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About Physician’s First Watch
This clinically focused bulletin, the newest member of the Journal Watch family of newsletters, brings you the last 24 hours of medical news in the first three minutes of your day. Physician’s First Watch delivers succinct briefings — gleaned from medical journals, government agencies, scientific conferences, and major media outlets — on the developments and events most likely to affect your practice. It’s all vetted by our nine-member board of physician-editors and e-mailed to you by 7:30 EST each weekday morning.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
- David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH
- Chief Medical Officer,
- Tufts Medical Center
- and Floating Hospital for Children, Boston;
- Associate Professor of Medicine,
- Tufts University School of Medicine
- About Dr. Fairchild | Disclosure
DEPUTY EDITORS
- Susan Sadoughi, MD
- Associate Physician,
- Brigham and Women's Hospital;
- Instructor in Medicine,
- Harvard School of Medicine
- About Dr. Sadoughi | Disclosure
- André Sofair, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor of Medicine,
- Epidemiology, and Public Health,
- Yale School of Medicine;
- Medical Staff,
- Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, Connecticut
- About Dr. Sofair | Disclosure
EDITOR
- Joe Elia
MANAGING EDITOR
- Amy Orciari
NEWS EDITOR
- Kelly Young
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
- Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP
- Associate Professor of Medicine,
- Division of General Internal Medicine,
- Emory University School of Medicine;
- Associate Program Director,
- J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Program,
- Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta
- About Dr. Di Francesco | Disclosure
- Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD
- Instructor in Medicine,
- Harvard Medical School;
- Associate Physician,
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- About Dr. Hefner | Disclosure
- Jacob Reider, MD
- Family Physician
- Associate Dean for Biomedical Informatics,
- Albany Medical College;
- Assistant Professor,
- Department of Family and Community Medicine,
- Albany Medical College
- About Dr. Reider | Disclosure
- Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
- Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology,
- Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit,
- Section of General Internal Medicine,
- Boston Medical Center and
- Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health
- About Dr. Saitz | Disclosure
- Danielle Scheurer, MD, MSc
- Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School;
- Hospitalist,
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
- About Dr. Scheurer | Disclosure
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
- Daniel Q. Haney
STAFF EDITORS
- Cara Adler, Christine Sadlowski
PRODUCTION EDITOR
- Kristin Kelley
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
- Leon Q. Barzin
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY PUBLISHING DIVISION
- Alberta L. Fitzpatrick, Publisher
- Lisa M. Rawding, Director, Online Operations and Business Development
- Jean Nugent, Online Product Manager
- Matthew O'Rourke, Director, Editorial Operations and Development
- Christopher R. Lynch, Vice President for Publishing
- Art Wilschek, Christine Miller, Lew Wetzel, Wayne Wickman, Advertising Sales
- Bette Clancy, Customer Service