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North America:

 Editors-in-chief

• Karen Marcdante, MD; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
• Ryan A. Pedigo, MD; Director, Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• Steven D. Waldman, MD, JD; Dean and Professor of Anesthesiology, Vice President of Medical Affairs, California Northstate University, Elk Grove, CA, USA

Editorial Board

• Abdillahi Omar, MD, Chief Radiology Resident at Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA
• Ali Moradi MD, MPH, Dr.PH, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs & Admissions, California Northstate University College of Medicine, Elk Grove, CA, USA
• Alissa Craft, DO, MBA, EdD (pending), California Northstate College of Medicine, Elk Grove, CA, USA
• Anika Nelson, MD, Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, WI, USA
• Brandon Elder, MD, FAAEM, FAWM, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Director, External Rotating Residents, Medical Director, Clinical Performance and Assessment, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, University Health Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA
• Brian S. Carter, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Chairman, and Sirridge Endowed Professor, Department of Medical Humanities & Bioethics, The University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine; Interim-Director, Children’s Mercy Bioethics Center, Kansas City, MO, USA
• Charles Donohoe, MD, Department of Neurology, Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, Truman Medical Center/UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA
• Gary Cohen, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Director, Newborn Nursery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
• Glenn Levine, MD, Master Clinician and Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Chief, Cardiology Section, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA
• Hao-Hua Wu, MD, Spine Surgery Fellow, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
• Hari Paudel, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of Medicine Acting Internship, Director of Medicine Consult Elective, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
• Janice Rothschild, MD, General surgeon, Sturdy Health General Surgery, MA, USA
• Jayshil Patel, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI, USA
• Katherine Carsky, MD, MS, Department of Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, NY, USA
• Kelsey Roelofs, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Division of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine of UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• Leo L. Wang, MD, PHD, MS, Resident, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• Mary C. Ottolini, MD, MPH, MEd, The George W. Hallett MD Chair of Pediatrics, The Barbara Bush Childrens Hospital at MaineHealth; Professor of Pediatrics; The Tufts University School of Medicine, Portland, ME, USA
• Matthew Cook, MD, Associate Chief Section of Emergency Ultrasound, University Health Truman Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC-SOM)
• Mike Foti, DO, CHSE, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, NY, USA
• Mitra Nejad, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Division Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine of UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• Raj Dasgupta, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Medicine, Associate Program Director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship, Assistant Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• Shaun Garcia, MD, House Program Supervisor, Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, St. Joseph, MO, USA
• Sheila Swartz, MD,  Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, WI, USA
• Stephen R. Humphrey, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology; Associate Residency Program Director – Dermatology; Evaluation Lead – GME Global Health Scholars, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
• Steven Barag, DO, Professor of Family Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences – College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific and Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pomona, CA, Chief of Staff at San Antonio Regional Hospital, San Antonio, TX, USA
• Tajnoos Yazdany, MD, Associate Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine of UCLA; Dept of OB-GYN, Division of Urogynecology, Vice Chair of Education, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• Theodore X. O’Connell, MD, Founding Director, Family Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano, Napa; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
• Timmeni Stevens, DO, Utica Park Clinic at Hillcrest South, Tulsa, OK, USA

 Source material used:

UK and Northern Europe:

• Alfred Nicholson, FRCPI , FRCPCH, Member of the Faculty of Paediatrics, RCPI, Dublin; Vice President for Academic Affairs; Head of School of Medicine, RCSI Medical University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain
• Aravindhan Baheerathan , BSc, MBChB, MRCP (UK), Specialist registrar in Neurology and General Internal Medicine, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust
• David Meagher, MD, PhD, MRCPsych, MCPsychI, LFOM, Emeritus Professor, University of Limerick, Ireland
• Eirini Kasfiki, MB, BCh, MRCP (UK), PGDipME, FHEA, Consultant Acute Medicine, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Deputy Director Hull Institute of Learning & Simulation; Training Programme Director, Acute Internal Medicine, Yorkshire & Humber Deanery
• Euan Sandilands, MD, FRCPEdin, PGCertMedEd, Director, National Poisons Information Service (Edinburgh unit); Consultant Clinical Toxicology & Acute Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
• Gurjot Brar, MD, MRCPsych, MCPsychI, MSc (MedEd), MSc (Clin. Neuropsych.), MAcadMed, Senior Registrar, HSE, Ireland
• Harsha Shah, MA, MBBS, PhD, Clinical Research Fellow, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar, Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust
• Josh Balogun-Lynch, BSc, MBBS, PGCert, MRCS, MRCGP, GP, National Health Service (NHS)
• Joy Hinson, Emeritus Professor, Queen Mary University of London, UK
• Kevin Dunne, BA, BChir, MB, MRCP (UK), FRCPCH, Professor and HOD Department of Paediatrics, RCSI Medical University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain; Senior Cycle 1 Lead, RCSI Bahrain
• Khatanji Odedra, MRCGP, MBBS, BSc, DFSRH, GP Partner, Carepoint Practice
• Manish Patel, MRCGP, MBBS, BSc, DFSRH, GP Partner, Carepoint Practice
• Martin S. Howard, MBChB, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, Consultant Haematologist, York Health Services NHS Trust; Clinical Senior Lecturer, Hull York Medical School, UK
• Richard Hobson, MBBS, PhD, LLM, MRCP (UK), FRCPath, Consultant Microbiologist, Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Leeds
• Sophie Holmes, MD, MBBS, Specialty registrar in Clinical Haematology, Severn Deanery
• Zhihang Cheng, BS, PgCert Medical Education, MBBS, Specialty Ophthalmology registrar, Mersey Deanery

