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Staff and Editorial Board
THE NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL JOURNAL
Founded by the North Carolina Medical Society in 1849
Published by The North Carolina Institute of Medicine (ISSN
0029-2559)
Publishers
Pam C. Silberman, JD, DrPH President and CEO North Carolina Institute of
Medicine, Morrisville
Eugene W. Cochrane, Jr. President The Duke Endowment, Charlotte
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Thomas C. Ricketts III, PhD, MPH Deputy Director Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and
Professor Health Policy and Management and Social Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
SCIENTIFIC EDITOR
John W. Williams, MD, MHS Duke University, Durham
ASSISTANT SCIENTIFIC EDITOR
Ben Powers, MD, MHS Duke University, Durham
EDITORS EMERITUS
Francis A. Neelon, MD Duke University, Durham
Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Dana D. Copeland, MD, PhD WakeMed, Raleigh
Mark Holmes, PhD North Carolina Institute of Medicine, Morrisville
Mary L. Piepenbring The Duke Endowment, Charlotte
Charles F. Willson, MD East Carolina University, Greenville
SECTION EDITOR, RUNNING THE NUMBERS
Paul A. Buescher, PhD NC DHHS, Raleigh
MANAGING EDITOR
Christine Nielsen, MPH North Carolina Institute of Medicine, Morrisville
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ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
Phyllis Blackwell
North Carolina Institute of Medicine, Morrisville
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BUSINESS MANAGER
Adrienne R. Parker North Carolina Institute of Medicine, Morrisville
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GRAPHIC DESIGN
Angie Dickinson Design
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Cynthia B. Archie, RN, MSN, EdD Wayne Community College, Goldsboro
William K. Atkinson II, PhD, MPH, MPA WakeMed Health and Hospitals, Raleigh
J. Steven Cline, DDS, MPH Division of Public Health, NC DHHS, Raleigh
Fred M. Eckel, MS North Carolina Association of Pharmacists, Chapel Hill
Elizabeth R. Gamble, MD, MSPH Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem
Ted W. Goins, Jr. Lutheran Services for the Aging, Salisbury
Beth A. Griffin, MHP, PA-C New Hanover Community Health Center, Wilmington
Blaine Paxton Hall, MHS-CL, PA-C Duke University Health system, Durham
Margaret N. Harker, MD Morehead City
Robert T. Harris Trust for America's Health, Raleigh
Olson Huff, MD Action for Children North Carolina, Asheville
Thomas G. Irons, MD East Carolina University, Greenville
Delma H. Kinlaw, DDS North Carolina Dental Society, Cary
Julienne K. Kirk, PharmD Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem
Ricky L. Langley, MD, MPH Division of Public Health, NC DHHS, Raleigh
Mark Massing, MD, PhD The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence, Cary
Jane B. Neese, RN, PhD University of North Carolina, Charlotte
M. Alec Parker, DMD North Carolina Dental Society, Cary
Deborah Porterfield, MD, MPH Division of Public Health, NC DHHS, Raleigh
Senator William R. Purcell, MD North Carolina General Assembly, Laurinburg
Dennis R. Sherrod, RN, EdD Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem
Polly Godwin Welsh, RN-C North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association, Raleigh
Joyce M. Young, MD, MPH IBM Corporation, Research Triangle Park
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