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ART/PRODUCTION STAFF Michele McMahon Velle, MAX Graphics/Creative Director
ADMINISTRATION Robert Adamson, PharmD, Livingston, NJ
Frank Tagarello, Senior Art Director/Managing Director MAX Graphics
James A. Jorgenson, MS, RPh, St. Paul, MN
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Indu Lew, PharmD, Livingston, NJ
James O’Neill, Senior Systems Manager Marty Barbieri, Associate Director of Production
AMBULATORY CARE Meghan D. Swarthout, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, Sallston, MD ANESTHESIOLOGY/PAIN Julie A. Golembiewski, PharmD, Chicago, IL
NUTRITION Beverly Holcombe, PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP, FASPEN Chapel Hill, NC
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David Bronstein, Editorial Director davidb@mcmahonmed.com
Rob Sinclair, Circulation Manager
Marie Rosenthal, MS, Senior Editor mrosenthal@mcmahonmed.com
Van Velle, President, Partner
Vanessa Kumpf, PharmD, BCNSP, Nashville, TN
David S. Craig, PharmD, BCPS, Tampa, FL
ONCOLOGY Cindy O’Bryant, PharmD, Aurora, CO
Robert L. Barkin, MBA, PharmD, Chicago, IL CARDIOLOGY C. Michael White, PharmD, Storrs, CT
Lisa Holle, PharmD, Farmington, CT
Sarah Tilyou, Senior Editor smtilyou@mcmahonmed.com
Ali McBride, PharmD, MS, BCPS, Phoenix, AZ
CNS/PSYCHIATRY Lawrence Cohen, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP, Fort Worth, TX COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Cathy Rosenbaum, PharmD, Cincinnati, OH CRITICAL CARE Judi Jacobi, PharmD, FCCM, Indianapolis, IN
Sara S. Kim, PharmD, BCOP, New York, NY
Kevin Horty, Don Pizzi, Adam Marcus, Contributing Editors
ORGAN TRANSPLANT PHARMACY Eric Tichy, PharmD, BCPS, New Haven, CT
James Prudden, Group Editorial Director
PEDIATRICS Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS, Hudson, OH
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