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Gastroenterology and Hepatology\n","Section Editor — General Hepatology;
Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Disease\n","Professor of Medicine\n","Harvard Medical
School\n","Senior Consultant in Hepatology \n","James Tullis Firm Chief\n","Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"David S Cooper,
MD","credentials":["Editor-in-Chief — Endocrinology\n","Section Editor — Pituitary
Disease; Thyroid Disease\n","Professor of Medicine and International
Health\n","Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine"],"disclosure":""},
{"name":"Michael Emmett, MD","credentials":["Editor-in-Chief — Nephrology
\n","Section Editor — Fluid and Electrolytes\n","Chief of Internal
Medicine\n","Baylor University Medical Center"],"disclosure":"Consultant/Advisory
Boards: ZS Pharma [Treatment of hyperkalemia (Potassium binder, zirconium
silicate)]."},{"name":"Mason W Freeman, MD","credentials":["Section Editor —
Lipids\n","Professor of Medicine\n","Harvard Medical
School"],"disclosure":"Grant/Research Support/Clinical Trial Support: Regeneron;
Sanofi [Lipid treatment (Alirocumab)]."},{"name":"Lawrence S Friedman,
MD","credentials":["Section Editor — General Gastroenterology\n","Professor of
Medicine\n","Harvard Medical School\n","Tufts University School of
Medicine"],"disclosure":"Consultant/Advisory Boards: Consultant, FDA (Antimicrobial
Drugs Advisory Committee); Trustee, Newton-Wellesley Hospital (through June 2017).
Employment: Boston Health Care for the Homeless. Other Financial Interest: Elsevier
[Gastroenterology (Royalties from textbooks)]; McGraw-Hill [Gastroenterology
(Royalties from textbooks)]; Wiley [Gastroenterology (Royalties from textbooks)];
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy [Gastroenterology and hepatology
(Honorarium as newsletter editor)]."},{"name":"Stanley Goldfarb, MD","credentials":
["Editor-in-Chief — Nephrology\n","Section Editor — Mineral and Bone Metabolism;
Renal Ureteral Stones\n","Professor of Medicine\n","University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"Irl B Hirsch, MD","credentials":
["Section Editor — Diabetes Mellitus\n","Professor of Medicine\n","University of
Washington School of Medicine"],"disclosure":"Grant/Research/Clinical Trial
Support: Medtronic [Diabetes (Insulin pump/sensor). Consultant/Advisory Boards:
Abbott [Diabetes (Blood glucose meters)]; Adocia [Diabetes (insulin)]; Roche
[Diabetes (Blood glucose meters)]; Bigfoot Biomedical [Diabetes (Insulin pump)]."},
{"name":"Robert A Kyle, MD","credentials":["Section Editor — Plasma Cell
Disorders\n","Professor of Medicine\n","Mayo Medical
School"],"disclosure":"Consultant/Advisory Boards: Celgene Disease Monitoring
Committee [Dysproteinemias (lenalidomide, pomalidomide)]; Bristol-Myers Squibb
Independent Monitoring Committee [Dysproteinemias (elotuzumab)]; Onyx Pharma
(Amgen) Data Monitoring Committee [Dysproteinemias (carfilzomib)]; Pharmacyclics
Data Safety Monitoring Board [Dysproteinemias (ibrutinib)]. Other Financial
Interest: Pfizer [Lecture on therapy of multiple myeloma, made comments concerning
a new Pfizer product and received an honorarium]."},{"name":"Lawrence LK Leung,
MD","credentials":["Editor-in-Chief — Hematology\n","Section Editor — Disorders of
Hemostasis and Coagulation\n","Professor of Medicine\n","Stanford University School
of Medicine"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"Jess Mandel, MD","credentials":["Section
Editor — Pulmonary Vascular Disease\n","Professor of Medicine\n","University of
California, San Diego"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"William C Mentzer,
MD","credentials":["Section Editor — Red Cell Disorders\n","Professor of
Pediatrics\n","University of California, San Francisco"],"disclosure":"Equity
Ownership/Stock Options: Johnson & Johnson [Anemia (Erythropoietin)]."},
{"name":"David M Nathan, MD","credentials":["Editor-in-Chief —
Endocrinology\n","Section Editor — Diabetes Mellitus\n","Professor of
Medicine\n","Harvard Medical School"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"Peter Newburger,
MD","credentials":["Section Editor — White Blood Cell Disorders\n","Ali and John
Pierce Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology\n","University of Massachusetts
Medical School"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"Michael P O'Leary, MD,
MPH","credentials":["Section Editor — Urology\n","Professor of Surgery, Harvard
Medical School\n","Senior Urologic Surgeon, Brigham and Women's
Hospital"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"Clifford J Rosen, MD","credentials":["Section
