Our Mission
Family Practice News Digital Network provides medical specialty news coverage tailored to the needs and interests of practicing family physicians. Our staff of medical journalists strives to provide news that is fair, balanced and accurate. We adhere to policies of fact verification and disclosures of interest by sources quoted in our articles. We encourage a lively forum of perspectives and opinions from our online communities. Information on this site is meant to complement and not replace any advice or information from a health professional. We seek to inform, engage, educate, and entertain in an environment of transparency and full disclosure. To accomplish these goals, we rely on our editorial advisory board, our staff and our most important partners, our readers.

Editorial Advisory Board

DAVID S. ABEND, D.O., Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York

HAROLD B. BETTON, M.D., University of Arkansas, Little Rock

TINA BRUESCHKE, M.D. Private Practice, Geneva, Ill.

NEIL S. CALMAN, M.D., Institute for Urban Family Health, New York

GRETCHEN M. DICKSON, M.D., Lancaster (Penn.) General Health, Family Medicine Residency

TILLMAN FARLEY, M.D., Salud Family Health Center, Fort Lupton, Colo.

THEODORE GANIATS, M.D., University of California, San Diego

WARREN A. JONES, M.D., University of Mississippi, Jackson

DARLENE LAWRENCE, M.D., Georgetown University, Washington

CAROLYN LOPEZ, M.D., Rush Medical College, Chicago

ROBERT E. RAKEL, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston

PETER P. TOTH, M.D., Sterling Rock Falls Clinic, Sterling, Ill.

RUSSELL D. WHITE, M.D., University of Missouri, Kansas City

COLETTE R. WILLINS, M.D., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland

Staff
Alan J. Imhoff, President, IMNG
Mary Jo M. Dales, Editor in Chief, IMNG
Denise Fulton, Executive Editor, IMNG
Kathy Scarbeck, Executive Editor, IMNG
Terry Rudd, Managing Editor, Family Practice News

Senior Editors
Christina Chase
Kathryn DeMott
Lori Buckner Farmer
Jeff Evans
Catherine Hackett
Keith Haglund
Gwendolyn B. Hall
Gina L. Henderson
Sally Koch Kubetin
Teresa Lassman
Mark S. Lesney
Jane Salodof MacNeil
Renée Matthews
Catherine Cooper Nellist
Amy Pfeiffer
Leanne Sullivan
Elizabeth Wood

Associate Editors
Felicia Rosenblatt Black
Therese Borden
Lorinda Bullock
Steve Cimino
Jay C. Cherniak
Richard Franki
Virginia Ingram-Wells
Jane Locastro
January W. Payne

Reporters
Alicia Ault (Washington)
Sherry Boschert (San Francisco)
Doug Brunk (San Diego)
Frances Correa (Washington)
Bruce Jancin (Denver)
Diana Mahoney (New England)
Damian McNamara (Miami)
Elizabeth Mechcatie (Washington)
Naseem Miller (Washington)
Mary Ellen Schneider (New York)
Jennie Smith (Germany)
Heidi Splete (Washington)
Michele G. Sullivan (Mid-Atlantic)
Miriam E. Tucker (Washington)
Kerri Wachter (Washington)
Patrice Wendling (Chicago)
Mitchel L. Zoler (Philadelphia)

Multimedia Producer
Nick Piegari

Contributing Writers
Christine Kilgore
Mary Ann Moon

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Internal Medicine News Digital Network is commercially supported by advertising and sponsorships. Online access to most of our content is free. Most premium content is available free to registered users. The sources of our content are clearly identified. Internal Medicine News Digital Network strives to provide content that is accurate, objective, and fair. Our news is not influenced in any way by commercial sponsors or content contributors. Internal Medicine News Digital Network invites strategic alliances and partnerships with others who share its high standards and seek to serve and enhance the internal medicine community. We also welcome reciprocal linking arrangements with reputable medical professional information and research websites. For more information regarding content integration and partnership opportunities, please contact Alan Imhoff at a.imhoff@elsevier.com.

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Last updated August 30, 2011