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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
Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, FACP
Clinical Assistant Professor,
West Virginia University School of Medicine,
Charleston, WV
Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH
Vice President, Primary Care, Eisenhower Medical Center;
Clinical Professor, Keck School of Medicine,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Martin S. Lipsky, MD
Adjunct Professor, Institute on Aging,
School of Community Health,
Portland State University;
Dean Emeritus,
University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford
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
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 Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, FACP, Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH, James Chan, PharmD, PhD, William T. Elliott, MD, FACP,
Louis Kuritzky, MD, is a retained consultant for AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chelsea, Daiichi Sankyo, Forest Pharmaceuticals, Janssen, Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, and Sanofi.
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