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ABOUT THE JOURNAL ONLINE The Editors and Publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine
OWNED AND PUBLISHED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY
Bruce S. Auerbach, M.D., President
Corinne Broderick, Executive Vice President
THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY
Aram V. Chobanian, M.D., Chair		Debra F. Weinstein, M.D., Vice Chair
Barbara A. Chase, M.D.		Deborah J. Cotton, M.D., M.P.H.
Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, M.D.		Robert W. Finberg, M.D.
Thomas J. Moore, M.D.		Jack K. Ringler, M.D.
Deeb N. Salem, M.D.		Thomas E. Sullivan, M.D.
Todd A. Theman		Nina Vasan
EDITORS
Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D., Editor-in-Chief
Gregory D. Curfman, M.D., Executive Editor
Edward W. Campion, M.D., Senior Deputy Editor and Online Editor
*Deputy Editors*
Lindsey R. Baden, M.D.	Mary Beth Hamel, M.D., M.P.H.		Julie R. Ingelfinger, M.D.
John A. Jarcho, M.D.	Elizabeth G. Phimister, Ph.D.		Robert S. Schwartz, M.D.
Caren G. Solomon, M.D., M.P.H.
*Associate Editors*
Kenneth L. Baughman, M.D.	Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D.		Robert G. Dluhy, M.D.
Arnold M. Epstein, M.D., M.A.	Michael F. Greene, M.D.		Mark S.J. Klempner, M.D.
J. Thomas LaMont, M.D.	Thomas H. Lee, M.D.		Allan H. Ropper, M.D.
Anthony Rosenzweig, M.D.
Stephen Morrissey, Ph.D., Managing Editor Ralph B. D'Agostino, Sr., Ph.D., David J. Hunter, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Sc.D., Stephen W. Lagakos, Ph.D., James H. Ware, Ph.D., Statistical Consultants Debra Malina, Ph.D., Perspective Editor Robert S. Schwartz, M.D., Book Review Editor David Blumenthal M.D., M.P.P., John K. Iglehart, Susan Okie, M.D., Robert Steinbrook, M.D., National Correspondents Graham T. McMahon, M.D., M.M.Sc., Weekly CME Editor Teresa L. Schraeder, M.D., Graduate Medical Education Editor Richard P. Wenzel, M.D., M.Sc., Editor-at-Large
EDITORIAL BOARD
Gillian P. Bates, Ph.D., London		David Cunningham, M.D., F.R.C.P., London
Robert Freedman, M.D., Denver		Scott M. Hammer, M.D., New York
L. David Hillis, M.D., San Antonio		Danny O. Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H., Durham, NC
Donald Kennedy, Ph.D., Stanford		Masaki Kitajima, M.D., Tokyo
Bob Löwenberg, M.D., Ph.D., Rotterdam		Philip A. Marsden, M.D., Toronto
Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., Bethesda		Joseph P. Newhouse, Ph.D., Boston
Giuseppe Remuzzi, M.D., Bergamo		Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., San Francisco
Erika von Mutius, M.D., Munich		Patrick C. Walsh, M.D., Baltimore
Janet Woodcock, M.D., Rockville		Getu Zhaori, M.D., Beijing

*Former Editors under Massachusetts Medical Society Ownership*
Walter Prentice Bowers, 1921–1937; Robert Nason Nye, 1937–1947; Joseph Garland, 1947–1967; Franz J. Ingelfinger, 1967–1977; Arnold S. Relman, 1977–1991; Jerome P. Kassirer, 1991–1999; Marcia Angell, 1999–2000
EDITORIAL SYSTEMS
Sarah Fishkin, Director of Editorial Systems Karen Daly, Manager of Editorial Review; Lauren Lindenfelser, Manager of Editorial Administration; Joseph Piccirillo, Manager of Editorial Systems Workflow; Pamela Miller, Caryn Sandrew, Assistants to the Editor; Briana Doherty, Senior Editorial Coordinator; Brendan Abel, Graham Davidson, Lindsay Guth, Kristin Sidorov, Editorial Assistants; Allison Stinson, Manuscript Assistant
ONLINE EDITORIAL GROUP
Lisa Scott, Assistant Managing Editor, Online Andrea Graham, Manager of Online Editorial Production; David Lyons, Web Production Specialist; Aili Contini-Morava, Senior Online Editorial Assistant
MANUSCRIPT EDITING
Margaret Perkins, Director of Manuscript Editing Elizabeth Quilty, Manager of Editorial Scheduling and Tracking; Deborah Stone, Quality Assurance Manager; Victoria Alexander, Chief Manuscript Editor; Cynthia Hastings, Jenny Lamont, Mary Prince, Senior Manuscript Editors; Sharon Hogan, India Koopman, Deborah Moskowitz, Manuscript Editors; Sara Karwacki, Book Review Coordinator; Pamela Stryjewski, Editorial Copy Specialist; Jeffrey Allen, Jessica Derby, Ethel Garvin, Judy Melody, Susan Pleadwell, Senior Proofreaders
GRAPHIC ARTS
Kathy Stern, Graphic Arts Director Timothy Vining, Manager of Medical and Scientific Illustration; Darah Whelihan, Layout Manager; Scott Leighton, Lori Messenger, Scott Williams, Senior Scientific/Medical Illustrators; Daniel Müller, Interactive Medical Media Designer; Kimberly Knoper, Scientific/Medical Illustrator; Debbie Brooks, Coordinator; Ellen Duff, Multimedia Layout Artist; Jennifer Moses, Richard Waring, Senior Layout Artists; Patricia Morrissey, Layout Artist; Tomoko Shibusawa, Senior Information Graphics Specialist
Christopher R. Lynch, Vice President for Publishing