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Last Name
First Name
Affiliation
Country
Abramson, MD
John
Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School website
U.S.
Angell, MD
Marcia
former editor-in-chief of The New England Journal of Medicine
U.S.
Antonuccio, PhD
David
Professor, Dept.of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Nevada
U.S.
Barry, MD
Michael J.
Chief, General Medicine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
U.S.
Bassett, MD, PhD
Ken
Professor, Family Practice, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Canada
Bero, PhD
Lisa
Professor, University of California, San Francisco
U.S.
Bezruchka
Stephen
Department of Health Services & Department of Global Health School of Public Health and Community Medicine Box 357660 University of Washington Seattle, Washington
U.S.
Bloomfield, MD, MPH
Hanna
Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota; Co-chief, General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis VA Medical Center; Director, Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Minneapolis VAMC
U.S.
Boylan, MD
Laura
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, New York University
U.S.
Breggin, MD
Peter R.
psychiatrist, clinical psychopharmacologist, independent author and scientist; Founder and Director Emeritus, International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology
US
Brewer, MD
Phil
University Medical Director, Quinnipiac University; Past Medical Safety Fellow, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
U.S.
Brody, MD, PhD
Howard
Director, Institute for the Medical Humanities
U.S.
Brown, MD
Steven, R.
Banner Good Samaritan Family Medicine Residency, University of Arizona College of Medicine
U.S.
Carlat, MD
Daniel
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Editor-in-Chief, The Carlat Psychiatry Report
U.S.
Cassels
Alan
pharmaceutical policy researcher at the University of Victoria, British Columbia.
Canada
Chalmers, DSc
Sir Iain
Editor, James Lind Library, The James Lind Initiative
U.K.
Cohen, Ph.D.
David
Professor of Social Work, Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University
U.S.
Cook-Deegan, MD
Robert
Director, Center for Genome Ethics, Law & Policy, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy
U.S.
Dahr, MD
Sam, S.
Retina Center of Oklahoma
U.S.
Davis, MD
John M.
Gilman Professor of Psychiatry, University of Ilinois at Chicago
U.S.
De Vries, PhD
Raymond
Professor, Bioethics Program, Univ. of Michigan Medical School
U.S.
Deyo, MD
Richard
Kaiser Permanente Professor of Evidence Based Family Medicine, Dept. of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University
U.S.
Dickersin
Kay
Director, US Cochrane Center
U.S.
Diller, M.D.
Lawrence
Private Practice, Walnut Creek California; Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco
U.S.
Ebell, MD
Mark
Deputy Editor, American Family Physican and Professor at University of Georgia
U.S.
Elliott, MD
Carl
University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics
U.S.
Elpern, M.D.
David J.
U.S.
Ewen
Margaret
Health Action International
Netherlands
Ford
Anne Rochon
Coordinator, Women and Health Protection
Canada
Fugh-Berman, MD
Adriane
Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center; Director, PharmedOut.org
U.S.
Furberg, MD, PhD
Curt
Professor of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
U.S.
Gøtzsche, MD
Peter
Director of the Nordic Cochrane Centre
Denmark
Glenmullen, MD
Joseph
Clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
U.S.
Goodman, MD
Robert
Founder and director of No Free Lunch; General internist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx
U.S.
Goozner
Merrill
Director, Integrity in Science, Center for Science in the Public Interest
U.S.
Hegmann, M.D., M.P.H.
Kurt T.
Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Utah
U.S.
Helm, MD MBA
Mark E.
Medical Director, EBRx, Arkansas Evidence-Based Prescription Drug Program; Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
U.S.
Himmelstein, MD
David
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard
U.S.
Hoffman, MD
Jerome
Professor of Medicine / Emergency Medicine at UCLA
U.S.
Ioaniddis, MD
John P.A.
Professor and chairman of the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece, and Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Depart
Greece
James, Ph.D.
John T.
Chief toxicologist, space agency; Patient safety and rights advocate, Patient Safety America
U.S.
