Webster's New World Medical Dictionary

Contributing Authors
Ronald Adamany, MD, Gastroenterology • Kent Adamson, MD, Orthopedic Surgery • Leon Baginski,
MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology • Jerry Balentine, DO, FACOEP, FACEP, Emergency Medicine • Edward
Block, MD, Gastroenterology • James Bredencamp, MD, Otolaryngology • Yuri Bronstein, MD,
Neurology • Rudolph Brutico, MD, Pediatrics • Carolyn Janet Crandall, MD, Internal Medicine &
Women’s Health • Howard Crystal, MD, Neurology • John Cunha, DO, Emergency Medicine • Eric
Daar, MD, Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases • Andrew A. Dahl, MD, FACS, Opthamology •
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Fernando Dangond, MD, Neurology • Charles C.P. Davis, MD, PhD, Emergency Medicine • Roxanne
Dryden-Edwards, MD, Psychiatry and Mental Health • Jason C. Eck, DO, MS, Orthopaedic Surgery • 
Steve Ehrlich, MD, Cardiology • Manuel Fernandez, MD, Endocrinology • Robert Ferry, MD,
Pediatric Endocrinologist • Michael C. Fishbein, MD, Cardiovascular & Autopsy Pathology • Tse-Ling
Fong, MD, Hepatology • Catherine G. Fuller, MD, Allergy & Immunology • Ronald Gehling, MD,
Allergy & Immunolgy • Gus Gialamas, MD, Orthopedic Surgery • Gary W. Gibbon, MD, Pulmonary
Disease & Allergy • Mitchell J. Gitkind, MD, Gastroenterology • Vay Liang W. Go, MD, Nutrition •
Sandra Gonzalez Gompf, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Infectious Disease • Jayson Goo, ATC, MA, CKTI, Human
Performance/Corrective Therapy • Daniel L. Gomel, MD, Internal Medicine & Geriatrics • Mark
Graber, MD, Family Practice • Harold H. Harsch, MD, Psychiatry • Roza Hayduk, MD, Sleep
Medicine • Barbara K. Hecht, PhD • Frederick Hecht, MD, FAAP • Standiford Helm III, MD,
Anesthesiologist/Pain Management • Kendall Ho, MD, Emergency Medicine • Debra E. Houry, MD,
MPH, Emergency Medicine/Women’s Health • Camille Marie Teres Hylton, MD, Ophthamology •
David Kaminstein, MD, Gastroenterology • Kenneth Kaye, MD, Pathology • Jillyen E. Kibby, M.A.,
CCC-A, Audiology • Harley J. Kornblum, MD, Pediatrics & Neurology • Betty Kovacs, MS, RD,
Nutrition • Daniel Lee Kulick, MD, FACC, FSCAI., Internal Medicine & Cardiology • Eric Lee, MD,
Gastroenterology • Margaret Lee, DDS, Dentistry • Stacy E. Lee, MD, Allergy & Immunology •
Michael Lill, MD, Hematology/Oncology • Arthur H. Loussararian, MD, Inetrnal Medicine &
Cardiology • Ralph Maeda, MD, Surgery • Dwight Makoff, MD, Nephrology & Hypertension •
Murray Margolis, MD, Internal Medicine • Randy Martin, MD, Pulmonary/Infectious Diseases •
James Meaglia, MD, Urology • John Mersch, MD, Pediatrics • Michael Miyamoto, MD, Cardiology • 
Zab Mohsenifar, MD, Internal Medicine & Pulmonary Diseases • John R. Morris, MD, Orthopedic
Surgery • Mim Mulford, MD, Endocrinology • Marty Nettleman, MD, MS, Infectious Disease • Mark
Scott Noah, MD, Internal Medicine • Omudhome Ogbru, PharmD, Pharmacy • Peter J. Panzarino,
Jr. MD, Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine • David Adam Perlstein, MD, FAAP, Pediatarics • Dennis
Philips, MD, Pediatrics • Donald Pratt, MD, Internal Medicine • Stefan M. Pulst, MD, Neurology •
J. Bradley Randleman, MD, Opthamology • Donald Rediker, MD, Cardiology • Alan Rockoff, MD,
Dermatology • Emmanuel Saltiel, PharmD FASHP, FCCP, Pharmacy • Stephen J. Sanders, M.A., CCC-A,
Audiology • Michael Santoro, MD, Gastroenterology • George Schiffman, MD, Pulmonary • Leslie
J. Schoenfield, MD, PhD • Melvin Shiffman, MD, Cosmetic Surgery • Lawrence J. Schwartz, MD,
Ophthalmology • Joseph Sciammarella, MD, FACP, FA.CEP, Emergency Medicine • John Sheppard,
MD, Ophthalmology and Pharmacology • David Simon, MD, Internal Medicine • Robert Simon, MD,
Neurology • Thomas P. Sokol, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Gastroenterology • Mark Sullivan, MD, Urology •
Alan Szeftel, MD, Allergy and Immunology/Pulmonary Disease • Bruce Tammelin, MD, Pulmonary
Disease • Suzanne Trupin MD, FACOG, Obstetrics and Gynecology • Michael Truong, MD,
Endocrinology • Theodore Van Dam, MD, Internal Medicine • John Vierling, MD, Hepatology •
Benjamin C. Wedro, MD, FAAEM, Emergency Medicine • Richard Weil, M.Ed., CDE, Exercise
Physiology, Diabetes Educator • Maureen Welker, MSN, NPc, CCRN • Edward J. White, MD, General
Surgery • Leslie Williams, EdD, Psychology • Joseph Y. Wu, MD, Internal Medicine & Geriatrics •
Marilyn A.D. Yee, PharmD, Pharmacy • David Zachary, MD, Family Medicine
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