EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Tom Janisse, MD, MBA

ASSOCIATE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Lee Jacobs, MD

Senior Editors

PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE, BOOK REVIEWS

Vincent J Felitti, MD, FACP is a retired Internist from the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Clairemont Mesa Medical Office in San Diego, CA. He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego.

CLINICAL MEDICINE

Gus Garmel, MD, FACEP, FAAEM is a Senior Emergency Physician at the Kaiser Santa Clara Medical Center, Co-Program Director of the Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program, and Clinical Professor (Affiliate) of Surgery (Emergency Medicine) at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Editor for The Permanente Journal.

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Arthur Klatsky, MD is a Senior Consultant in Cardiology and an Adjunct Investigator in the Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, CA.

CORRIDOR CONSULT

Scott Rasgon, MD is a Nephrologist for the Southern California Permanente Medical Group in Los Angeles, California.

Associate Editors 

BIOSTATISTICS

Mikel Aickin, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ.

COGNITIVE CLINICAL MEDICINE

Calvin L Weisberger, MD, FACC, FACP is a Cardiologist, the Former Regional Chief of Cardiology for the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Former Chair of the InterRegional Chiefs of Cardiology for the Permanente Medical Groups, and Chairman of the Southern California Regional Product Council.

COMMUNITY BENEFIT, DISPARATIES IMPROVEMENT AND QUALITY INITIATIVES

Winston F Wong, MD, MS is the Clinical Director of Community Benefit for the Permanente Federation Care Management Institute. As part of the senior staff of the National Community Benefit Program Office, Dr Wong works to develop community and safety net partnerships in population management.

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

KM Tan, MD is the retired former Chief of Radiology at Kaiser Permanente in San Rafael, CA and is former Chair of the National Imaging Core Group. He is a member of the Editorial Team for TPJ and has served in multiple state and national positions in CME, and continues on the KP National CME Committee.

FAMILY MEDICINE, HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Robert W Hogan, MD is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and a Family Medicine physician at the La Mesa Medical Offices in San Diego, CA.

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

Charles Elder, MD is Clinical Investigator at Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, NWP.

MEDICINE IN SOCIETY

Ricky Chen, MD is a medical resident at the University of Utah School of Medicine.

NATIONAL GUIDELINES

Carrie Davino-Ramaya, MD is a Practice Leader and Methodologist of Guidelines and Evidence-Based Medicine in the Quality Management and Systems Department for Northwest Permanente in Portland, OR.

PATIENT CARE PROGRAM

Ruth Shaber, MD is a Patient Care Program fellow with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

PUBLIC HEALTH

Amit Shah, MD is a Public Health Director at Care Oregon.

RESEARCH

Eric Macy, MD, MS is an Allergy Specialist and Researcher in the Department of Allergy at the San Diego Medical Center. He is a Partner Physician with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego.

SPIRIT OF MEDICINE DIALOGUES

John Stull, MD, MPH is an assistant professor and residency director for The Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine at the Oregon Health & Sciences University.

SURGERY

Maher A Abbas, MD, FACS, FASCRS is the Regional Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery for the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Director of the Permanente National Center of Excellence, Chair of the Center for Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of California Los Angeles and the University of California Irvine.