Juni, MD
Peter
Head of Division, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern; Director, Clinical Trials Unit, Bern University Hospital.
Switzerland
Jureidini, PhD MBBS FRANZCP
Jon
Head, Department of Psychological Medicine, Children’s Youth and Women’s Health Service, Adelaide, Associate Professor, Disciplines of Psychiatry and Head, Department of Psychological Medicine, Childr
Australia
Kim, MD, PhD
Scott
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
U.S.
Kopes-Kerr, MD, JD, MPH
Colin P.
Program Director and CEO, Santa Rosa Family Residency Consortium
U.S.
Kramer, MD
Peter D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University
U.S.
Kramer, MD, MPH
Barry
Associate Director for Disease Prevention at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
U.S.
Krimsky, PhD
Sheldon
Tufts University & Council for Responsible Genetics
U.S.
Kruszewski, MD
Stefan
Stefan P. Kruszewski and Associates
U.S.
Kutner, MD
Jean S.
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
USA
Lacasse, Ph.D.
Jeffrey
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
U.S.
Lange, MD
Richard A.
Professor of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
U.S.
Lederle, M.D.
Frank A.
Professor of Medicine, Minneapolis VA Hospital and University of Minnesota
U.S.
Lee, MD
Dara K.
Staff Cardiologist, Presbyterian Heart Group, Albuquerque, NM, Vice President, Medical Staff Affairs, Presbyterian Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
U.S.
LeFever, PhD
Gretchen
Sentara Healthcare
U.S.
Lemmens, DCL (doctorate in law)
Trudo
Associate Professor
Canada
Leo, PhD
Jonathan
Associate Professor of Neuroanatomy
U.S.
Lex, M.D.
Joe
emergency physician
U.S.
Lexchin, M.D.
Joel
Professor, School of Health Policy and Management, York University
Canada
Light, Ph.D.
Donald W.
Professor of Psychiatry and Comparative Health Care, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
US
Lippman, PhD
Abby
Professor, McGill University
Canada
Lurie, MD
Peter
Health Research Group at Public Citizen
U.S.
Mallon, MD FACEP FAAEM
William K.
Associate ProfessorofClinical Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California,Director: Division of International, LAC+USC Medical CenterMedicine
U.S.
Mansfield (physician); OAM BMBS;
Peter, R.
Director, Healthy Skepticism, Inc.
Australia
Marsa
Linda
freelance journalist
U.S.
Massion, MD
Charlea
Center for Education in Family and Community Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine and Board of Directors, American College of Women's Health Physicians
U.S.
Mayer, M.D.
Dan
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Albany Medical College; Member of No Free Lunch and Healthy Skepticism
U.S.
Medawar
Charles
Social Audit, Ltd
U.K.
Miles, M.D.
Steven
Professor of Medicine, Center for Bioethics, U of Minn
U.S.
Mintzes, PhD
Barbara
Assistant Professor, Dept of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Canada
Morgan, PhD
Steven
Associate Professor and Associate Director, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
Canada
Moynihan
Ray
Independent Journalist, Visiting Editor BMJ, Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle
Australia
Musini, MD
Vijaya
Assistant Professor, Dept of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia & Therapeutics Initiative
Canada
Perry, MD, FRCPC
Thomas L.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Canada
Pollock MB ChB, MSc, FFPHM
Allyson
Assistant Principal, International Health Director, Centre for International Public Health Policy at the University of Edinburgh
U.K.
Psaty, MD, PhD
Bruce
Professor, Medicine & Epidemiology, University of Washington Cardiovascular Health Research Unit
U.S.
Raffle, B Sc (Hons) MB ChB FFPH
Angela E.
U.K.
Relman, MD
Arnold
former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine
U.S.
Rind, MD
David
Senior Deputy Editor, UpToDate; Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
U.S.
Rosen, MD
Charles
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Univ. of Calif, Irvine, School of Medicine; UC-Irvine, Spine Center; Founding Director, Association for Ethics in Spine Surgery
U.S.
