Healthwise Medical Review Board
The Healthwise Medical Review
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Chief Medical Officer:Martin J. Gabica, MD, Family Medicine, Boise, Idaho
Medical Director:Adam C. Husney,
MD, Family Medicine, Boise,
Idaho
Medical Director:Kathleen Romito, MD, Family Medicine, Boise, Idaho
Behavioral Health Specialist:Catherine Serio, PhD, Psychology, Boise, Idaho
Associate Medical Directors:
- William H. Blahd, Jr, MD, FACEP, Boise, Idaho
- Susan C. Kim, MD, Pediatrics, Boise, Idaho
- Sarah Marshall, MD, Family
Medicine, Sacramento, California
- Rakesh K. Pai,
MD, FACC, Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Boise,
Idaho
- Anne C. Poinier,
MD, Internal Medicine, Boise,
Idaho
- John Pope, MD, Pediatrics, Phoenix, Arizona
- Steven L. Schneider, MD, Family Medicine, Boise, Idaho
- E. Gregory Thompson, MD, Internal Medicine, Boise, Idaho
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The following
physicians and health professionals are members of the Healthwise Medical Review Board:
Addiction Medicine
John R. Hughes, MD, Addiction Psychiatry, Burlington, Vermont
James R. McKay, PhD, Addiction, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Peter Monti, PhD, Alcohol and Addiction, Providence, Rhode Island
Allergy and Immunology
Thomas B. Casale, MD, Omaha, Nebraska
Rohit K Katial, MD, Denver, Colorado
Lora J. Stewart, MD, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Denver, Colorado
Anesthesiology
John M. Freedman, MD, Anesthesiology, Santa Rosa, California
Cardiology
Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP,
FRCPC, Interventional Cardiology, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD, Los Angeles, California
Larry A. Latson, MD, Pediatric Cardiology and Critical Care, Cleveland, Ohio
John A. McPherson, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Interventional Cardiology, Nashville, Tennessee
John M. Miller, MD, Electrophysiology, Indianapolis, Indiana
Carl E. Orringer, MD, Clinical Lipidology, Cleveland, Ohio
Rakesh K. Pai,
MD, FACC, Electrophysiology, Boise,
Idaho
George J. Philippides, MD,
FACC, Boston, Massachusetts
Chiropractic
Christine Goertz, DC, PhD, Davenport, Iowa
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Marc S. Micozzi, MD, PhD, Rockport, Massachusetts
Dentistry
Arden G. Christen, DDS, MSD, MA, FACD, Indianapolis, Indiana
William F. Hohlt, DDS, Orthodontics, Indianapolis, Indiana
Steven K. Patterson, BSc, DDS, MPH, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Bryan D. Tompson, DDS, FRCDC, Orthodontics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dermatology
Randall D. Burr, MD, Boise, Idaho
Amy McMichael, MD,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Alexander H. Murray, MD,
FRCPC, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Diet and Nutrition
Colleen Gobert, PhD, RD, Registered Dietitian, London, Ontario, Canada
Rhonda O'Brien, MS, RD, CDE,
Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator, Boise, Idaho
Ruth Schneider, RD, MPH, Dietitian, Boise Idaho
Emergency Medicine
William H. Blahd, Jr, MD, FACEP, Boise, Idaho
Sean P. Bush, MD, FACEP, Envenomation
Specialist, Loma Linda, California
William M. Green, MD, FACEP, Sexual Abuse, Sacramento, California
David Messenger, BSc, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, Critical Care Medicine, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
H. Michael O' Connor, MD, MMEd, FRCPC, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Alan C. Dalkin, MD, Charlottesville, Virginia
Jennifer Hone, MD, Santa Barbara, California
Lois Jovanovic, MD,
Gestational Diabetes, Santa Barbara, California
Matthew I. Kim,
MD, Boston, Massachusetts
David C.W. Lau, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Ergonomics
William S. Marras, PhD, CPE, Bioengineering and Ergonomics, Columbus, Ohio
Exercise Physiology
