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Meet the MAJ Ben Donham, MD Infectious Diseases
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Experts MSG (Ret) Patrick Donihoo, ATP, NRP, FP-C mark.burnett@JSOMonline.org
COL Mark Burnett, MD
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Injury Prevention
Joseph Knapik, ScD
Andrew D. Fisher, MPAS, PA-C
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Law Enforcement & Tactical Medicine
COL Robert Forsten, MD, FS, DMO joseph.knapik@JSOMonline.org
robert.forsten@JSOMonline.org Matthew Levy, DO, MSc, FACEP, NRP
PUBLISHER AND EXECUTIVE EDITOR Jerome Haue'r, PhD, MHS and Nelson Tang, MD, FACEP,
levy@jhmi.edu; ntang@jhmi.edu
Lt Col (Ret) Michelle Landers, MBA, BSN, RN jerome.hauer@JSOMonline.org Operational Medicine in the Austere Environment
publisher@JSOMonline.org D/S Donald Heath Jr, BS, NRP, TP-C COL Melissa Givens, MD, MPH, FACEP, FACMT, CSCS
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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT LTC David King, MD, FACS melissa.givens@JSOMonline.org
Sophia Rodriguez david.king@JSOMonline.org Picture This
sophia.rodriguez@JSOMonline.org LCDR John Vigilante IV, MD
MSG John Martin, 18Z/D, NREMT-P, ATP
MANAGING EDITOR john.martin@JSOMonline.org john.vigilante@JSOMonline.org
Allison Esposito Alexander B. Merkle, PA Preventive Medicine
COL Jennifer Caci, MS
allison.esposito@JSOMonline.org alexander.merkle@JSOMonline.org jennifer.caci@JSOMonline.org
COPY EDITORS MSG (Ret) Harold Montgomery, ATP Prolonged Field Care
Allison Esposito harold.montgomery@JSOMonline.org COL Sean Keenan, MD
Julie Henderson, RN, MS, ELS MSG Daniel Morissette, BS, ATP sean.keenan@JSOMonline.org
Daniel.Morissette@JSOMonline.org
MEDICAL EDITOR MSG Ernest Robinson, MA, BAS, 18D, ATP Unconventional Medicine
COL Dan Godbee, MC, FS, DMO, FL-ARNG Ernest.Robinson@JSOMonline.org SGM (Ret) Michael Hetzler, 18D, ATP
medicaleditor@JSOMonline.org michael.hetzler@JSOMonline.org
Simon Sarkisian, DO, MS
SENIOR EDITOR simon.sarkisian@JSOMonline.org PRODUCTION MANAGER/
COL (Ret) John Kragh Jr, MD Piper Wall, DVM, PhD GRAPHIC DESIGNER
john.kragh@JSOMonline.org piper.wall@JSOMonline.org Rosanne Schloss
rosanne.schloss@JSOMonline.org
ACADEMIC CONTENT ADVISORY EDITOR Col John Wightman, MD, FS, MA, EMT-P/T
Kate Rocklein, DNP, RN, CCEMT john.wightman@JSOMonline.org JSOM ABCs NEWSLETTER EDITOR
kate.rocklein@JSOMonline.org MAJ Michael Zacchilli, MD Sophia Rodriguez
michael.zacchilli@JSOMonline.org sophia.rodriguez@JSOMonline.org
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Paul B. Allen Sr., DSc, MPAS, PA-C, FAAPA SECTION CONTRIBUTORS ADVERTISING AND OUTREACH
paul.allen@JSOMonline.org Canine Medicine MSG (Ret) Dennis Lyons, ATP, EMT-P
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michael.arnold@JSOMonline.org lee.palmer@JSOMonline.org ADVERTISING DIGITAL/SOCIAL MEDIA
George Barbee, DSc, EM PA-C Clinical Corner Sophia Rodriguez
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MSG John Dominguez, ATP, TP-C, FP-C Patricia Deuster, PhD, MPH webmaster@JSOMonline.org
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