Joel Braunstein, MD

Dr. Braunstein is a board-certified cardiologist and internist who maintains a primary appointment with LifeTech Research Inc., a technology assessment consulting firm, as one of its two co-founding managing directors.

Dr.Braunstein also is an adjunct assistant professor position in the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, and is actively engaged as a health services researcher in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Braunstein received his MD from Northwestern University Medical School in 1996, where he graduated as a member of the honorary medical society, Alpha Omega Alpha. He trained in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, while holding an appointment at Harvard Medical School.

Melinda Murray Ratini, DO, MS

Dr. Ratini has been in private practice in Bucks County, PA, since 1985. She is board certified in both family practice and geriatrics. Currently, she is affiliated with Saint Mary Medical Center, Lower Bucks Hospital and Frankford Hospital (Jefferson University Health System).

She has served as the chairperson for the Quality Assurance Committee for the Family Practice Department at Lower Bucks Hospital since 1995. Her medical degree is from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. She holds an MS in information science from Drexel University and a BS in biology from Pennsylvania State University.

Samuel F. Dworkin, DDS, PhD

Dr. Dworkin is a behavioral scientist, clinical psychologist and dentist. He holds joint appointments as professor emeritus at the Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, and at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington.

He has served as a member of the National Advisory Council of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and is a founding member of the American Pain Society.

Linda Keyes, MD

Dr. Keyes is an attending emergency physician at Exempla Lutheran Medical Center in Wheatridge, CO and Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette, CO. She is also an assistant clinical professor of surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She is board certified in emergency medicine and is a fellow off the American College of Emergency Physicians. She is a member of the editorial boards of the journals Annals of Emergency Medicine and Wilderness and Environmental Medicine.

Alice Y. Chang, MD

Dr. Chang was an editor with Harvard Health Publications for the Harvard faculty-reviewed consumer Web site InteliHealth. She graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, in 1991 and from Yale Medical School, cum laude, in 1995. She received her training in primary care and general internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. She also received her Masters of Science with Distinction in Clinical Science at UT Southwestern Medical Center where she is currently on the faculty of the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Department of Clinical Sciences.

Cantor, Shari LPT, M.PT

Shari Cantor received her Masters in Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in St. Augustine, FL and her BS from Emory University in Atlanta.  She is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the Women's Health Section. Shari    currently works at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in the Outpatient Department with patients with a wide variety of diagnoses.  Shari was an All-American  swimmer in college.

Sara Collamore

Sara Collamore graduated from Ithaca College with a Master of Science in Physical Therapy in 1998. She worked as a rotating physical therapist at Mount Sinai Hospital for two years. While in New York, she also worked backstage at Broadway theaters for Performing Arts Physical Therapy. In 2000, Dr. Collamore relocated to Massachusetts and accepted a position in the outpatient department of Massachusetts General Hospital. She obtained her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in 2004. Dr. Collamore has pursued continuing education in manual therapy of the cervical and lumbopelvic spine as well as Pilates. Her primary patient population is those with spinal disorders.

Sherie M. Edwards, DPT

Sherie Edwards received her clinical doctorate in physical therapy from the MGH Institute of Health Professions. Prior to this she obtained her masters  in 1999 from the MGH IHP. She joined MGH Outpatient Physical Therapy Services in 1999. She has experience treating a variety of orthopedic diagnoses, with expertise treating shoulder dysfunctions and is a member of the American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists.

William Egan, MPT, OCS

Mr. Egan is a physical therapist, treating patients with orthopedic and sports injuries at SOAR Physical Therapy in Sea Girt, NJ. Before joining civilian practice, he served for six years as an active-duty physical therapist in the Army Medical Specialist Corps.In 2002, Mr. Egan was board certified in orthopedics by the American Physical Therapy Association. He earned a master's degree in physical therapy from Baylor University, and a BA in psychology from Rutgers University.

