Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Chief Medical Officer,
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals
111 South 11th Street, Suite 2210,
Philadelphia, PA 19107
geno.merli@jefferson.edu
Geno J. Merli, MD, a board-certified specialist in internal medicine, is Director of the Jefferson Center for Vascular Disease and Jefferson Medical College, and Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. After receiving his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College and completing his residency in rehabilitation medicine and internal medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Dr. Merli has gone on to become a nationally recognized expert in the areas of prophylaxis for and management of deep-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, as well as for the medical consultation of surgical patients. As a featured speaker for promoting the National Coalition to Prevent DVT, he has worked with Senators Specter and Dorgan and State Senators Mellow and Kryrillos to designate the month of March as "DVT Awareness Month" by the US Senate and state legislatures in PA and NJ. The recipient of numerous teaching awards during his career, Dr. Merli received the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1987 and the Dean's Citation for significant contribution to the advancement of education in 2004. He was named Ludwig A. Kind professor, an endowed chair in the department of medicine, in 1998. Dr. Merli is also a retired Lt. Col. in the US Army Reserve. He served as Commander of the 348th General Hospital (HUM) in Ashley, PA, and was awarded the Army Achievement and Commendation Medals.Editorial Board
Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, FASGE
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT
Alpesh Amin, MD, MBA
University of California, Irvine
Orange, CA
Robert N. Axon, MD, MSCR
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Thomas J. Balkany, MD, FACS, FAAP
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Anish Bhardwaj, MD, FAHA, FCCM, FAAN
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
José Biller, MD, FACP, FAAN, FAHA
Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Gary J. Brauner, MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
Jeffrey Brent, MD, PhD
University of Colorado Health Science Center
Denver, CO
Peter J. Bruno, MD, FACSM
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY
John C. M. Brust, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Joseph A. Caprini, MD, MS, FACS, RVT
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Evanston, IL
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Gregory M. Caputo, MD
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA
Heather X. Cereste, MD, Maj, USAF, MC
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
Shiven B. Chabria, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Anthony J. Comerota, MD, FACS, FRACS (Hon), FACC
Jobst Vascular Center
Toledo, OH
Ellen M. Cosgrove, MD, FACP
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, NM
Mateja de Leonni Stanonik, MD, PhD
George Washington University
Department of Psychology and
Center for Global Health
The International Virtual e-Hospital Foundation
Steven B. Deitelzweig, MD, MMM, FACP, FSVMB, RVT
Ochsner Medical Center
New Orleans, LA
Bart M. Demaerschalk, MD
Mayo Clinic, Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
Kim A. Eagle, MD
University of Michigan School of Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI
John A. Elefteriades, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Andrew Z. Fenves, MD
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Bradley Flansbaum, DO, MPH
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
David H. Frankel, MD, FAAD
New York Methodist Hospital
Brooklyn, NY
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
Richard J. Friedman, MD, FRCSC
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP
Texas Children’s Health Plan
Houston, TX
Robert P. Giugliano, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Mark G. Graham, MD, FACP
Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, PA
Michael R. Jaff, DO
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Charles J. Yeo, MD, FACS
Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, PA
Amir K. Jaffer, MD
University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller
School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Scott S. Kaatz, DO, MSc, FACP
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MI
John A. Kaufman, MD, FSIR, FAHA
Oregon Health & Sciences Institute
Portland, OR
Mani S. Kavuru, MD
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Kathy Lai-Fun Lee, MBBS, MRCP, FRCP (Edinburgh), FACC, FHKCP, FHKAM
Queen Mary Hospital
Hong Kong, China
Kiwon Lee, MD, FAHA
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Gary Lichtenstein, MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Howard Y. Lien, MD, PhD
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, AZ
Anthony Macchiavelli, MD
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Karen F. Mauck, MD
Mayo Clinic, Minnesota
Rochester, MN
Brian J. McGrory, MD, MS
Maine Medical Center
Portland, ME
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Manish Mehta, MD, MPH, FACS
The Institute for Vascular Health and Disease
Albany, NY
Franklin A. Michota Jr, MD, FACP, FHM
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
John R. Nelson, MD, FACP
Overlake Hospital Medical Center
Bellevue, WA
Kenneth P. Patrick, MD
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Robert C. Pendleton, MD
University of Utah Medical Center
Salt Lake City, UT
Susan L. Rattner, MD, MSCE, FACP
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
David Reiter, MD
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Paul C. Rousseau, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Gary Salzman, MD
University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine
Kansas City, MO
H. Bob Smouse, MD
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
Peoria, IL
Alex C. Spyropoulos, MD, FACP, FCCP, FRCPC
Hamilton General Hospital
Hamilton, ON
Mihaela S. Stefan, MD, FACP
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Timothy M. Sullivan, MD, FACS, FACC
Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Minneapolis, MN
Dominick Tammaro, MD
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI
Ramon Velez, MD, MSc
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC
Howard H. Weitz, MD
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals
Philadelphia, PA
Eric C. Westman, MD, MHS
Duke University Health System
Durham, NC
Arthur P. Wheeler, MD
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, TN
Scott W. Yates, MD, MBA, MS
Center for Executive Medicine
Plano, TX
