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ISBN-13: 978-0-323-04134-8
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Developmental Editor: Mary Beth Murphy
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Ferri: Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2009, 1st ed.
Copyright © 2009 Mosby, An Imprint of Elsevier
Section Editors
RUBEN ALVERO, M.D.
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado
SECTION I
MICHAEL G. BENATAR, M.B.CH.B., D.PHIL.
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
SECTION I
JEFFREY M. BORKAN, M.D., PH.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Physician-in-Chief, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket and
Providence, Rhode Island
SECTION I
MITCHELL D. FELDMAN, M.D., M.PHIL.
Professor of Medicine, Director of Faculty Mentoring, University of California, San Francisco, Division of General
Internal Medicine, San Francisco, California
SECTION I
FRED F. FERRI, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Clinical Professor, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
SECTIONS I-V
GLENN G. FORT, M.D., M.P.H.
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University
Chief, Infectious Diseases, Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, North Providence, Rhode Island
SECTION I
LONNIE R. MERCIER, M.D.
Clinical Instructor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
SECTION I
DENNIS J. MIKOLICH, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P.
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, VA Medical Center
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
SECTION I
IRIS TONG, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Division of Ambulatory General Internal
Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
SECTION I
WEN-CHIH WU, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University
Cardiologist, Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island
SECTION I
Copyright © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. - www.mdconsult.com
Ferri: Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2009, 1st ed.
Copyright © 2009 Mosby, An Imprint of Elsevier
Contributors
SONYA S. ABDEL-RAZEQ, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Instructor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Resident Education, State University of New
York at Buffalo Women's and Children's Hospital, Buffalo, New York
ABDULBAKI ABDULRAHMAN, M.D.
Department of Internal Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Alpert Medical School, Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island
PURVA AGARWAL, M.D.
Department of Internal Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Alpert Medical School, Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island
TANYA ALI, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island
PHILIP J. ALIOTTA, M.D., M.S.H.A., F.A.C.S.
Clinical Instructor, Department of Urology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New
York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Medical Director, Center for Urologic Research of Western New York, Williamsville, New York
GEORGE O. ALONSO, M.D.
Director, Department of Infection Control, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, New York
Instructor in Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
RUBEN ALVERO, M.D.
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado
SRIVIDYA ANANDAN, M.D.
Attending Physician, Internal Medicine, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Quincy, Massachusetts
GOWRI ANANDARAJAH, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence,
Rhode Island
MEL L. ANDERSON, M.D., F.A.C.P
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, Denver, Colorado
MICHELLE STOZEK ANVAR, M.D.
Clinical Instructor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital
Clinical Instructor, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
ETSUKO AOKI, M.D., PH.D
Fellow, Leukemia Department, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
PATRICIA AREAN, PH.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
VASANTHI ARUMUGAM, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases/Department of Medicine, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst,
New York
AMAAR ASHRAF, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, New York
SUDEEP KAUR AULAKH, M.D., C.M., F.R.C.P.C.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York
MICHAEL G. BENATAR, M.B.CH.B., D.PHIL.
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
AGNIESZKA K. BIALIKIEWICZ, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence,
Rhode Island
NIRALI BORA, M.D.
Family Medicine Resident, Department of Family Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Alpert Medical
School, Brown University, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
JEFFREY M. BORKAN, M.D., PH.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Physician-in-Chief, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket and
Providence, Rhode Island
KELLY BOSSENBROK, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Instructor, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
LYNN BOWLBY, M.D.
Attending Physician, Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital
Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
MANDEEP K. BRAR, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York at Buffalo,
Buffalo, New York
JOANNA BROWN, M.D.
Fellow, Adolescent/Young Adult Program, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
JONATHAN BURNS, M.A., M.D.
Assistant Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence,
Rhode Island
STEVEN BUSSELEN, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Pawtucket,
Rhode Island
BRIAN CASSERLY, M.D.
Reading Internal Medicine, Reading, Massachusetts
GAURAV CHAUDHARY, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
KARA CHEW, M.D.
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
MARIA A. CORIGLIANO, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York at Buffalo,
Buffalo, New York
BRIAN J. COWLES, PHARM.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island,
Kingston, Rhode Island
JOHN E. CROOM, M.D., PH.D.
Co-Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Saint Luke's Mid America Brain and Stroke Institute, Neurological
Consultants of Kansas City, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri
ALICIA J. CURTIN, PH.D., G.N.P.
Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
CLAUDIA L. DADE, M.D.
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, New York
Instructor in Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
GEORGE T. DANAKAS, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York at Buffalo,
Buffalo, New York
ALEXANDRA DEGENHARDT, M.D.
Director, Multiple Sclerosis Center, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York
JOSEPH DIAZ, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Alpert
Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
CHRISTINE M. DUFFY, M.D., M.P.H.
Fellow, Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence,
Rhode Island
JEFFREY S. DURMER, M.D., PH.D., D.ABSM.
Chief Medical Officer, Fusion Sleep Center, Johns Creek, Georgia
JANE V. EASON, M.D.
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, New York
Instructor in Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
STUART EISENDRATH, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
PAMELA ELLSWORTH, M.D.
Associate Professor of Urology, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
RAMI ELTIBI, M.D.
Department of Internal Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Alpert Medical School, Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island
GREGORY J. ESPER, M.D.
Director, General Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
MARILYN FABBRI, M.D.
Instructor, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases/Department of Medicine, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst,
New York
MARK J. FAGAN, M.D.
Director, Medical Primary Care Unit, Rhode Island Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
GIL M. FARKASH, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine, Buffalo, New York
TIMOTHY W. FARRELL, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence,
Rhode Island
MITCHELL D. FELDMAN, M.D., M.PHIL.
Professor of Medicine, Director of Faculty Mentoring, University of California, San Francisco, Division of General
Internal Medicine, San Francisco, California
FRED F. FERRI, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Clinical Professor, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
STACI A. FISCHER, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Rhode
Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
TAMARA G. FONG, M.D., PH.D.
Instructor in Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
GLENN G. FORT, M.D., M.P.H.
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University
Chief, Infectious Diseases, Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, North Providence, Rhode Island
GENNA GEKHT, M.D.
Chief Resident in Neurology, Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
PAUL F. GEORGE, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Pawtucket,
Rhode Island
DAVID R. GIFFORD, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Physician, Division of Geriatrics, Rhode Island Hospital
Assistant Professor of Community Health and Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence,
Rhode Island
ANNGENE A. GIUSTOZZI, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode
Island
CINDY GLEIT, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence,
Rhode Island
GEETHA GOPALAKRISHNAN, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
NANCY R. GRAFF, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
REBECCA A. GRIFFITH, M.D.
Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey
JOSEPH GRILLO, M.D.
Fellow, Department of Infectious Diseases, Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island
LAWRENCE HABER, M.D.
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco. California
MOHAMMED HAJJIRI, M.D.
Internal Medicine Resident, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Alpert Medical School, Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island
MICHELE HALPERN, M.D.
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester, New Rochelle,
New York