Lois Farrell, MSPT, LATC

Ms. Farrell is a senior staff therapist and certified athletic trainer at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Her specialty is in the area of orthopedics and sports medicine. She is currently an athletic trainer for the US Soccer national teams, and was the head athletic trainer for a women's professional soccer team, the Boston Breakers.

Paul Glynn, DPT, OCS

Dr. Glynn is a clinical specialist in orthopaedics at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He has worked for more than seven years in numerous capacities in the area of outpatient orthopaedic rehabilitation.

Dr. Glynn graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, in 1995 with a BS in exercise physiology and a minor in psychology. He earned his MS in physical therapy in 1997.

In 2001, he completed a certificate of advanced studies in orthopaedics from the MGH Institute of Health Professions and went on to become a board-certified clinical specialist in orthopedics in 2002. In 2003, he completed his doctorate in physical therapy at the MGH Institute of Health Professions.

Jane Gruber, DPT, MS, OCS

Dr. Gruber is the rehabilitation services manager at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She is an APTS board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist and office training coordinator for the Colonials Synchronized Figure Skating Team.

She also is a member of the US Figure Skating Association. Dr Gruber earned a BS in physical therapy at Russell Sage College. She continued her education at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, where she earned an MS and doctorate in physical therapy.

Timothy W. Mondale

Mr. Mondale graduated from Oregon State University in 1986 with a BS and received a certificate in physical therapy from the Mayo Clinic School of Health Related Sciences in 1988. He is currently at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, specializing in care of the spine for acute and chronic conditions.

Mr. Mondale is a certified manual therapist and is completing an advanced master's degree in manual therapy from the University of St. Augustine.

Gayle E. Olson, MS-LATC, PES

Ms. Olson is a certified athletic trainer with more than 25 years' experience working with athletes of all levels from high school and college to Olympic competitors. She earned a BA in health education and physical education from Gustavus Adolphus College.

She earned an MS in physical education with a specialization in sports medicine from Indiana University. Ms. Olson recently completed the performance enhancement specialist program with the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She is employed by Newton-Wellesley Hospital as coordinator of employee fitness and wellness and manager of the Shipley Fitness Center.

Kyle Rodenhi

Kyle Rodenhi received his BS in Allied Health Pre-Physical Therapy from theUniversity of Connecticut in 1999 and his MS from the University of Connecticutin 2001. He has worked in out-patient orthopedics for five years and has been astaff physical therapist at Massachusetts General Hospital for 2 years. He is also an APTA certifiedclinical instructor and serves as a teaching assistant at the MGH Institute ofHealth Professions.

Edgar T.  Savidge, PT, DPT

Edgar Savidge received his BS in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University in 1998, a Master of Science in Physical Therapy and Doctor of Physical Therapy from the MGH Institute of Health Professions in 2001 and 2003 respectively.  He currently works as a staff physical therapist at Massachusetts General Hospital in outpatient orthopedics with a strong clinical interest in shoulder and lower extremity dysfunction.   He is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the Sports Physical Therapy Section.

Debra Shaw-Davis DPT, MS, OCS

Debra Shaw-Davis received her BS in Zoology from Iowa State University in 1976 and a Certificate in Physical Therapy from Mayo Clinic in 1978. She completed her post-graduate work at the Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA with an advanced masters in orthopedic and sports in 1995 and a doctor’s in physical therapy in 2003. Her thesis work was on patellofemoral dysfunction. She had her board certification as a Orthopedic Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties.

Dr. Shaw-Davis is a senior physical therapist at Massachusetts General Hospital in outpatient orthopedics. She has worked as a lab instructor at the Institute of Health Professions at both the graduate and post-graduate level.

Matthew Travers

Matthew Travers received his BS in science in 1998, followed by MS in physical therapy in 1999 from Springfield College. He currently works as an outpatient physical therapist at the Massachusetts General Hospital. His clinical interest is in orthopaedics and sports with an emphasis on the shoulder.