Heather O. Chambliss, PhD, FACSM, Exercise Science, Memphis, Tennessee
Richard B. Kreider, PhD, FACSM, FASEP, Exercise Physiology, Waco, Texas
Family Medicine
Thomas M. Bailey, MD, CCFP, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Patrice Burgess,
MD, FAAFP, Boise, Idaho
Christine H. Fordyce, MD, Geriatrics, Seattle, Washington
Michael W. Foutz, MD, Kuna, Idaho
Martin J. Gabica, MD,
Boise, Idaho
Adam C. Husney, MD, Boise, Idaho
Sarah Marshall, MD, Sacramento, California
Joy Melnikow,
MD, MPH, Sacramento, California
Rosalia Richardson, MD, Boise, Idaho
Kathleen Romito, MD, Boise, Idaho
Steven L. Schneider, MD, Boise, Idaho
David S. Smith, MD, West Bend, Wisconsin
Donald Sproule, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Andrew Swan, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Gastroenterology
Peter J. Kahrilas, MD, Chicago, Illinois
Jerome B. Simon, MD, FRCPC, FACP, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Jerry S. Trier, MD, Boston, Massachusetts
Arvydas D. Vanagunas, MD,
FACP, FACG, Chicago, Illinois
Genetics
Siobhan M. Dolan, MD, MPH, Medical Genetics, Bronx, New York
Geriatric Medicine
Carla J. Herman, MD, MPH, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Elizabeth A. Phelan, MD, MS, Seattle, Washington
Hematology/Oncology
Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, MD, FRCPC, Hematology, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Brian Leber, MDCM, FRCPC, Hematology, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Joseph F. O'Donnell, MD, Hanover, New Hampshire
Michael S. Rabin, MD, Medical Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts
Martin H. Steinberg, MD, Hematology, Boston, Massachusetts
Douglas A. Stewart, MD, FRCPC, Medical Oncology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Hepatology
Gregory T. Everson, MD, Transplant Hepatology, Englewood, Colorado
Steven L. Flamm, MD, Gastroenterology, Chicago, Illinois
W. Thomas London, MD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Robin L. Fainsinger, MB, ChB, LMCC, CCFP, Palliative Medicine, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Shelly R. Garone, MD, Roseville, California
Infectious Diseases
William L. Atkinson, MD, MPH, Medical Epidemiology, Atlanta, Georgia
W. David Colby, IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC, Travel Medicine and Tropical Diseases, London, Ontario, Canada
Christine Hahn, MD, Medical Epidemiology, Boise, Idaho
Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH,
Prevention Epidemiology, Seattle, Washington
Peter Shalit, MD, PhD, Internal
Medicine, Seattle, Washington
Stanford T. Shulman, MD,
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Chicago, Illinois
Devika Singh, MD,
MPH, Seattle, Washington
Dennis L. Stevens, MD, PhD, Boise, Idaho
Raymond A. Strikas, MD,
MPH, FACS, Atlanta, Georgia
Internal Medicine
Tina E. Bronner, MD, San Diego, California
Claudia A. Finkelstein, MD, Seattle, Washington
Carmen Lewis, MD, MPH, Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Brigid McCaw, MD, MPH, MS, FACP, Family Violence, Oakland, California
Brian O'Brien, MD, FRCPC, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Anne C. Poinier, MD, Boise, Idaho
E. Gregory Thompson, MD, Boise, Idaho
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
William M. Gilbert, MD, Sacramento, California
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Kim E. Dow, MD, FRCPC, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Jennifer Merchant, MD, Boise, Idaho
Nephrology
Michael Mallea, MD, Boise, Idaho
Mitchell H. Rosner, MD, Charlottesville, Virginia
Tushar J. Vachharajani, MD, FASN, FACP, Clemmons, North Carolina
Neurology
David N. Alexander, MD, Los Angeles, California
Colin H. Chalk,
MD, CM, FRCPC, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Barrie J. Hurwitz, MB, MRCP, FCP(SA), Durham, North Carolina
Karin M. Lindholm, DO, Boise, Idaho
