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May 10, 2016

JAMA

JAMA. 2016;315(18):1929-1930. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.14254

Editorial Staff

Editor in Chief

  • Howard Bauchner, MD

    Executive Editor Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA

  • Deputy Editors Michael Berkwits, MD, MSCE, Robert M. Golub, MD, Ronna Henry, MD, Edward H. Livingston, MD, Jody W. Zylke, MD

  • Executive Managing Editor Annette Flanagin

  • Managing Editor Stacy L. Christiansen

  • Senior Editors Philip Greenland, MD, Demetrios N. Kyriacou, MD, PhD, Mary McGrae McDermott, MD

  • Associate Senior Editor Roxanne K. Young

  • Associate Editors Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, Ethan Basch, MD, Charlene Breedlove, Anne Rentoumis Cappola, MD, ScM, Helene M. Cole, MD, Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH, W. Gregory Feero, MD, PhD, J. Michael Gaziano, MD, MPH, Donald C. Goff, MD, Jill Jin, MD, Karen E. Joynt, MD, MPH, Preeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ, David H. Mark, MD, MPH, George T. O’Connor, MD, MS, Boris Pasche, MD, PhD, Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH, Jeffrey L. Saver, MD, Deborah Schrag, MD, MPH, Jeanette M. Smith, MD, Amy E. Thompson, MD, Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, MD, MPH, ScD

  • Statistical Reviewers Joseph S. Wislar, MS, Naomi Vaisrub, PhD, Thomas D. Koepsell, MD, MPH, Roger J. Lewis, MD, PhD, Christopher J. Paciorek, PhD, Michael J. Pencina, PhD, Denise M. Scholtens, PhD, Alan B. Zonderman, PhD

  • Fishbein Fellow Aria A. Razmaria, MD, MSc

  • Contributing Writers Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD, Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH, Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, John P. A. Ioannidis, MD, DSc, Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD, Bruce M. Psaty, MD, PhD, Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MPH, MBA, Robert Steinbrook, MD, Mary E. Tinetti, MD, Abraham Verghese, MD, Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH

  • Medical News & Perspectives Feyza Sancar, PhD (editor); Rebecca Voelker, MSJ (associate managing editor); Julie A. Jacob (senior staff writer); Joan Stephenson, PhD (consulting editor)

  • Assistant Editors Carrie Butt, Kate Pezalla, Jennifer Reiling

  • Manuscript Editing Kristine B. Simmons (assistant managing editor); Emily A. Greenhow, Joy K. Jaeger, Phil Sefton, Beverly Stewart (senior manuscript editors); Kim S. P. Campbell, Lila Haile (manuscript editors); Cara Wallace (freelance manuscript editor)

  • Editorial Graphics Karen Bucher (senior medical illustrator); Samantha Welker (medical illustrator); David Song (editorial assistant)

  • Electronic Media Michelle Kurzynski (director, development and design); Eric Butkus, Will English IV, Mustafa Ishaq, Daniel Morrow (developers/designers); Reuben Rios (social media coordinator)

  • Editorial Systems and Services Monica Mungle (director); Peter K. Kim (programmer analyst)

  • Content Management System Larry Bryant (director); Erin Kato (systems administrator)

  • Editorial Systems and Administration Elaine Williams (director); Elizabeth Zak (editorial systems specialist); Lenette Gardner-Gullens (electronic input supervisor); Fanny L. Brown, Michaela Mark (electronic input assistants)

  • Administration Marla A. Hall (director); Gloria Tate (supervisor); Deanna Willis (executive assistant); Yolanda Davis (copyright/library services coordinator)

  • Editorial Assistants Mary Cannon, Susan Collister, Carmina Conley, Dawn Cortez, Audrey Forman, Gwenn Gregg, Lisa Hardin, Rachell M. Lozano, Rosa E. Miranda, Lupe Morales, Cheryl Sykes, Felicia Walker

  • Editorial Counsel Joseph P. Thornton, JD

  • Media Relations Jim Michalski, Deanna Bellandi

Editorial Board

  • Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, Newton, Massachusetts

  • Christine K. Cassel, MD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, Silver Spring, Maryland

  • Jordan J. Cohen, MD, Washington, DC

  • Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, Atlanta, Georgia

  • Roger I. Glass, MD, PhD, Bethesda, Maryland

  • Lee Goldman, MD, MPH, New York, New York

  • Margaret A. Hamburg, MD, Washington, DC

  • Michael M. E. Johns, MD, Atlanta, Georgia

  • C. David Naylor, MD, DPhil, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Steven E. Nissen, MD, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Uwe E. Reinhardt, PhD, Princeton, New Jersey

  • Griffin Rodgers, MD, Bethesda, Maryland

  • Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Harold C. Sox, MD, Hanover, New Hampshire

  • Lars Wallentin, MD, PhD, Uppsala, Sweden

  • John E. L. Wong, MBBS, Singapore

The JAMA Network Editorial Board

  • Robert O. Bonow, MD, MS

    Editor, JAMA Cardiology

  • Neil Bressler, MD

    Editor, JAMA Ophthalmology

  • Mary L. (Nora) Disis, MD

    Editor, JAMA Oncology

  • Stephan Heckers, MD, MSc

    Editor, JAMA Psychiatry

  • Melina R. Kibbe, MD

    Editor, JAMA Surgery

  • Jay F. Piccirillo, MD

    Editor, JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery

  • Rita F. Redberg, MD, MSc

    Editor, JAMA Internal Medicine

  • John S. Rhee, MD, MPH

    Editor, JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery

  • Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH

    Editor, JAMA Pediatrics

  • June K. Robinson, MD

    Editor, JAMA Dermatology

  • Roger N. Rosenberg, MD

    Editor, JAMA Neurology

Journal Oversight Committee

  • Claire Pomeroy, MD, MBA (chair), New York, New York

  • Kent R. Anderson, MBA, Boston, Massachusetts

  • Francisco G. Cigarroa, MD, San Antonio, Texas

  • Vivian S. Lee, MD, PhD, MBA, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • William W. Stead, MD, Nashville, Tennessee