James Zachazewski, DPT, SCS, ATC

Dr. Zachazewski is the director of rehabilitation services at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Dr. Zachazewski earned a BS in physical education from Springfield College, an MS in physical therapy from Boston University and a doctorate in physical therapy from the MGH Institute of Health Professions. He also completed a research fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, funded by the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research.

Dr. Zachazewski is the author/editor of two textbooks, 13 peer-reviewed articles and eight textbook chapters.

Alice Y. Chang, MD

Dr. Chang was an editor with Harvard Health Publications for the Harvard faculty-reviewed consumer Web site InteliHealth. She graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, in 1991 and from Yale Medical School, cum laude, in 1995. She received her training in primary care and general internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. She also received her Masters of Science with Distinction in Clinical Science at UT Southwestern Medical Center where she is currently on the faculty of the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Department of Clinical Sciences.

Sybil Cineas, MD

Dr. Cineas is clinical assistant professor in medicine and pediatrics at Brown University. She received her bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She is a graduate of the Harvard Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program.

Dr. Cineas currently practices at the Medicine-Pediatrics Primary Care Center, Rhode Island Hospital, a Brown University affiliate. She is actively involved in teaching residents in the clinic setting and is the director of the longitudinal rotation for Brown University medical students.

Monica O. Ferguson, MD

Dr. Ferguson is a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She spends the majority of her time seeing patients in the office but also teaches medical students and residents.

Dr. Ferguson attended

TuftsUniversityfor her undergraduate education, followed by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and then completed her training with an internship and residency in primary care internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She is also board certified in internal medicine.

Leann M. Lesperance, MD, PhD, FAAP

Dr. Lesperance is a lecturer on the Harvard Medical School faculty and a clinical assistant professor at SUNY-Upstate Medical University. She practices pediatrics in Binghamton, NY, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

She also holds a doctorate in medical engineering and is a research assistant professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Binghamton University.

Emily Oken, MD, MPH

Dr. Oken is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. She has clinical training in internal medicine and pediatrics. Her research interests include childhood anemia, international nutrition, and the impact of nutrition during pregnancy and early life upon outcomes of pregnancy and later offspring health.

Dr. Oken practices at the Fish Center for Women's Health of Brigham and Women's Hospital.

 Robert H. Shmerling, M.D

Robert H. Shmerling, M.D., is associate physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and associate professor at Harvard Medical School. He has been a practicing rheumatologist for over 20 years at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is an active teacher in the Internal Medicine Residency Program, serving as the Robinson Firm Chief. He is also a teacher in the Rheumatology Fellowship Program.

Steven M. Bromley, MD

Dr. Bromley is a neurologist and diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. After graduating with honors from the University of Pennsylvania, he attended the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

He currently has a faculty position as clinical assistant professor of neurology at the UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, where he is the medical student coordinator for neurological education.

Ellen Coleman, RD, MA, MPH

Ms. Coleman is an exercise physiologist and registered dietitian in

Riverside , CA and consults for the Sport Clinic. She has written three nutrition continuing education courses for professionals (Nutrition Dimension) and two lay books on sports nutrition (Bull Publishing). Ms. Coleman provided a nutrition column for Sports Medicine Digest for more than 20 years and is a two-time finisher of the Hawaii Ironman triathlon

Cynthia Happel, RD, MEd

Ms. Happel is a registered dietitian with 25 years of experience in clinical and public health nutrition. She has worked as a clinical dietitian with patients ranging from newborns to the elderly, including premature neonates, pediatric oncology and general medical patients, and adult diabetic, renal, cardiac, general medical, pain and psychiatric patients.

Ms. Happel earned a BS degree in nutrition/dietetics at the University of Wisconsin and her MEd in counseling and human services at the University of Idaho. She is presently self-employed as a nutrition consultant in the Portland, OR, area.

Mary S. Dolan, MD, MPH

Dr. Dolan is assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina, and division chief of Women's Primary Health Care. She attended Emory University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, followed by an internship and residency at UNC, Chapel Hill.