Editor — Bone Disease\n","Professor of Nutrition\n","University of
Maine\n","Professor of Medicine\n","Tufts University School of
Medicine"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"Stanley L Schrier, MD","credentials":["Editor-
in-Chief — Hematology\n","Section Editor — Myeloproliferative Disorders; Red Blood
Cell Disorders\n","Professor of Medicine\n","Stanford University School of
Medicine"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"Jeremy M Shefner, MD, PhD","credentials":
["Section Editor — Neuromuscular Disease\n","Professor and Chair of Neurology,
Barrow Neurological Institute \n","Professor of Neurology, University of Arizona,
Phoenix \n","Clinical Professor of Neurology, Creighton
University"],"disclosure":"Grant/Research Support: Biogen Idec; Cytokinetics;
Neuraltus [ALS]; Avanir [ALS (Nuedexta)]. Consultant/Advisory Boards: Biogen Idec;
Cytokinetics; Ionis; Neuraltus; Mitsubishi Tanabe [ALS]; MT Pharma [ALS
(Edaravone)]."},{"name":"Allen C Steere, MD","credentials":["Section Editor — Lyme
Disease\n","Professor of Medicine\n","Harvard Medical
School"],"disclosure":"Grant/Research/Clinical Trial Support: Immunetics [Lyme
disease\t(Diagnostic test, not available commercially)]."},{"name":"Richard H
Sterns, MD","credentials":["Editor-in-Chief — Nephrology \n","Section Editor —
Fluid and Electrolytes\n","Professor Emeritus\n","University of Rochester School of
Medicine and Dentistry"],"disclosure":""}]},{"name":"Authors","contributors":
[{"name":"Donald M Arnold, MD, MSc","credentials":["Associate Professor, Department
of Medicine\n","McMaster University\n","Canadian Blood
Services"],"disclosure":"Grant/Research/Clinical Trial Support: Novartis [ITP
(eltrombopag)]; Amgen [ITP (romiplostim)]; Bristol Meyers Squibb [ITP
(investigational new drug)]; Rigel [ITP (fostamatinib)]. Consultant/Advisory
Boards: Amgen [ITP (romiplostim)]; Novartis [ITP (eltrombopag)]; Rigel [ITP
(fostamatinib)]; UCB [ITP (investigational new drug)]; Dova [ITP (investigational
new drug)]."},{"name":"Nancy Berliner, MD","credentials":["Professor of
Medicine\n","Harvard Medical School\n","H. Franklin Bunn Professor of Hematology
and Chief, Division of Hematology \n","Brigham and Women's
Hospital"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"Clara Camaschella, MD","credentials":
["Professor of Internal Medicine\n","Vita-Salute University and San Raffaele
Scientific Institute"],"disclosure":"Grant/Research/Clinical Trial Support: Vifor
Pharma [Iron deficiency anemia (Use of ferric carboxymaltose)]."},{"name":"Sanjiv
Chopra, MD, MACP","credentials":["Editor-in-Chief — Gastroenterology and
Hepatology\n","Section Editor — General Hepatology; Gallbladder and Biliary Tract
Disease\n","Professor of Medicine\n","Harvard Medical School\n","Senior Consultant
in Hepatology \n","James Tullis Firm Chief\n","Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD","credentials":["Senior
Scientist and Director\n","Bone Metabolism Laboratory\n","Tufts
University"],"disclosure":"Grant/Research/Clinical Trial Support: Pfizer [Vitamin D
(Caltrate with vitamin D)]; DSM [Vitamin D (vitamin D)]. Consultant/Advisory
Boards: Pfizer [Calcium, general nutrition [Calcium and vitamin D supplement]);
Nestle [Nutrition in older adults (Supplement drinks)]; Takeda [Calcium (Calcium
supplement)]."},{"name":"Michael Emmett, MD","credentials":["Editor-in-Chief —
Nephrology \n","Section Editor — Fluid and Electrolytes\n","Chief of Internal
Medicine\n","Baylor University Medical Center"],"disclosure":"Consultant/Advisory
Boards: ZS Pharma [Treatment of hyperkalemia (Potassium binder, zirconium
silicate)]."},{"name":"John M Gansner, MD, PhD","credentials":["Instructor in
Medicine\n","Harvard Medical School\n","Associate Physician, Division of
Hematology\n","Brigham and Women's Hospital"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"James N
George, MD","credentials":["Professor of Medicine\n","University of Oklahoma Health
Sciences Center"],"disclosure":"Grant/Research/Clinical Trial Support: Ablynx [TTP
(caplacizumab)]."},{"name":"David Goltzman, MD","credentials":["Professor of
Medicine\n","McGill University\n","Senior Physician, Division of Endocrinology and
Department of Medicine\n","McGill University Health
Centre"],"disclosure":"Grant/Research/Clinical Trial Support: Amgen; Eli Lilly;
Merck [Osteoporosis]. Consultant/Advisory Boards: Amgen [Osteoporosis
(Denosumab)]."},{"name":"Richard M Hoffman, MD, MPH","credentials":["Professor of
Medicine\n","University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine"],"disclosure":""},
{"name":"Linden Hu, MD","credentials":["Professor of Medicine\n","Tufts University
