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The Key and Critical Objectives of JAMA
Key Objective
To promote the science and art of medicine and the betterment of the public health

Critical Objectives

1. To maintain the highest standards of editorial integrity independent of any special interests
   
2. To publish original, important, well-documented, peer-reviewed articles on a diverse range of medical topics
   
3. To provide physicians with continuing education in basic and clinical science to support informed clinical decisions
   
4. To enable physicians to remain informed in multiple areas of medicine, including developments in fields other than their own
   
5. To improve health and health care internationally by elevating the quality of medical care, disease prevention, and research
   
6. To foster responsible and balanced debate on issues that affect medicine and health care
   
7. To anticipate important issues and trends in medicine and health care
   
8. To inform readers about nonclinical aspects of medicine and public health, including the political, philosophic, ethical, legal, environmental, economic, historical, and cultural
   
9. To recognize that, in addition to these specific objectives, THE JOURNAL has a social responsibility to improve the total human condition and to promote the integrity of science
   
10. To achieve the highest level of ethical medical journalism and to produce a publication that is timely, credible, and enjoyable to read
    

EDITORIAL STAFF

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH

Executive Deputy Editor: Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA
Deputy Editors: Richard M. Glass, MD, Drummond Rennie, MD, Margaret A. Winker, MD
Managing Deputy Editor: Annette Flanagin
Senior Contributing Editor: M. Therese Southgate, MD
Senior Editors: Robert M. Golub, MD, Ronna Henry Siegel, MD
Contributing Editors: Helene M. Cole, MD, Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH, David S. Cooper, MD, David R. Flum, MD, MPH, Michael S. Lauer, MD, David H. Mark, MD, MPH, Robert A. McNutt, MD, Harriet S. Meyer, MD, Boris Pasche, MD, PhD, Jeanette M. Smith, MD, Janet M. Torpy, MD, Jody W. Zylke, MD
Statistical Editor: Naomi Vaisrub, PhD
Associate Editors: Charlene Breedlove, Roxanne K. Young
Fishbein Fellow: Erin Brender, MD
Medical News & Perspectives: Joan Stephenson, PhD (editor); Tracy Hampton, PhD, Mike Mitka (senior staff writers); Bridget M. Kuehn (staff writer); Rebecca Voelker (contributing editor)
Assistant Editors: Kristen M. Quaranta, Jennifer Reiling
Executive Assistant to the Editor: Marla A. Hall
Administrative Assistant: Delia Rico
Editorial Graphics: Cassio Lynm (senior medical illustrator), Alison Burke (medical illustrator)
Scientific Online Resources: Michelle Kurzynski (director, Electronic Media); Erin Giannini, Peter Kim (associate Web editors); Reuben Rios (Web administrative assistant)
Editorial Systems and Administration: Elaine Williams (director); Gale Saulsberry (database specialist); Lenette Gardner-Gullens (electronic input supervisor); Fanny L. Brown, Celina Canchola (electronic input specialists)
Staff Assistant: Gloria Tate
Editorial Assistants: Mary Cannon, Susan Collister, Carmina Conley, Dawn Cortez, Audrey Forman, Gwenn Gregg, Lisa Hardin, Mary Ann Lilly, Rachell M. Lozano, Rosa E. Miranda, Lupe Morales, Ethel Pinkston, Esmeralda Velasco
Editorial Processing Division: Cheryl Iverson (director); Paul Frank, Monica Mungle (editorial systems managers); J. D. Neff (associate editorial systems developer)
Manuscript Editing: Stacy L. Christiansen (director); Coleen Adamson, Susan R. Benner, Joy K. Jaeger, Phil Sefton, Heather A. Shebel, Beverly Stewart (senior manuscript editors); Kim S. P. Campbell; Cara Wallace (freelance manuscript editor)
Editorial Counsel: Wayne G. Hoppe, JD; Margaret Mills (assistant)
JAMA/Archives Media Relations: Jann Ingmire (director); Laura Adamczyk, Jeanne Galatzer-Levy, Jim Michalski

EDITORIAL BOARD

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Daniel M. Albert, MD, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wis
Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Boston, Mass
Cyril Chantler, MD, FRCP, London, United Kingdom
Joseph T. Coyle, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
Pierre Durieux, MD, MPH, Université Paris 6, Paris, France
Ronald G. Evens, MD, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis, Mo
Julie Freischlag, MD Johns Hopkins UniversitySchool of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
Philip Greenland, MD, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill
Michael M. E. Johns, MD, Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University, Atlanta, Ga
Mary-Claire King, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
Wayne F. Larrabee, Jr, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ
Donald A. B. Lindberg, MD, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md
C. David Naylor, MD, DPhil, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
June E. Osborn, MD, Josiah Macy, Jr Foundation, New York, NY
Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Uwe E. Reinhardt, PhD, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Povl Riis, MD, DSCI, DHC, Professor of Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sarah Ringold, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
June K. Robinson, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
William L. Roper, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Roger N. Rosenberg, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex
Masaaki Terada, MD, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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Bassel Atallah, MD, JAMA—Middle East
Eugeniu Pascal Ciofu, MD, PhD, JAMA—Romania
Csaba Farsang, MD, DSc, JAMA—Hungary
Igor Francetic, MD, PhD, JAMA—Croatia
Evarist Feliu Frasnedo, MD, JAMA—Spain
Zbigniew A. Gaciong, MD, PhD, JAMA—Poland
Evin Kantemir, MD, JAMA—Turkey
Li Chengyi, MD, JAMA—China
Aleksander N. Neskovic, MD, PhD, JAMA—Serbia and Montenegro
Guillermo E. Ruiz Velasco y Aranzolo, MD, JAMA—Mexico
Helena Saldanha, MD, JAMA—Portugal
Ivan Vidmar, MD, JAMA—Slovenia
Jíbrí Widimsk, MUDr, DrSc, JAMA—Czech/Slovak