She is a member of several committees and professional societies, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Ambulatory Care Practices Committee, Clinical Practice Committee, and the Breast Cancer Risk Communication Committee.

Thad McDonald, MD

Dr. McDonald is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology, affiliated with the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He is with WakeMed faculty physicians in Raleigh, where he is the residency director and president of the medical staff. He graduated from University of North Carolina School of Medicine, where he also completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology.

David S. Fischer, MD

Dr. Fischer is a graduate of Harvard Medical School. He is board certified in internal medicine, hematology and medical oncology. He is currently clinical professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine, where he is chair of the membership committee of the Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, vice chair of Yale New Haven Hospital Cancer Committee, chair of the Transfusion Committee and a member of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.

 He is the senior editor of Cancer Therapy, The Follow-up of Cancer, 4th edition, and the senior author of The Cancer Chemotherapy Handbook , now in its 6th edition.

Bruce Dezube, MD

Dr. Dezube is an associate in medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is the Director of the Experimental Therapeutics/Phase I program and the Director of the AIDS Malignancy Research and Treatment Center both at BIDMC, a major affiliate of Harvard Medical School. He also is the associate director of the Cancer Clinical Trials Office also at BIDMC.

He is the senior editor of Cancer Therapy, The Follow-up of Cancer, 4th edition, and the senior author of The Cancer Chemotherapy Handbook , now in its 6th edition.

Kristin Hammersmith, MD

Dr. Hammersmith received her medical degree from West Virginia University. She completed her ophthalmology residency at the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute at Johns Hopkins University in 2002. Following subspecialty training in cornea and external disease at Wills Eye Hospital, she joined the Wills Cornea Service. She is currently an instructor at Jefferson Medical College.

Dr. Hammersmith has a special interest in ocular surface disorders and coordinates the Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid Clinic.

Tara Uhler, MD

Dr. Uhler is a glaucoma specialist in Philadelphia. After graduating from Harvard College and Medical School, she moved to Philadelphia, where she completed her ophthalmology residency and a two-year glaucoma fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital before joining the Glaucoma Service there. Interested in education, she is the director of the Wills Eye Residency Program at Thomas Jefferson University.

Timothy Bhattacharyya, MD

Dr. Bhattacharyya is an orthopedic surgeon and instructor of orthopedics at Harvard Medical School. His interests are orthopedic trauma (fracture surgery) and total joint replacement. He has a significant background in biostatistics. He has authored articles in the Journal of Trauma and the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and has presented at national orthopedic meetings.

Samantha A. Spencer, MD

Dr. Spencer attended Northwestern University, where she majored in integrated science, biochemistry/biophysics, mathematics and economics, graduating with distinction and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

She attended medical school at the University of Michigan, where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society and graduated in the top 10 percent of her class. She went on to residency in orthopedic surgery at the Harvard Combined Program. She will pursue her special interest in pediatric orthopedics as a fellow at Children's Hospital Boston.

Matthew W. Ryan, MD

Dr. Ryan is assistant professor of rhinology and sinus surgery, general otolaryngology at the University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston. Dr. Ryan attended medical school at UTMB and graduated with high honors. He completed a surgical internship at the Medical University of South Carolina, followed by residency training in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Florida. Dr. Ryan's clinical practice focuses on the newest surgical techniques for the treatment of sinonasal disorders.

Sybil Cineas, MD

Dr. Cineas is clinical assistant professor in medicine and pediatrics at Brown University. She received her bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She is a graduate of the Harvard Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program.

Cynthia Happel, RD, MEd

Ms. Happel is a registered dietitian with 25 years of experience in clinical and public health nutrition. She has worked as a clinical dietitian with patients ranging from newborns to the elderly, including premature neonates, pediatric oncology and general medical patients, and adult diabetic, renal, cardiac, general medical, pain and psychiatric patients.

Ms. Happel earned a BS degree in nutrition/dietetics at the University of Wisconsin and her MEd in counseling and human services at the University of Idaho. She is presently self-employed as a nutrition consultant in the Portland, OR, area.

