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VOLUME 51 ISSUE 11 ■ 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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