Rubin, MD, PhD
Haya
Personal Medical Consultant; Director, Research and Evaluation, Palo Alto CA; Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
U.S.
Sasich, Pharm.D., MPH, FASHP
Larry
Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice
U.S.
Schumann, MD
John
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago, also MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
U.S.
Schwartz, MD
Lisa
Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
U.S.
Schwitzer
Gary
Director, health journalism M.A. program University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communication
U.S.
Sharav
Vera Hassner
ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION
U.S.
Shaughnessy, PharmD
Allen
Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
U.S.
Siwek
Jay
Professor & Chair Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University Medical Center
United States
So, MD, MPA
Anthony
Program on Global Health and Technology Access, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University
U.S.
Solomon, MD, FACEP
Robert C.
American College of Emergency Physicians; medical editor-in-chief, ACEP News
U.S.
Spence
Des
general practitioner, Glasgow, and UK spokesman of No Free Lunch
U.K.
Spiesel, PhD MD
Sydney Z.
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine; regular commentator for Slate and NPR
U.S.
Tiefer
Leonore
New View Campaign; New York University School of Medicine
U.S.
Tsai, M.D., PhD
Alexander
Residency Training Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco
U.S.
Urato, M.D.
Adam C.
Assistant Professor, Maternal – Fetal Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center
U.S.
Washburn
Jennifer
journalist
U.S.
Welch, MD, MPH
H. Gilbert
Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
US
Wilkes, MD
Michael
Professor of Medicine, Director of Global Health, University of California, Former Vice Dean of Education, former Editor in Chief Western Journal of Medicine, Davis
U.S.
Wilt, MD, MPH
Timothy J.
Minneapolis VA Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research
US
Wolfe, MD
Sidney
Director, Health Research Group of Public Citizen
U.S.
Woloshin, MD
Steven
VA Outcomes Group; Associate Professor of Medicine and of Community and Family Medicine
U.S.
Woolhandler, MD, MPH
Steffie
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard
U.S.
Wright, MD, PhD
James
Managing Director, Therapeutics Initiative
Canada
Yamey, MD
Gavin
Editor, PLoS Medicine
U.S.
Experts with Disclosed Conflicts
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Last Name
First Name
Affiliation
Country
Barrett, MD, PhD
Bruce
Associate Professor, Dept Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
U.S.
Brown, MD
David L.
SUNY-Stony Brook School of Medicine; Co-Director Stony Brook Heart Center; Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Professor of Medicine Professor of Medicine SUNY-Stony Brook School of Medicine S
U.S.
Burstein, MD, PhD
Harold J.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Medical oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
U.S.
Gross, MD
Cary
Yale School of Medicine
U.S.
Healy, MD
David
Professor of Psychiatry, Cardiff University
U.K.
Melnick, MD, MPH
Douglas
Board certified Preventive Medicine Physician
U.S.
Patz, Jr., D
Edward F.
James and Alice Chen Professor of Radiology, Professor in Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center
U.S.
Poses, MD
Roy
President, Foundation for Integrity and Responsibility in Medicine; Chief Blogger, Health Care Renewal blog; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brow
U.S.
Rubin, MD, PhD
Robert
Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, UCLA
U.S.
Schriger, MD
David
UCLA
U.S.
Shamoo, PhD*
Adil
Citizens For Responsible Care and Research (CIRCARE)
U.S.
Susman, MD
Jeffrey
Editor-in-chief, Journal of Family Practice and physician editor, UptoDate Family Practice
U.S.
Turner, MD
Erick
U.S.
Weed, MD
Harrison G.
Professor of Internal Medicine
U.S.
Weiss, MD DrPH
Noel S.
Professor of Epidemiology, University of Washington
U.S.
Whitehouse MD-PhD
Peter J.
Professor, Case Western Reserve
U.S.
Whittle, MD, MPHJ
Jeffrey
Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin; Deputy Editor – Journal of General Internal Medicine
U.S.
Wood, M.B., Ch.B.,
Alastair
US
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