Leann M. Lesperance, MD, PhD, FAAP

Dr. Lesperance is a lecturer on the Harvard Medical School faculty and a clinical assistant professor at SUNY-Upstate Medical University. She practices pediatrics in Binghamton, NY, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

She also holds a doctorate in medical engineering and is a research assistant professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Binghamton University.

Emily Oken, MD, MPH

Dr. Oken is an instructor in the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. She has clinical training in internal medicine and pediatrics. Her research interests include childhood anemia, international nutrition, and the impact of nutrition during pregnancy and early life upon outcomes of pregnancy and later offspring health. Dr. Oken practices at the Women's Health Center of Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Samantha A. Spencer, MD

Dr. Spencer attended Northwestern University, where she majored in integrated science, biochemistry/biophysics, mathematics and economics, graduating with distinction and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

She attended medical school at the University of Michigan, where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society and graduated in the top 10 percent of her class. She went on to residency in orthopedic surgery at the Harvard Combined Program. She will pursue her special interest in pediatric orthopedics as a fellow at Children's Hospital Boston.

Jagannath Devulapally, MD

Dr. Devulapally graduated from the University of Illinois-Chicago College of Medicine and completed residency training in psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center.

Currently, Dr. Devulapally is an attending staff physician at RUMC and is working as an investigator on multiple clinical trials focused on treatment of the spectrum of psychiatric illnesses, from anxiety disorders to mood disorders to psychotic illnesses.

Marcia L. Zuckerman, MD

Dr. Zuckerman is a graduate of Princeton University, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program. She practices psychiatry at the Cambridge Health Alliance. She is the associate editor of the Carlat Report, a monthly psychiatric newsletter, and is currently participating in research concerning antidepressant use in young children at Children's Hospital Boston. She is also involved in the use of computer technology to enhance patient safety, and sits on the technology subcommittees of the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society.

Donald Oken, MD

Dr. Oken has published approximately 50 articles in medical journals on psychiatric topics, most in the area of Psychosomatic Medicine, and edited 2 books. He has been on the Editorial Boards of several psychiatric journals including the Archives of General Psychiatry, the preeminent research journal in the specialty, and served for 10 years as Editor-in-Chief of Psychosomatic Medicine, the premier journal in that field. He was a member of several major educational and research committees of the American Psychiatric Association. He has also served as a member of several test development committees of the National Board of Medical Examiners, the national organization responsible for the testing of physicians for licensure. Dr. Oken is a graduate of Harvard Medical School with postgraduate work in internal medicine.

Raja Cheruvu, MD

Dr. Cheruvu is a summa cum laude graduate of Boston University and Boston University School of Medicine, where he received dual degrees for both his BA and MD. He completed his residency program in diagnostic radiology at Baylor College of Medicine and subsequently served in the Armed Forces as chief of cross-sectional imaging at Sheppard Air Force Base Hospital.

Upon completion of his military service, he continued with a fellowship in MRI at the University of California, San Diego. He is board certified and specializes in MRI.

Katherine Trahan, MD

Dr. Trahan is currently a practicing general surgeon at the University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, where she covers general surgical services and trauma, and performs endoscopy. She graduated summa cum laude with honors in English from James Madison University. She received her medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University.

She completed five years of general surgery residency at the University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, in 2003. She achieved board certification in general surgery in February 2004 and is currently applying to the American College of Surgeons for a fellowship.

Leonard Gomella, MD

Dr. Gomella is the Bernard W. Godwin, Jr. Professor of Prostate Cancer and chairman of the Department of Urology at Jefferson Medical College. He is also director of urologic oncology for the Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Dr. Gomella completed his medical school, general surgery and urology training at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, and a two-year urologic oncology fellowship with the Surgery Branch of the National Cancer Institute.

Dr. Gomella is involved in both basic science and clinical research in the development of new diagnostic techniques and treatments for prostate, bladder and kidney cancer through the Kimmel Cancer Center.