PUBLISHING AND BUSINESS STAFF

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VP & Group Publisher: Nawin Gupta, PhD

Advertising Sales and Marketing
Director, Advertising Sales: Jeffery J. Bonistalli
Sales Representatives: Susan J. Carollo, Maureen A. Reichert, Nancy E. Souza
VP Office Staff: Geoffrey Flick, Paul Gasiecki, Terri Hanley, Christine Hearne

Online Business and CME
Publisher: Bonnie Chi-Lum, MD, MPH

Business and Product Development
Publishing Director: Frank Iorio

Director, Circulation Sales & Marketing: William Fox
Director, Licensing & Permissions: Norman Frankel, PhD
Managers: Kathy Dalton, Vida Damijonaitis
Staff: Rhonda Bailey Brown, Millette Jackson-Bates, Sandra Garzon, Anna Goins, Jeremy Nielsen, Saskia Volkers

Director, Marketing Support Services: Mark Thornbury
Staff: Victoria Anne Acot, Nancy Bell, Susan Lovenberg, Mirna Monal, Dennis Sammartino, Debra Ann Sardo

Director, Reprints: Mark Kuhns

Classified Advertising
Manager: Thalia Moss
Staff: Kimberly Bitowt, Shana Brown, Colleen Casey, Trina Rizzo

Publishing Operations Division
Division Director: Vanessa Hayden
Directors: Karen Adams-Taylor, Carmela Barhany, Sue Sherrill
Managers: David Antos, Karen Branham, Suzanne J. Bukovsky, Debbie Camp, Diane Darnell, Karl Elvin, Betty Frigerio, Linda Gardner, Charl Jensen, Mary Ellen Johnston, Mark Matura, Michael McGraw, Phil O'Leary, Susan Price, Alfred Tomaselli, Stacy Tucker
Advertising and Production Services: Susan Chiara, Mary Anne Donley, Euwanaha Joiner-Smith, Brian McCartney, Noemi Olmo, Ryan Patella, Carole Piszker, Cindy Rendlen, Denise Steinhauser, Ellen Yoshihara
Circulation Processing: Bernadette Bauer, Julie Burton, Linda Christian, Rosa Eng, Felicia Kyles, Lawrence Majkszak, Kathryn Osten
Composition and New Media: Gail Barrett, Regina Brownlee, Brenda Chandler-Grayer, Amy Evers, Domenic Fosco, Angela Kim, Mary Ann Kuranda, Sandra Lopez, Bruce McGregor, Sean O'Donnell, Patricia E. Panek, Ted Piwowar, La'son Diggs Sledge, George Thomson
Graphics: Joe Amft, Fred Furtner, Carolyn Hall, Maria Kowalkowski, Chris Meyer, JoAnne Weiskopf
Proofreading: Carol Joy Farrell, Daniel James, Judith A. Literskis, Teresa H. Omiotek, Barbara Wojtowicz, Agnes A. Zarkadas

AMA EXECUTIVES AND TRUSTEES

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Executive Vice President, Chief Executive Officer: Michael D. Maves, MD, MBA
Senior Vice President, Publishing and Business Services: Robert A. Musacchio, PhD
President: John C. Nelson, MD, MPH
President-Elect: J. Edward Hill, MD
Immediate Past President: Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD
Secretary-Treasurer: John H. Armstrong, MD
Speaker, House of Delegates: Nancy H. Nielsen, MD, PhD
Vice-Speaker, House of Delegates: Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD
Trustees: Herman I. Abromowitz, MD; John H. Armstrong, MD; Duane M. Cady, MD (chair-elect); Peter W. Carmel, MD; Ronald M. Davis, MD; William A. Hazel, Jr, MD; Cyril M. Hetsko, MD; Joseph M. Heyman, MD; J. Edward Hill, MD; Edward L. Langston, MD; Matthew C. Lawyer, JD; Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD; Robert R. McMillan; John C. Nelson, MD, MPH; Nancy H. Nielsen, MD, PhD; Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD; Rebecca J. Patchin, MD; William G. Plested III, MD; Kevin C. Reilly, Sr, MD; J. James Rohack, MD (chair); Cecil B. Wilson, MD

JOURNAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

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Joshua Lederberg, PhD (chair); Frank Davidoff, MD; Harvey V. Fineberg, MD; David A. Kessler, MD, JD; Robert A. Musacchio, PhD; Vivian Pinn, MD; Roy M. Pitkin, MD

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