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Meet the
COL Mark Burnett, MD
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Experts MAJ Ben Donham, MD Infectious Diseases
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Joseph G. Ferko, III, DO, MS
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Injury Prevention
Joseph Knapik, ScD
Andrew D. Fisher, MPAS, PA-C
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andrew.fisher@JSOMonline.org
COL Robert Forsten, MD, FS, DMO Law Enforcement & Tactical Medicine
robert.forsten@JSOMonline.org Matthew Levy, DO, MSc, FACEP, NRP
and Nelson Tang, MD, FACEP
PUBLISHER AND EXECUTIVE EDITOR Jerome Hauer, PhD, MHS 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
don.heath@JSOMonline.org melissa.givens@JSOMonline.org
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Sophia Rodriguez LTC David King, MD, FACS Picture This
sophia.rodriguez@JSOMonline.org david.king@JSOMonline.org LCDR John Vigilante IV, MD
MSG John Martin, 18Z/D, NREMT-P, ATP john.vigilante@JSOMonline.org
MANAGING EDITOR john.martin@JSOMonline.org Preventive Medicine
Allison Esposito
allison.esposito@JSOMonline.org Alexander B. Merkle, PA COL Jennifer Caci, MS
alexander.merkle@JSOMonline.org jennifer.caci@JSOMonline.org
COPY EDITORS MSG (Ret) Harold Montgomery, ATP Prolonged Field Care
Allison Esposito harold.montgomery@JSOMonline.org LTC Jamie Riesberg, MD
Julie Henderson, RN, MS, ELS jamie.riesberg@JSOMonline.org
MSG Daniel Morissette, BS, ATP
MEDICAL EDITOR daniel.morissette@JSOMonline.org Unconventional Medicine
SGM (Ret) Michael Hetzler, 18D, ATP
COL Dan Godbee, MD, MC, FS, DMO, AL-ARNG MSG Ernest Robinson, MA, BAS, 18D, ATP michael.hetzler@JSOMonline.org
medicaleditor@JSOMonline.org ernest.robinson@JSOMonline.org
SENIOR EDITOR LTC Christopher A. VanFosson, PhD, MHA, RN PRODUCTION MANAGER/GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Rosanne Schloss
COL (Ret) John Kragh Jr, MD christopher.vanfosson@JSOMonline.org rosanne.schloss@JSOMonline.org
john.kragh@JSOMonline.org Piper Wall, DVM, PhD
piper.wall@JSOMonline.org JSOM ABCs NEWSLETTER EDITOR
ACADEMIC CONTENT ADVISORY EDITOR Sophia Rodriguez
Kate Rocklein, DNP, RN, CCEMT Col John Wightman, MD, FS, MA, EMT-P/T sophia.rodriguez@JSOMonline.org
kate.rocklein@JSOMonline.org john.wightman@JSOMonline.org
ASSOCIATE EDITORS SECTION CONTRIBUTORS ADVERTISING AND OUTREACH
MSG (Ret) Dennis Lyons, ATP, EMT-P
Paul B. Allen Sr, DSc, MPAS, PA-C, FAAPA Canine Medicine dennis.lyons@JSOMonline.org
paul.allen@JSOMonline.org Lee Palmer, DVM, MS, DACVECC
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HMCS (Ret) Michael I. Arnold, SOIDC ADVERTISING DIGITAL/SOCIAL MEDIA
michael.arnold@JSOMonline.org Clinical Corner Sophia Rodriguez
Tony Meriano, MD sophia.rodriguez@JSOMonline.org
George Barbee, DSc, EM PA-C tony.meriano@JSOMonline.org
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Human Performance Optimization IT MANAGER/SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER
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