1st Quarter , March 2025 • Volume 121 , No . 1
PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Linda S . Nield , MD
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Hassana Barazi , MD Diagnostic Radiology
Sven Berg , MD Center for Rural Health Development
Valerie Blake , JD , MA West Virginia University College of Law
Geoffrey Bradley , MD 1 Pediatric Ophthalmology
Peter A . Chirico , MD 2 Radiology
Neil Copeland , MD Pediatrics
Steven Corder , MD Psychiatry
Lisa Costello , MD , MPH 1 Internal Medicine / Pediatrics
Lesley Cottrell , PhD West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities
Laura Davisson , MD , MPH 1 Internal Medicine
Adam Franks , MD 2 Family Medicine
Todd Goldberg , MD 1 Internal Medicine
PUBLISHING STAFF
Kensie Hamilton Fauber Connie Conrad Megan Bevins Kenzie Dye Seth Stover Samantha Cart
Treah Haggerty , MD 1 Family Medicine
Thomas Hogan , MD 1 Hematology Oncology
Jabin Janoo , MD 1 Obstetrics Gynecology
Collin John , MD 1 Internal Medicine / Pediatrics
Douglas Jones , MD Endocrinology
Steven Jubelirer , MD Hematology Oncology
Patricia Kelly , MD 2 Adolescent Medicine
Jack Kinder , MD Internal Medicine
Allison Lastinger , MD 1 Infectious Disease
Paul McCarthy , MD 1 Critical Care Medicine
Kelly Melvin , MD 2 Psychiatry
Bobby Miller , MD 2 Medical Education and Neonatology
Kathryn Moffett , MD 1 Pediatric Infectious Disease
Emily Nease , MD 1 Pediatrics
CORRESPONDENCE
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Mohammad Ranavaya , MD , JD 2 Occupational , Environmental , Disability Medicine
Michael Russell , MD 1 Anesthesiology
Renee Saggio , MD 1 Pediatrics
Marcus Shaffer , MD Pediatric Otolaryngology
Joseph Shapiro , MD 2 Nephrology
Robert Shapiro , MD 1 Obstetrics Gynecology
Eleanor Smith , MD 1 Pediatrics
Matthew Smith , MD 1 Neurology
Sarah Sofka , MD 1 Internal Medicine
Jean Someshwar , MD 1 Adolescent Medicine
Shafic Sraj , MD 1 Orthopedic Surgery
William Stewart , MD Plastic Surgery
William Stweart , MD Plastic Surgery
Gail Swarm , DO 3 Family Medicine
Errington Thompson , MD 2 Surgery
MEDIA KIT
Manuel Vallejo , MD , DMD 1 Anesthesiology
Colleen Watkins 1 Rheumatology
Kerry Woodberry , MD 1 Plastic Surgery
Stanley Zaslau , MD Urology
David Watson , MD 1 Neurology
Paulette Wehner , MD 2 Cardiology
Martin Weisse , MD Pediatric Infectious Disease
Skylar Cooper 2 Student Editor
Kent Marshall 1 Student Editor
Lucas Wohler 3 Student Editor
1
West Virginia University School of Medicine Morgantown , WV
2
Marshall University Joan C . Edwards School of Medicine Huntington , WV
3
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Lewisburg , WV
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