Benjamin Natelson, MD, East Orange, New Jersey
Steven C. Schachter, MD, Boston, Massachusetts
Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, PhD, Cleveland, Ohio
G. Frederick Wooten Jr., MD, Charlottesville, Virginia
Nursing
Kathryn Earhart, RN, CWOCN, Wound Ostomy Continence, Boise, Idaho
Mary Moe Robbins, RNC, IBCLC, Lactation Consultant, Newcastle, California
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Rebecca H. Allen, MD, MPH, Providence, Rhode Island
Ross S. Berkowitz, MD, Gynecologic Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts
Philip D. Darney, MD, Reproductive Sciences, San Francisco, California
Divya Gupta, MD, Gynecologic Oncology New York, New York
Kevin Holcomb, MD, Gynecologic Oncology, New York, New York
Kirtly Jones, MD, Reproductive
Endocrinology, Salt Lake City, Utah
Femi Olatunbosun, MB, FRCSC, FACOG, Reproductive Endocrinology, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Deborah A. Penava, MD, FRCSC, MPH,
London, Ontario, Canada
George F. Sawaya, MD, San Francisco, California
Occupational Medicine
Peter M. Rabinowitz, MD, MPH, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Ophthalmology
Steven T. Charles, MD, Vitreoretinal Surgery, Memphis, Tennessee
Carol L. Karp, MD, Miami, Florida
Christopher Joseph Rudnisky, MD, BMs, MPH, FRCSC, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jill Ann Smith, MD,
Newton, Massachusetts
Orthopaedics
Davide Bardana, MD, FRCSC, Sports Medicine, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Michael R. Baumgaertner, MD, Northford, Connecticut
Timothy Bhattacharyya, MD, Orthopaedic Trauma, Bethesda, Maryland
Freddie H. Fu, MD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Robert B. Keller, MD, Biddeford, Maine
Kenneth J. Koval, MD, Orthopaedic Trauma, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Steven C. Ludwig, MD, Spine Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland
Patrick J. McMahon, MD, Sports Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
David Pichora, MD, FRCSC, Trauma, Hand and Microsurgery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Herbert von Schroeder, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Hand and Microsurgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Otolaryngology
Steven T. Kmucha, MD, JD, FACS, Otolaryngic Allergy, Daly City, California
Donald R. Mintz, MD, FRCSC, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Charles M. Myer III, MD, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Cincinnati, Ohio
Martin Tubach, MD, Boise, Idaho
Pathology
Corinne L. Fligner, MD, Anatomic, Clinical and Forensic Pathology, Seattle, Washington
Pediatrics
Thomas Emmett Francoeur, MDCM, CSPQ, FRCPC, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Susan Kim, MD, Boise, Idaho
Georgeanna J. Klingensmith, MD, Pediatric Endocrinology, Aurora, Colorado
Stephen H. LaFranchi, MD, Pediatric
Endocrinology, Portland, Oregon
Chuck Norlin, MD, Salt Lake City, Utah
Louis Pellegrino, MD, Neurodevelopmental
Disabilities, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Syracuse, New York
John Pope, MD, Pediatric Hospitalist, Phoenix, Arizona
Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH, Seattle, Washington
Michael J. Sexton, MD, Boise, Idaho
Pharmacy
Margaret Hetherington, PharmD, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Theresa O'Young,
PharmD, Clinical Pharmacist, Seattle, Washington
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Margaret M. Doucette, DO, Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Boise, Idaho
Nancy E. Greenwald, MD, Boise, Idaho
Richard D. Zorowitz , MD, Baltimore, Maryland
Physical Therapy
David A. Fleckenstein, MPT, Boise, Idaho
Mary McVicars Heckel, PT, MAPT, CLT-LANA, CWS, Boise, Idaho
Mary Virginia Keely, MS, PT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, Aptos, California
Joan Rigg, PT, OCS, Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, Boise, Idaho
