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Editor
Stephen A. Brunton, MD
Clinical Professor
University of California, Irvine
Executive Editor
Leslie Coplin
Managing Editor
Neill Kimball
Associate Editors
Allan J. Wilke, MD
Professor and Chair
Program Director
Department of Family Medicine
Western Michigan University School of Medicine
Kalamazoo
William T. Elliott, MD, FACP
Chair, Formulary Committee,
Northern California Kaiser Permanente;
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
University of California, San Francisco.
James Chan, PharmD, PhD
Pharmacy Quality and Outcomes Manager,
Kaiser Permanente,
Oakland, CA
Louis Kuritzky, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Florida
Gainesville
Authors
Eric C. Walter, MD, MSc
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,
Northwest Permanente and Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center,
Portland, OR
Harold L. Karpman, MD, FACC, FACP
Clinical Professor of Medicine,
UCLA School of Medicine
William T. Elliott, MD, FACP
Chair, Formulary Committee,
Northern California Kaiser Permanente;
and Assistant Professor of Medicine,
University of California, San Francisco.
James Chan, PharmD, PhD
Pharmacy Quality and Outcomes Manager,
Kaiser Permanente,
Oakland, CA
Louis Kuritzky, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor,
University of Florida,
Gainesville
Ken Grauer, MD,
Professor Emeritus in Family Medicine,
College of Medicine,
University of Florida
Peer reviewer
Gerald Roberts, MD
Senior Attending Physician
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
NS/LIJ Health Care System
New Hyde Park, NY
Internal Medicine Alert's editor, Stephen Brunton,MD, serves on the advisory board for Abbott, Amarin,Boehringer Ingelheim, Duchesnay, Janssen, Lilly,Novo Nordisk, Sunovion, and Teva; he serves on the speakers bureau of Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen, Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Teva. Peer reviewer Gerald Roberts, MD; executive editor Leslie Coplin; and managing editor Neill Kimball report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study.
Authors Eric C. Walter, MD, MSc, Harold L. Karpman, MD, FACC, FACP, James Chan, PharmD, PhD, William T. Elliott, MD, FACP,
Louis Kuritzky, MD, is a retained consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Forest Pharmaceuticals, Janssen, Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, and Sanofi
Ken Grauer, MD, is the sole proprietor of KG-EKG Press, and publisher of an ECG pocket brain book.
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