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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
Mario E. Motta, M.D., President
Corinne Broderick, Executive Vice President
THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY
Debra F. Weinstein, M.D., Chair		Deeb N. Salem, M.D., Vice Chair
Paul M. Copeland, M.D.	Deborah J. Cotton, M.D., M.P.H.		Robert W. Finberg, M.D.
Thomas J. Moore, M.D.	Stuart B. Mushlin, M.D.		Ali A. Qureshi
Jack K. Ringler, M.D.	Manish K. Sethi, M.D.		Zirui Song
	Thomas E. Sullivan, M.D.
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., F.R.C.P.
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 John K. Iglehart, Susan Okie, M.D., Robert Steinbrook, M.D., National Correspondents Graham T. McMahon, M.D., M.M.Sc., Medical Education Editor Patricia A. Kritek, M.D., Ed.M., Deputy Online Editor Richard P. Wenzel, M.D., M.Sc., Editor-at-Large
EDITORIAL BOARD
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
Christine Van Broeckhoven, Ph.D., D.Sc., Antwerp
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 Office Services; 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; Lindsay Guth, Perspective Researcher; Brendan Abel, Graham Davidson, Elise DeVoe, Kristin Sidorov, Allison Stinson, Editorial Assistants; Jennifer Kean, Manuscript Assistant
ONLINE EDITORIAL GROUP
Lisa Scott, Assistant Managing Editor, Online Andrea Graham, Manager of Online Editorial Production; David Lyons, Web Copy Specialist; Aili Contini-Morava, Web Production Specialist
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; Diane Forti, Sharon Hogan, India Koopman, Deborah Moskowitz, Manuscript Editors; Sara Karwacki, Senior Manuscript Editing 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 Ellen Duff, Editorial Metadata Manager; 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; Jennifer Moses, Richard Waring, Senior Layout Artists; Patricia Morrissey, Layout Artist; Tomoko Shibusawa, Senior Information Graphics Specialist
Christopher R. Lynch, Vice President for Publishing