  • A. Eugene Washington, MD, MSc, Durham, North Carolina

  • Modena Wilson, MD, MPH, Chicago, Illinois

Former Editors

  • Nathan S. Davis, MD (1883-1888)

  • John B. Hamilton, MD (1889, 1893-1898)

  • John H. Hollister, MD (1889-1891)

  • James C. Culbertson, MD (1891-1893)

  • Truman W. Miller, MD (1899)

  • George H. Simmons, MD (1899-1924)

  • Morris Fishbein, MD (1924-1949)

  • Austin Smith, MD (1949-1958)

  • Johnson F. Hammond, MD (1958-1959)

  • John H. Talbott, MD (1959-1969)

  • Hugh H. Hussey, MD (1970-1973)

  • Robert H. Moser, MD (1973-1975)

  • William R. Barclay, MD (1975-1982)

  • George D. Lundberg, MD (1982-1999)

  • Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH (2000-2011), Editor in Chief Emerita

Periodical Publications Staff

Senior Vice President and Publisher, Periodical Publications

  • Thomas J. Easley

  • Vice President, Publishing Business Operations

  • Brian Shields

  • Vice President, Publishing Production Operations

  • Karen Adams-Taylor

  • Staff Monica Smith

Business Operations

  • Directors Karl Elvin, Nancy Essex, Jaye Mize, Sean O’Donnell, Sue Sherrill

  • Managers David Antos, Chris Borden, Debra Camp, Lydia Cruz, Scott Curl, Diane Darnell, Colleen Kelly, Chris Meyer, Annemarie Neff, J. D. Neff, Sean Ohlson, Phil O'Leary, Bill Pedone, Susan Price, Binita Shah, Denise Steinhauser, Joe Wixted

  • Advertising and Production Services Kim Boler, Rhonda Bailey Brown, Daniel DeGroot, Jordynn Farrar, Shawn Hansen, Euwanaha Joiner-Smith, Tiffany Jones, Joshua Lane, Cindy Rendlen, Ellen Yoshihara

  • Circulation Services Julie Burton, Dexter Golden, Erin Hinchliff, Noemi Rivera, Geneine Van Someren

  • Composition and New Media Gail Barrett, Regina Brownlee, Amanda Camino, Brenda Chandler-Grayer, Emily Dunn, Amy Evers, Teri Hutchison, Mary Ann Kuranda, Joshua Lampinen, Nathan Mitre, Patricia E. Panek, La'son Diggs Sledge, George Thomson

  • Graphics Joe Amft, Maria Duda, Fred Furtner, Carolyn Hall, Maria Kowalkowski

  • Proofreading Carol Joy Farrell, Daniel James, Judith A. Literskis, Teresa H. Omiotek, Michael Ryder

Advertising Print and Online Sales and Marketing

  • Director Jeffery J. Bonistalli

  • Manager Kathy Russell

  • Staff Mirna Monal

  • Sales Representatives Maureen A. Reichert (973-263-9191, ext. 226), Nancy E. Souza (973-263-9191, ext. 209)

  • Advertising Sales, Marketing and Research Mark Thornbury (director)

  • Reprint & ePrint Communications Susan Lovenberg (manager); Joshua Lane (coordinator); Marsha Fogler (reprint sales representative) (USA: 1-800-482-1450; rest of world: 1-856-489-4446)

  • Classified Advertising Thalia Moss (sales manager); Susan J. Henning (senior sales representative); Mike Harvey (sales representative)

Print and Online Sales and Marketing

  • Worldwide Sales Vida Damijonaitis (director); Saskia Bolore (Americas regional manager), Gretchen Linder (Europe/Middle East/Africa regional manager), Brian McCartney (Asia Pacific regional manager); Christine Hearne, Rebecca Lisek (sales representatives); David Baum, Natasha Nekola, Ron Thomas (staff)

  • Marketing Elizabeth Solaro (director); Lindsay Dawson, Ellen Gibson, Michael McGraw (managers); Millette Jackson-Bates (staff)

  • Product Development Matt Herron, Paul Gee (directors); Geoffrey Flick (associate publisher/senior product development); Rick Bell, Fergus Clare, Romando Rossini, Stacy Tucker (managers); Craig McCaffrey (web developer)

JAMA Contact Information

AMA Executives and Trustees

  • Executive Vice President, Chief Executive Officer James L. Madara, MD

  • Chief Operating Officer Bernard L. Hengesbaugh

  • President Steven J. Stack, MD

  • President-Elect Andrew W. Gurman, MD

  • Immediate Past President Robert M. Wah, MD

  • Secretary Gerald E. Harmon, MD

  • Speaker, House of Delegates Susan R. Bailey, MD

  • Vice-Speaker, House of Delegates Bruce A. Scott, MD

  • Trustees Maya A. Babu, MD, MBA; David O. Barbe, MD, MHA; Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH; Julie K. Goonewardene; Gerald E. Harmon, MD; Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA (chair-elect); William E. Kobler, MD; Russell W. H. Kridel, MD; Barbara L. McAneny, MD (immediate past chair); Mary Anne McCaffree, MD; Albert J. Osbahr III, MD; Stephen R. Permut, MD, JD (chair); Dina Marie Pitta, MPP; Jack Resneck Jr, MD; Carl A. Sirio, MD; Steven J. Stack, MD; Georgia A. Tuttle, MD; Robert M. Wah, MD

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