3rd Quarter, September 2026 • Volume 122, No. 3
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 Bradford, 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
Matthew A. Davis, DO, MBA, MHA 1, 3 Osteopathic Medicine
Laura Davisson, MD, MPH 1 Internal Medicine
Adam Franks, MD 2 Family Medicine
PUBLISHING STAFF
Kensie Hamilton Fauber Connie Conrad Seth Stover Megan Bevins Sierra Worden Ava Kaiser Samantha Cart
Todd Goldberg, MD 1 Internal Medicine
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
CORRESPONDENCE
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Emily Nease, MD 1 Pediatrics
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
Gail Swarm, DO 3 Family Medicine
MEDIA KIT
Errington Thompson, MD 2 Surgery
Manuel Vallejo, MD, DMD Anesthesiology
Colleen Watkins, MD 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
Layla Abbud 2 Student Editor
Ian Leighton, MPH 1 Student Editor
Emma Nesselrodt 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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