David Alcid, M.D.
Dr. Alcid is an associate professor of medicine and pathology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and director of the microbiology laboratory for St. Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J. He received his medical degree from the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines and completed his residency in internal medicine at the Presbyterian-University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia. Dr. Alcid is board certified in internal medicine, infectious diseases and clinical tropical medicine, and travel medicine.

Paul Auwaerter, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.P.
One of the thought leaders in respiratory diseases and tick-borne infections, Dr. Auwaerter is managing editor of the Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide, director of general internal medicine for Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine at Green Spring Station, Md., is medical director of Point of Care-information technologies for Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine at Lighthouse Point, and holds an associate professorship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. Dr. Auwaerter earned his medical degree from Columbia University, completed his residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. He also received his M.B.A. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Professional Studies in Business and Education in Baltimore.

Stephen Colucciello, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.
Dr. Colucciello is an Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine with the University of North Carolina Medical School in Chapel Hill. He is also Director of Clinical Services and Associate Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is a well-known authority and lecturer in emergency medicine and a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policy Committee. Dr. Colucciello has authored chapters in numerous textbooks and is widely published in peer-reviewed journals. He has addressed dozens of national and international meetings, and was the 1992 recipient of the American College of Emergency Physicians Speaker of the Year Award. He is co-editor of the text Trauma Management for Emergency Physicians. Dr. Colucciello is also featured in ACEP's Star Speaker Series.

Richard Lichenstein, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Lichenstein is associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and director of the pediatric emergency department at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore. He is board certified in both pediatrics and the subspecialty of pediatric emergency medicine, and is an American Academy of Pediatrics fellow. Dr. Lichenstein is the site principal investigator for the Pediatric Emergency Case Applied Research Network (PECARN), which is federally funded, and is actively doing research in the clinical areas of traumatic brain injury, bronchitis and asthma. He is currently president of the Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D.
An author or editor of more than 23 books and white papers on a variety of medical subjects, Dr. Margolis holds professorships in medicine and biological chemistry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. A Hopkins graduate, Dr. Margolis has served as director of the department of medicine's division of endocrinology and metabolism, associate dean for faculty and academic affairs as well as a prior co-director of the Ciccarone Center for Preventive Cardiology. Dr. Margolis also acted as an adviser or board member for the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and the National Diabetes Advisory Board.

Dennis C. Policastro, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E.P.
Dr. Policastro is the residency program director in internal medicine at Pennsylvania Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. He received his medical degree from Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, N.Y. and is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine. He has received numerous awards, including the Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Award for Excellence in Teaching from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine.

Ernest H. Rosenbaum, M.D.
Dr. Rosenbaum is a hematologist and associate chief of the departments of medicine and pathology at the Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center in San Francisco. Dr. Rosenbaum is board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology, having received his medical degree from the University of Colorado and completed fellowships at Tufts University and MIT. He holds a clinical professorship of medicine at the University of California, co-founded the Northern California Academy of Clinical Oncology, is medical director of the Better Health Foundation of San Francisco and is the former medical director of the San Francisco Regional Cancer Foundation. Dr. Rosenbaum is also an award winning author and co-author of more than twenty books and almost 60 scholarly articles and research findings published in professional journals.

Harry Strothers III, M.D., M.M.M.
Dr. Strothers is the associate chairman, associate professor, clinical services director and residency program director of the department of family medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. His research work on "Primary Care Physicians' Use and Knowledge of Community Services for the Elderly" was presented at the American Geriatrics Society poster sessions. His publications include "Asthma in Family Medicine: Diagnosis and Treatment" and "Dementia in Family Medicine: Beyond the Differential Diagnosis" for MedConnect Online CME Journal.

David N. Neubauer, M.D., M.A.
An expert in sleep disorders, Dr. Neubauer is the associate director of the Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center. He serves as the medical director of the Psychiatric Mobile Treatment Program of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Neubauer is also a Sleep Disorders Medicine Specialist at the Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Psychiatry at the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Service of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and received his M.D. at the University of Miami School of Medicine.

