Advisory Board

An advisory board made up of prominent individuals from the medical community provided invaluable assistance in the formulation of this encyclopedia. They defined the scope of coverage and reviewed individual entries for accuracy and accessibility. The editors would therefore like to express our appreciation to them.

G. Peter Beardsley, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Kirsten Bechtel, MD
Asst. Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine/Attending Physician
Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital
New Haven, CT

Paul Checchia, MD, FAAP
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Program
St. Louis Children's Hospital Assistant Professor of Pediatric Critical Care and Cardiology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

Renuka Gera, MD
Professor and Associate Chair, Pediatrics/Human Development
Michigan State University
Lansing, MI

Elizabeth Secord, MD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics
Wayne State University
Training Program Director, Allergy and Immunology Div.
Children's Hospital of Michigan Detroit, MI

Jonathan B. Strober, MD
Director, Clinical Services, Division of Child Neurology
Assistant Clinical Professor, Neurology and Pediatrics
University of California at San Francsico, Division of Child Neurology
San Francisco, CA

Rebecca Swan, MD
Interim Chief, Division of General Pediatrics
Pediatric Residency Program Director
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
Nashville, TN