Volume 53 - Issue 5 - May 2013

DAVID B. SOMA, MD
University of Colorado

DAVID B. JONES JR, MD, and PHILIP R. FISCHER, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

GAUTAM AGGARWAL, MD, 

AIMEE OSTICK, MD, 
and MARK GURALNICK, MD
Woodland Hills Medical Center, Woodland Hills, CA

MRUGESH PATEL, MD

Orlando Health Internal Medicine Residency Program, Florida

UMANG SHAH, MD, MPH
South Texas Cardiovascular Consultants, San Antonio

C. RICHARD CONTI, MD, MACC, Dr HC, FCP(SA), 
FESC, FAHA
University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville

JOE R. MONROE, PA, MPAS
Dawkins Dermatology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

NATALIA USOLTSEVA, MD, 
MATTHEW D’COSTA, MD, AMANDA CARLSON, 
and ROMEL J. GARCIA-MONTILLA, MD, PhD
Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin

NATASHA SIDHU, MD, and AMAZIAH COLEMAN, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock

AMRA A. CHAUDHRI, MD
Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center/University of
South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville, South Carolina

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor
University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas

David L. Kaplan, MD––Series Editor: Dr Kaplan is clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He practices adult and pediatric dermatology in Overland Park, Kan.

CHRISTOPHER R. MOHR, PhD, RD
Louisville, Ky 

JOHN WHYTE, MD, MPH
Silver Spring, Md

JEFFREY E. BUDOFF, MD, and ROBERT P. NIRSCHL, MD, MS
Arlington Hospital Medical Center, Arlington, Virginia

At the time this article was written, Dr Budoff was an orthopedic sports medicine fellow at the Nirschl Orthopedic & Sportsmedicine Clinic, Arlington Hospital Medical Center, Arlington, Virginia. Dr Nirschl is director of the Nirschl Clinic and of the Arlington Hospital Orthopedic and Family Practice Sports Medicine Fellowship programs. He is also associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD
University of Calgary

BENJAMIN BARANKIN, MD
Toronto Dermatology Centre

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor
University of South Alabama

Dr Rutecki is professor of medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile. He is also a member of the editorial board of CONSULTANT.

Dr Rutecki reports that he has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

ROBBYN SOCKOLOW, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College

BRIAN R. LANDZBERG, MD, AGAF
Weill Cornell Medical College

ELAINE BARFIELD, MD
New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Dr Sockolow is the director of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition and an associate attending physician at New York-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky/Weill Cornell Medical Center and associate professor of clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. She is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric gastroenterology and is also a certified physician nutrition specialist. Dr Barfield is a fellow in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. She is board certified in pediatrics.
Dr Landzberg is a clinical assistant professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, department of medicine, at Weill Medical College of Cornell University/New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York.

SUZY MASCARO-WALTER, MSN, CFNP and ATIYA KHAN, MD, MRCP
West Virginia University

At the time this Photo Essay was prepared, Ms Mascaro-Walter and Dr Khan were with the department of neurology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown.

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor
University of South Alabama

Dr Rutecki is professor of medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile. He is also a member of the editorial board of CONSULTANT.

Timothy H. Self, PharmD—Series Editor, and Sami Sakaan, PharmD
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, and Methodist University Hospital

Nabil Abou-Shala, MD, FACP, FCCP
King Faisal Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dr Sakaan is a PGY2 pharmacy internal medicine resident at Methodist University Hospital and University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Dr Abou-Shala is a pulmonary and ICU consultant in the department of adult critical care medicine and medical director of Med-Surg ICU at King Faisal Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Timothy H. Self, PharmD––Series Editor: Dr Self is professor of clinical pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Methodist University Hospital in Memphis.

BURKE A. CUNHA, MD
State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook

Dr Cunha is chief of the infectious disease division at Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY, and is professor of medicine at the State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York.

GEOFFREY F. S. LIM, BS
Drexel University College of Medicine 

SCOTT J. M. LIM, DO
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

RUSHANG PATEL, MD, PhD, and RONALD RUBIN, MD—Series Editor
Temple University

Dr Patel is a fellow in the department of hematology and oncology at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Ronald N. Rubin, MD—Series Editor: Dr Rubin is professor of medicine at Temple University School of Medicine and chief of clinical hematology in the department of medicine at Temple University Hospital, both in Philadelphia.

ADITYA M. SHARMA, MD
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division

JOHN WAITES, MD
Ferrell-Duncan Clinic, Wheeler Heart and Vascular Center

Dr Sharma is an assistant professor of medicine specializing in vascular medicine at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville. Dr Waites is a vascular medicine physician at the Ferrell-Duncan, Wheeler Heart and Vascular Center in Springfield, Missouri.

Drs Sharma and Waites report that they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose or conflicts of interest.

YINN KHURN OOI, MD, MICHELE MIETUS-SNYDER, MD, CLARIVET TORRES, MD,
PARVATHI MOHAN, MD, and ASHRAF HARAHSHEH, MD
The George Washington University

The authors are affiliated with the Children’s National Medical Center and The George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. Dr Ooi is a pediatric resident and Dr Mietus-Synder is associate professor in the department of pediatrics, division of cardiology and codirector of the obesity institute. Dr Torres is assistant professor and Dr Mohan is associate professor in the department of pediatrics, division of gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition. Dr Harahsheh is assistant professor in the department of pediatrics, division of cardiology.

EDWARD J. SHAHADY, MD, ABCL
Fernandina Beach, Fla

Dr Shahady is clinical professor of family medicine at the University of Miami and University of Florida, associate faculty in the Residency Program at St Vincent’s Hospital in Jacksonville, and medical director, Diabetes Master Clinicians Program of the Florida Academy of Family Physicians Foundation in Jacksonville.