Edith D. Gurewitsch, M.D.
Dr. Gurewitsch is director of the Fetal Assessment Center at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. She is also Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Biomedical Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine also located in Baltimore, Md. She completed her Internship and Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as a Fellowship in Maternal and Fetal Medicine at the New York Hospital, Cornell University Medical Center in New York, N.Y., where she was also the Administrative Chief Resident. Dr. Gurewitsch has Special Certification in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Certification in General Obstetrics and Gynecology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is a noted author, lecturer and researcher, as well as a peer reviewer for the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Journal of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Journal of Perinatology, and other medical periodicals.

John Acquaviva, Ph.D.
John Acquaviva, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Health and Physical Education at Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia. He is a certified trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine, and a member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Dr. John earned his Ph.D. from Florida State University in Physical Education and is an avid health and fitness enthusiast.

Roger S. Blumenthal, M.D.
Dr. Blumenthal is director of the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease Director of Preventive Cardiology. He is an associate professor of medicine (division of cardiology) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. He received his medical degree from the Cornell University Medical College and is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseas. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology & Prevention. His clinical and research interests include the prevention and management of coronary artery disease, heart disease and family history and the cardiovascular effects of estrogen replacement therapy. He is Chairman of the American College of Cardiology Committee on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Blumenthal is also an official national spokesperson for the American Heart Association.

Edward G. McFarland, M.D.
Dr. McFarland is Vice-Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Wayne H. Lewis Professor of orthopaedic and shoulder surgery at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American College of Sports Medicine and of the American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons.

Craig A. Vander Kolk, M.D.
Dr. Vander Kolk is Professor of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, and director of the Johns Hopkins Cosmetic Center at Greenspring Station, MD. He attended the University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor. He is the craniofacial consultant for the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and founder of Camp Face (Finding Anonymity in a Camping Environment), a weekend camp for children with facial differences. His clinical and research interests include facial anatomy in cosmetic surgery, cosmetic surgery outcomes, and cleft lip and palate.

Gerard A. Catanese, M.D.
Dr. Catanese earned a bachelor's degree in biology at St. John's University in New York City and his doctor of medicine degree from the State University of New York Health Science Center in New York City. After working as a medical examiner in New York City and associate medical examiner in Suffolk County, N.Y., Dr. Catanese is now deputy medical examiner for Nassau County, N.Y. He is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and forensic pathology. He is a member of the National Association of Medical Examiners and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

John A. Winder, M.D., F.A.C.A.A.I.
An author of numerous articles and a noted asthma researcher, Dr. Winder is chairman of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology's Nationwide Asthma Screening Program. Board certified in pediatrics and allergy and immunology, he received his medical degree from West Virginia University School of Medicine and carried out his allergy-immunology fellowship at Children's Asthma Research Institute (CARIH) at the National Asthma Center in Denver. Dr. Winder holds a clinical assistant professorship in the departments of family medicine and pediatrics at the Medical University of Ohio. He is director of the Toledo Center for Clinical Research and a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Asthma.

Carlo C. DiClemente, Ph.D.
Carlo C. DiClemente, Ph.D. is a nationally known behavorial psychologist, best known as the co-author of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavioral Change. The Transtheoretical Model of Behavioral Change serves as the basis for clinically sound and supported treatment programs for behavioral-related conditions such as substance abuse, obesity and more.

Dr. DiClemente's experience is varied. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland and a Fellow of the American Psychological Society. He is also a member of the editorial boards of several journals including the International Journal of Health Psychology and Alcohol and Alcoholism.

He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rhode Island, has his Diplomate in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology, is a nationally registered Health Services Provider in Psychology and is a Licensed and Certified Psychologist by the State of Maryland.

Derrick Wong, M.D.
Dr. Derrick Wong is a senior fellow in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Wong is board certified in internal medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Wong is the author of papers on adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer and is co-author of "Gastrointestinal Oncology: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition."