National Advisory Panel

Marilyn Barrett, PhD
Owner and Principal
Pharmacognosy Consulting Services

Mark Blumenthal
Executive Director
American Botanical Council

David Eisenberg, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Lucinda Miller, PharmD, BCPS
Editor
Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy

Richard Nahin, MPH, PhD
Acting Director
Division of Extramural Research
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Mary Ann Richardson, DrPH
Assistant Professor and Director
The University of Texas Center for Alternative Medicine Research in Cancer
The University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center School of Public Health

Nancy Ridenour, RN, PhD, CS, FNC, FAAN
Dean
College of Nursing
Illinois State University

David Schardt
Associate Nutritionist
Center for Science in the Public Interest

William A. Watson, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT
Professor (Clinical) and Managing Director
Department of Surgery
South Texas Poison Center
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Elizabeth Yetley, PhD
Director
Office of Special Nutritionals
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration

Technical Experts

Bradly Jacobs, MD, MPH
Senior Clinical Research Fellow
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of California - San Francisco/Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Cathi Dennehy, PharmD
Assistant Clinical Professor
University of California at San Francisco

Kenneth Flora, MD, FACG
Assistant Professor
Oregon Health Sciences University

Peer Reviewers

Fourteen peer reviewers provided insightful comments and feedback on our draft report.

Maurizio Bonacini, MD
Associate Professor
Hepatitis Research Center
Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases
Department of Medicine
University of Southern California School of Medicine

Robert Eckel, MD
Professor
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes
Department of Medicine
University of Colorado Health Science Center

Wolfgang Fleig, MD
Professor and Chair
First Department of Medicine
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Halle (Saale), Germany

Robert Fontana, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Health System

Alexander Gerbes, MD
Professor
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat-München

Eric Gershwin, MD
Division Chief
Division of Rheumatology/Allergy
Department of Internal Medicine
University of California at Davis School of Medicine

Ruth Kava, PhD, RD
Director of Nutrition
American Council on Science and Health

Ronald Koretz, MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
University of California at Los Angeles

David Lee, PhD
Director
Natural Products Laboratory
McLean Hospital

Klaus Linde, MD
Researcher
Centre for Complementary Medicine Research
Department of Internal Medicine II Technichal University

Tianshu Liu, MD, MSc
Attending Physician
Department of Gastroenterology
Shanghai Medical University
Zhoug Medical Hospital

Srini Srinivasan, PhD
Director
Dietary Supplements Division
U.S. Pharmacopoeia

Kathleen Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN
Professor
Department of Family Nursing
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Wendell Winters, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Authors Who Provided Additional Data

Some articles included in this report had relevant data missing from their publications. We contacted the authors requesting this information. Our heartfelt thanks to those who responded:

• Dr. Paolo Saba
• Dr. Heikki A. Salmi
• Dr. Gianluigi Vendemiale
• Dr. Peter Ferenci
• Dr. Robert Flisiak

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