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VOLUME 51 ISSUE 9 ■ ESTABLISHED 1971

Editor-In-Chief•	Rick Rader, MD	• habctrmd@aol.com
Managing Editor•	Vanessa B. Ira	• vira@epmagazine.com
Senior Editor for Special Projects•	Steven P. Perlman, DDS	• sperlmandds@gmail.com
Publisher•	Len Harac	• LHarac@epmagazine.com
Vice President of Business Development & Sales•	Faye Simon	• fsimon@epmagazine.com
Art Direction & Design•	Leverett Cooper	• lev@foxprintdesign.com

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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 University Medical Center, Washington, DC

Jean F. Campbell

Principal, JF Campbell Consultants; Founding Board Member, Professional Patient Advocates in Life Sciences (PPALS)

Henry G. Chambers, MD

Director, Southern California Cerebral Palsy Center at Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Co-Director 360 Sports Medicine Program

Steven M. Eidelman

Steven M. Eidelman H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Human Services Policy and Leadership, Faculty Director, The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities The University of Delaware

David Fray, DDS, MBA

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, DE

Saadi Ghatan, MD

Site Chair, Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai West, Mount Sinai St. Luke's, New York, NY

Matthew Holder, MD

CEO, Lee Specialty Clinic, Louisville, KY Global Medical Advisor for Special Olympics International

Gary Liguori, Ph.D

Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), Dean, College of Health Sciences, University of Rhode Island

Joseph M. Macbeth

President/Chief Executive Officer, National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals, Inc.

Tera Roberts

Executive Director, Orange Grove Center, Chattanooga, TN

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

Amged M. Soliman, Esq.

Attorney, US Federal Government

Stephen B. Sulkes, MD

Pediatrician, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Allen Wong, DDS, EdD, DABSCD

Professor and Director AEGD Program/Hospital Dentistry, University of the Pacific, Dugoni School of Dentistry, AADMD President

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