VOLUME 48 ISSUE ■ ESTABLISHED 1971
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EP EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Lauren Agoratus Parent, NJ state and MCH Region II (NJ, NY, PR, VI) Coordinator for Family Voices, NJ CCAN (Caregiver Community Action Network), National Family Caregivers Association, Mercerville, NJ
Mark L. Batshaw, MD Prof. and Chairman, Dept. of Pediatrics, The George Washington Univ. Medical Center, Washington, DC
Ronald G. Blankenbaker, MD Univ. of Tennessee Health Science Center, Chattanooga, TN; President, American Association on Health and Disability
Jean F. Campbell Principal, JF Campbell Consultants; Founding Board Member, Professional Patient Advocates in Life Sciences (PPALS)
Henry G. Chambers, MD Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Rady Children's Hospital; Prof. of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, Univ. of California, San Diego
Stephen L. DeFelice, MD Founder and Chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine (FIM)
Mahlon Delong, MD Chair, Dept. of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Dr. David Fray Associate Professor, Department of General Practice and Dental Public Health, University of Texas School of Dentistry, Houston, TX
Allen Friedland, MD Pediatrician and Internist Pediatric to Adult care Advisor Wilmington, Delaware
Saadi Ghatan, MD Assistant Prof. of Neurological Surgery, Division of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia Medical School, New York, NY
Joan Earle Hahn, Ph.D., APRN, CGNPBC, GCNS-BC, CNL, CDDN, Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurse Consultant; Past President, Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association
Kyle Hauth Executive Director, Orange Grove Center, Chattanooga, TN
Matthew Holder, MD CEO, Lee Specialty Clinic, Louisville, KY Global Medical Advisor for Special Olympics International
Mary M. Keller, ED.D President and CEO, Military Child Education Coalition, Harker Heights, TX
Gary Liguori, Ph.D Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), Dean, College of Health Sciences, University of Rhode Island
Patricia E. McGoldrick, CPNP Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy, Associate Director, Developmental Disability Center, Roosevelt Hospital, NY
Kathryn O'Hara, RN Epilepsy Nurse Clinician, Nurse Manager Child Neurology, Division of Child Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Steven P. Perlman, DDS, MScD, DHL (Hon) Clinical Prof., Boston University, School of Dentistry, Boston, MA
Robert K. Ross Ed.D., BCBA-D, LBA President of the Autism Special Interest Group, Association for Behavior Analysis International, Senior VP at Beacon ABA Services of MA & CT
Esther Schleifer, MSW Clinical Social Worker, Boston, MA
Howard Shane, PhD Director, Communications Enhancement Center, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Stephen B. Sulkes, MD Pediatrician, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Steven M. Wolf, MD Director of Pediatric Epilepsy at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY; Director of Pediatric Neurology at St. Lukes Roosevelt Medical Center, New York, NY
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