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March 2016

JAMA Internal Medicine

JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176(3):294. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.4865

Mission Statement: To promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of human health by publishing manuscripts of interest and relevance to internists practicing as generalists or as medical subspecialists.

Editor

  • Rita F. Redberg, MD, MSc

Deputy Editors

  • Deborah Grady, MD, MPH, San Francisco, California

  • Mitchell H. Katz, MD,Los Angeles, California

  • Patrick G. O'Malley, MD, MPH, Washington, DC

Statistical Editors

  • John W. Boscardin, PhD,San Francisco, California

  • John M. Neuhaus, PhD, San Francisco, California

Associate Editors

  • Kenneth E. Covinsky, MD, MPH, San Francisco, California

  • Joseph S. Ross, MD, MHS, New Haven, Connecticut

Editor at Large

  • Robert Steinbrook, MD, New Haven, Connecticut

Editorial Fellows

  • Blake Charlton, MD, San Francisco, California

  • Anna Parks, MD, San Francisco, California

  • Adam Schoenfeld, MD, San Francisco, California

  • Rachel Stern, MD, San Francisco, California

Editorial Coordinator

  • Charlotte Dudley, San Francisco, California

Editorial Assistant

  • Kate Denevan, San Francisco, California

Editorial Office

Section Editors

Challenges in Clinical Electrocardiography

  • Zachary D. Goldberger, MD, MS, Seattle, Washington

  • Nora Goldschlager, MD, San Francisco, California

  • Elsayed Z. Soliman MD, MSc, MS, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

CME

  • Jeffrey Tabas, MD, San Francisco, California

Evidence to Practice

  • Fiona Clement, PhD, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Images From Our Readers

  • Rebecca Larson, San Francisco, California

Less Is More

  • Deborah Grady, MD, MPH, San Francisco, California

Less Is More Perspectives

  • Rosemary Gibson, MSc, Arlington, Virginia

  • Shannon Brownlee, MS, Boston, Massachusetts

Teachable Moments

  • Tanner Caverly, MD, MPH, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Brandon Combs, MD, Denver, Colorado

  • Christopher Moriates, MD, San Francisco, California

  • Neel Shah, MD, MPP, Boston, Massachusetts

Viewpoints

  • Robert Steinbrook, MD, New Haven, Connecticut

Web

  • James A. Colbert, MD, Boston, Massachusetts

Editorial Board

  • David L. Brown, MD, St Louis, Missouri

  • Lara Goitein, MD, Santa Fe, New Mexico

  • Chi-yuan Hsu, MD, MSc,San Francisco, California

  • Grace A. Lin, MD,San Francisco, California

  • Mary M. McDermott, MD,Chicago, Illinois

  • C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD,Los Angeles, California

  • Samia Mora, MD, MHS,Boston, Massachusetts

  • Judith J. Prochaska, PhD, MPH,Stanford, California

  • Kathryn M. Rexrode, MD, MPH,Boston, Massachusetts

  • Mary E. Tinetti, MD, New Haven, Connecticut

International Advisory Board

  • Nicolas Rodondi, MD, MAS,Bern, Switzerland

  • Iona Heath, MA, BChir, FRCP, PRCGP, CBE, London, England

Publication Staff

  • Offices 330 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60611

  • Editor in Chief, The JAMA Network Howard Bauchner, MD

  • Executive Editor Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA

  • Executive Managing Editor Annette Flanagin

  • Managing Editor Brenda Gregoline

Editorial Processing

  • Manuscript Editing Manager Lauren Fischer

  • Senior Manuscript Editor John McFadden

  • Manuscript Editors Karen L. Boyd, Gabriel Dietz, Rochelle C. Lodder, Sam Wilder

  • Freelance Manuscript Editing Manager Diane L. Cannon

  • Freelance Manuscript Editing Coordinators Connie L. Manno, Fred Marshall

  • Freelance Copy Editors and Copyreaders Catherine A. Alden, Stephanie Lang Beckmeyer, Jan Clavey, Mary Coerver-Connolly, Paula Glitman, Laura King, Kenneth W. Lane, Brandy Y. Patton, Donna J. Thordsen

  • Editorial Assistant Wanda Hill

Editorial Operations and Systems

  • Directors Larry Bryant, Monica Mungle, Elaine Williams

  • Managers and Staff Kathryn Brokke, Fanny L. Brown, Lenette Gardner-Gullens, Erin Kato, Peter K. Kim, Rachell Lozano, Michaela Mark, Elizabeth Zak

Scientific Online Resources

  • Deputy Editor and Director Michael Berkwits, MD

  • Director, Development and Design Michelle Kurzynski

  • Staff Eric Butkus, Will English IV, Mustafa Ishaq, Daniel Morrow, Reuben Rios

Editorial Graphics

  • Deputy Editor and Director Ronna Henry, MD

  • Staff Joshua Bird, Karen Bucher, Samantha Welker, David Song

Clinical Review & Education

  • Deputy Editor Edward H. Livingston, MD

  • CME Editor Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH

Administration

  • Director Marla A. Hall

  • Staff Deanna Willis, Yolanda Davis

  • Editorial Counsel Joseph P. Thornton, JD

Media Relations

  • Staff Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, Deanna Bellandi, Jim Michalski

Periodical Publishing 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

Advertising Print & Online Sales & Marketing

  • Director Jeffery J. Bonistalli

  • Manager Kathy Russell

  • Staff Mirna Monal

  • Sales Representative Stacy McHugh, Tim Melroy

  • Director, Marketing Mark Thornbury

  • Staff Tricia Castellano

Classified Advertising

  • Manager Thalia Moss

  • Staff Mike Harvey,Susan J. Henning

Reprint Communications

  • Manager Susan Lovenberg

Circulation Print & Online Sales & Marketing

  • Director, Worldwide Sales Vida Damijonaitis

  • Managers Saskia Bolore, Gretchen Linder, Brian McCartney

  • Staff David Baum,Christine Hearne, Rebecca Lisek, Natasha Nekola, Ron Thomas

Marketing and Product Development

  • Directors Paul Gee,Matt Herron, Elizabeth Solaro

  • Associate Publisher/Senior Product Development Geoffrey Flick

  • Managers Rick Bell, Fergus Clare, Lindsay Dawson, Ellen Gibson, Craig McCaffrey, Michael McGraw, Romando Rossini, Stacy Tucker

  • Staff Millette Jackson-Bates

Business Operations

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

  • Managers David Antos, Chris Borden, Debbie 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 Hinchcliff, Maria Nienhaus, 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 T. 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

AMA Executives

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

  • Chief Operating Officer Bernard L. Hengesbaugh

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