Australia and New Zealand:

• Ben Taylor, MBChB, FACEM, MClinEd, CHSE, Senior Emergency Physician, Liverpool and Northern Beaches Hospital Associate Professor and Director of Simulation, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia
• Abby Harwood, FRACGP-RG, MPH, GradCertOHSMgt, DRANZCOG, DCH, MBBS(UWA), Rural Generalist, Inpatient/Emergency Telehealth Services, Command Centre, WA; Country Health Service Medical Educator, Remote Vocational Training Scheme Member, Rural Council, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners; Non-executive Board Member, Remote Vocational Training Scheme Ltd. Board of Governance Casual Medical Educator/Facilitator, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Casual Medical Educator, Curtin University, Australia
• Alison Brand, MD, MMEd, FRCS (C), FRANZCOG, CGO, Director, Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Westmead Hospital; Clinical Professor, University of Sydney, Australia
• Bridie Mulholland, Dr, Assistant Professor, Bond University, Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Australia
• David B Menkes, MD, PhD, FRANZCP, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Peter Rothwell Academic Centre; Waikato Clinical Campus, University of Auckland, New Zealand
• Jamie Bellinge Dr, MBBS, PhD, Clinical Lecturer, Internal Medicine, University of Western Australia Medical School, Australia; Advanced Trainee in Nuclear Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia
• Janani Mahadeva, BSc Adv (Hons I), MBBS, DCH, FRACGP, General Practitioner, MQ Health General Practice, Sydney Conjoint Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University, Australia
• Jennifer Broom, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Queensland, Australia; Staff Specialist Infectious Diseases; Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service and Griffith University, Australia
• Kate Stotskaia, BMBS, BMedSc, DCH, GradCertClinEd, FRAGP, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Deakin University, Australia
• Michelle Schlipalius, FRANZCOG, MBBS (Hons), MClinEd, GradCertClinSim, GradCertHlthProfEd, Consultant Obstetrician, Monesh Health; Senior Lecturer, Monesh University, Australia
• Ngaree Blow, MD/MPH, DCH, Quandamooka (Noonuccal), Goreng-Goreng (Taribelang), Yorta-Yorta (Pangerang), Director, Wurru Wurru First Nations Health Unit, Department of Medical Education, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Australia
• Rebekah Ahmed, MBBS (hons, university Medal), FRACP, PhD, Staff Specialist Neurologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Sydney Clinical Associate Professor, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Australia
• Sandra Hotu, Dr, iSenior Lecturer – Medical Medicine; Senior Lecturer – Medical, Te Kupenga Hauora Maori; University of Auckland, New Zealand
• Sarah Buchanan, Senior Lecturer / Consultant Neurologist, University of Otago, New Zealand
• Shannon Baker, BSc, MBBS, Registrar, Emergency Medicine, Queensland Health, Australia
• Vincent Lam, MBBS, MS, FRACS, FACS, Professor of Surgery and Head of Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University; Honorary Associate Professor of Surgery, The University of Sydney; Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgeon, Head of Department, Acute Surgical Unit; Director, Intestinal Failure Unit, Westmead Hospital, Australia

India:

• Dr. Arun Babu Thirunavukkarasu, MBBS & MD Pediatrics (JIPMER), Fellow in Neonatal-perinatal Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; MBA Hosp Mgmt, DAA (CMC, Vellore), NTTC (JIPMER); Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India
• Dr. Arun Shivaraman, MBBS, MD, DM (Neurology), DNB (Neurology), NG Hospital, Singanallur, Coimbatore
• Dr. Chander Grover, MBBS, MD, Professor, Department of Dermatology and STD, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi
• Dr. Guhan Ramamurthy, MD, DM, DNB, Fellow of European Board of Neurology, FSM-ISDA, Consultant Neurologist, BG Institute of Neurosciences, Tiruchendur, Tuticorin
• Dr. Niket Verma, MBBS, MD (General Medicine), ACME, Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, Punjab, India
• Dr. Pranav Ish, MBBS, MD (Medicine), DM (Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care Medicine), DNB, Fellowship in Sleep Medicine, EDARM, Associate Professor, Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Member of Medical Education Unit and Multidisciplinary Research Unit, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
• Dr. Sharmila Arun Babu, MBBS (JIPMER), MS OBG (JIPMER), MBA (HM), Dip.RM & ART, NTTC (JIPMER), Professor and Head, Department of OBG; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India
• Dr. Suganthi Natarajan, MBBS, MD, DNB, Apollo KH Hospital, Ranipet
• Dr. Sujata Sethi, DPM, MD, DNB (Psychiatry), Senior Professor, Department of Psychiatry , Pt. B D Sharma PGIMS Rohtak