School of Medicine"],"disclosure":"Grant/Research/Clinical Trial Support: Sanofi
[Lyme vaccine]; Massbiologic [Lyme antibody]."},{"name":"Christopher Kabrhel, MD,
MPH","credentials":["Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine\n","Harvard Medical
School"],"disclosure":"Grant/Research Support: Siemens [Venous thromboembolism (D-
dimer test)]; Janssen [Venous thromboembolism (Rivaroxaban)]. Consultant/Advisory
Board: Siemens [Venous thromboembolism (D-dimer test)]; Janssen [Venous
thromboembolism (Rivaroxaban)]."},{"name":"David K McCulloch, MD","credentials":
["Diabetologist\n","Washington Permanente Medical Group"],"disclosure":""},
{"name":"Marc L Miller, MD","credentials":["Clinical
Assistant Professor of Medicine\n","Tufts University School of
Medicine"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"David B Mount, MD","credentials":["Assistant
Professor of Medicine\n","Harvard Medical
School"],"disclosure":"Grant/Research/Clinical Trial Support: Ardea [Urate
transport (Lesinurad)]. Consultant/Advisory Boards: ZS Pharma [Potassium (ZS9)];
Relypsa [Potassium (Patiromer)]."},{"name":"S Vincent Rajkumar, MD","credentials":
["Edward W. and Betty Knight Scripps Professor of Medicine\n","Mayo
Clinic"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"Robert S Rosenson, MD","credentials":["Section
Editor — Lipids\n","Professor of Medicine\n","Mount Sinai School of
Medicine\n","Director, Cardiometabolic Disorders\n","Mount Sinai
Heart"],"disclosure":"Grant/Research/Clinical Trial Support: Akcea [Lipids]; Amgen
[Lipids (Evolocumab)]; Sanofi [Lipids (Alirocumab)]; AstraZeneca [Antiplatelets
(Ticagrelor)]; The Medicines Company [Lipids (Inclisiran)]; Regeneron [Lipids
(Evinocumab)]. Consultant/Advisory Boards: Akcea [Lipids]; Amgen [Lipids
(Evolocumab)]; Regeneron [Lipids (Alirocumab)]; Sanofi [Lipids (Alirocumab)];
Akcea/Isis [Lipids]. Equity Ownership/Stock Options: MediMergent [Pharmacy claims
database]. Other Financial Interests: Kowa [Lipids (Pitavastatin)] honorarium."},
{"name":"Douglas S Ross, MD","credentials":["Section Editor — Thyroid
Disease\n","Professor of Medicine\n","Harvard Medical
School"],"disclosure":"Consultant/Advisory Board: Medullary Thyroid Cancer Registry
Consortium [Thyroid cancer]; Shire [Hypoparathyroidism (Parathyroid hormone for
injection)]; Spectrix Therapeutics, LLC [Hypothyroidism (Thyroid hormone)]. Other
Financial Interests: Abbott India (honorarium) [Hyperthyroidism (carbimazole,
levothyroxine)]; Quest Diagnostics (honorarium) [Hyperthyroidism]."},
{"name":"Jayanta Roy-Chowdhury, MD, MRCP","credentials":["Professor of Medicine and
Genetics\n","Albert Einstein College of Medicine"],"disclosure":""},
{"name":"Stanley L Schrier, MD","credentials":["Editor-in-Chief —
Hematology\n","Section Editor — Myeloproliferative Disorders; Red Blood Cell
Disorders\n","Professor of Medicine\n","Stanford University School of
Medicine"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"F John Service, MD, PhD","credentials":
["Emeritus Professor of Medicine\n","Mayo Clinic College of
Medicine"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"Shonni J Silverberg, MD","credentials":
["Professor of Medicine\n","Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"Richard H Sterns, MD","credentials":["Editor-
in-Chief — Nephrology \n","Section Editor — Fluid and Electrolytes\n","Professor
Emeritus\n","University of Rochester School of Medicine and
Dentistry"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"Harold Szerlip, MD, FACP, FCCP, FASN,
FNKF","credentials":["Director, Nephrology Division, Baylor University Medical
Center, Dallas\n","Program Director, Nephrology Training Program, Baylor University
Medical Center\n","Clinical Professor of Medicine, Texas A&M College of
Medicine\n","Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Texas College of Osteopathic
Medicine"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"Ayalew Tefferi, MD","credentials":["Professor
of Medicine and Hematology\n","Mayo Medical School"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"B
Taylor Thompson, MD","credentials":["Professor of Medicine\n","Harvard Medical
School"],"disclosure":""},{"name":"Adrian Vella, MD","credentials":["Professor of
Medicine\n","Mayo Clinic"],"disclosure":"Grant/Research Support: vTv Therapeutics
[Diabetes]; XOMA [Hypoglycemia]; Novo Nordisk [Diabetes (Liraglutide)].
Consultant/Advisory board: vTv Therapeutics [Diabetes]."},{"name":"Alan S L Yu, MB,
BChir","credentials":["Harry Statland and Solon Summerfield Professor of
Medicine\n","University of Kansas Medical Center"],"disclosure":""}]}]}