The American Journal of Managed Care
This supplement to includes highlights from an educationalsymposium, which was held February 5-7, 2004, in Phoenix, Arizona, and a continuing educationaccredited article.
This publication was produced under the supervision of Kay Weigand, Project Director, ContinuingMedical Education, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and Kristin Weatherspoon, RPh, Sr.Program Coordinator, The University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy. This supplement waspeer reviewed by an expert in the field.
Cochairs
David Cook, MD
Division Chief
Oregon Health and Sciences University
Portland, Oregon
Gary Owens, MD
Vice President, Medical Management & Policy
Independence Blue Cross
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Roundtable Faculty
Donald Balfour, MD, FACP
President and Medical Director
Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group
San Diego, California
Deborah Baruch-Bienen, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
S. Thomas Bigos, MD
Endocrinologist
Maine Centers for Endocrinology
and Diabetes
Portland, Maine
Beverly MK Biller, MD
Endocrinologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Jay Cohen, MD, FACE
Medical Director
The Endocrine Clinic, PC
Memphis, Tennessee
Sanford Cohen, MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs
Oxford Health Plan
Bridgeport, Connecticut
James Grua, MD, PhD, FACE
Endocrinologist
Western Endocrine
Salt Lake City, Utah
Michael Jacobs, RPh
Principal
Mellon Human Resource & Investor Solutions
Atlanta, Georgia
Wynter Kipgen, MD
Endocrinologist
Mercy Hospital
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Michael Lease, MS, PharmD, FASCP
Vice President, Strategic Consulting
The GMR Group
Horsham, Pennsylvania
Rajendra Ratnesar, MD
Regional Medical Director
Health Net
San Francisco, California
Kenneth L. Schaecher, MD
Medical Director, Utilization Management
Intermountain Health Care
Salt Lake City, Utah
Mary Lee Vance, MD
Professor of Medicine and Neurosurgery
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia
David E. Wilcox, MD, FACEP
Independent Consultant
Alicare Medical Management
South Glastonbury, Connecticut
Faculty Disclosure
The American Journal of Managed Care
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