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Keith A. Denkler, MD, Larkspur, California
Adam D. Schaffner, MD, FACS, Otolaryngology, New York, New York
Podiatry and Podiatric Surgery
Gavin W.G. Chalmers,
DPM, FACFAS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Barry L. Scurran,
DPM, Fremont, California
Psychiatry
W. Stewart Agras, MD, FRCP©), Palo Alto, California
David A. Axelson, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
David A. Brent, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Evan Eyler, MD, MPH, Adolescent and Psychosomatic Medicine, Burlington, Vermont
Peter Hauser, MD, Portland, Oregon
Yifrah Kaminer, MD, MBA, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Farmington, Connecticut
Alfred J. Lewy, MD, PhD, Portland, Oregon
Steven Locke, MD, Psychosomatic Medicine and Behavioral Health, Wayland, Massachusetts
Miklos F. Losonczy, MD, PhD, East Orange, New Jersey
Fred R. Volkmar,
MD, Pediatric Psychiatry, New Haven, Connecticut
Myron F. Weiner, MD, Geriatric Psychiatry, Dallas, Texas
Lisa S. Weinstock, MD, Mount Kisco, New York
Sidney Zisook, MD, San Diego, California
Psychology
Sue Barton, PhD, PsyD, Behavioral Health, Sacramento, California
Stephanie Bender-Kitz, PhD, Aging and Long-Term Care, Boise, Idaho
J. David Carroll, PhD, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jessica Hamblen, PhD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, White River Junction, Vermont
Catherine Serio, PhD, Behavioral Health, Boise, Idaho
Timothy Stockwell,
PhD, Public Policy, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Stephen I. Sulzbacher, PhD, Clinical Psychology, Seattle, Washington
Edward Z. Tronick, PhD, Developmental Psychology, Boston, Massachusetts
Pulmonology
Robert L. Cowie, MB, ChB, MD, MSc, FCP[SA], MFOM, Respiratory
Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Susanna A. McColley, MD,
Pediatric Pulmonology, Chicago, Illinois
Mark A. Rasmus, MD, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Boise, Idaho
R. Steven Tharratt, MD, FACP, FCCP, Pulmonology and Critical Care
Medicine, Toxicology, Sacramento, California
Ken Y. Yoneda, MD, Critical Care
Medicine, Sacramento, California
Radiology
Myo Min Han, MD, Nuclear Medicine, Oakland, California
Howard B. Schaff, MD, Diagnostic Radiology, Boise, Idaho
Kenneth B. Sutherland, MD, FRCPC, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Reproductive Toxicology
Ernest L. Abel, PhD, Detroit, Michigan
Respiratory Therapy
Catherine O'Malley, RRT, Chicago, Illinois
Rheumatology
Richa Dhawan, MD, Shreveport, Louisiana
Nancy Ann Shadick, MD, MPH, Boston, Massachusetts
Stanford M. Shoor, MD, Palo Alto, California
Speech Pathology
Robert M. Kroll, PhD, Speech Pathology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Surgery
Kenneth Bark, MD, General and Colorectal Surgery, Utica, Michigan
Jeffrey Gilbertson, MD, Vascular Surgery, Boise, Idaho
Mark G. Luciano, MD, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Cleveland, Ohio
C. Dale Mercer, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Michael M. Murr, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Tampa, Florida
Brent T. Shoji,
MD, Boston, Massachusetts
David C. Stuesse, MD, Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Boise, Idaho
David A. Szalay, MD, Vascular Surgery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Ali Tavakkolizadeh, MD, Bariatric Surgery, Boston, MA
Brad W. Warner, MD, Pediatric
Surgery/Critical Care, St. Louis, Missouri
Christian G. Zimmerman, MD, FACS, MBA, Neurological Surgery, Boise, ID
Urology
Peter Anderson,
MD, FRCS), Pediatric Urology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
J. Curtis Nickel, MD, FRCSC, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Avery L. Seifert, MD, FACS, Boise, Idaho
Christopher G. Wood, MD, FACS, Houston, Texas
Last updated: August 2012