Evidence-based Practice Center Staff

• EPC/Project Director: Joseph Lau, MD
• Project Manager: Deirdre Devine, M.Lit
• Assistant Project Director: Deborah Zucker, MD, PhD
• Statistician: Norma Terrin, PhD
• Research Associate: Priscilla Chew, MPH
• Technical Editor: Thomas A. Lang, MA
• Research Assistant: David Liu, BA
• AHCPR NRSA Research Fellows: Eric A. Engels, MD, MPH; Ethan Balk, MD

Technical Expert Advisory Group

• Michael Barza, MD
• Infectious Diseases, New England Medical Center (NEMC)

• Michael S. Benninger, MD
• Otolaryngology, Henry Ford Hospital
• American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

• Larry Culpepper, MD
• Family Medicine, Boston Medical Center
• American Academy of Family Physicians

• Aidan Long, MD
• Allergy, NEMC

• Anne Meneghetti, MD
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts

• Rosalie Phillips, MPH
• Tufts Managed Care Institute

• Eli Rebeiz, MD
• Otolaryngology, NEMC

• Carol Sakala, PhD, MSPH
• Educational Development Center, Inc.

• Ellen R. Wald, MD
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh
• American Academy of Pediatrics

• John W. Williams, Jr., MD,MHS
• Internal Medicine, South Texas Veterans Health Care System
• American College of Physicians

• John B. Wong, MD
• Decision/Cost-effectiveness Analysis, NEMC

Patient Representatives

• Gladys Luna
• Lucy T. Porro

Partner Organizations

• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American College of Physicians

Evidence Report Staff and Technical Expert Advisory Group

• Ethan Balk, MD
• NRSA Research Fellow
• Division of Clinical Care Research
• New England Medical Center

• Michael Barza, MD
• Professor of Medicine
• Chairman, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographical Medicine
• Tufts University School of Medicine

• Michael S. Benninger, MD
• Immediate Past Chair, Board of Governors
• Board of Directors
• American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
• President, American Rhinologic Society
• Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
• Henry Ford Hospital

• Priscilla Chew, MPH
• Research Associate
• New England Medical Center EPC

• Larry Culpepper, MD
• Professor and Chairman
• Department of Family Medicine
• Boston University Medical Center

• Deirdre DeVine, M.Lit
• Project Manager, New England Medical Center EPC
• Administrator, New England Cochrane Center
• Division of Clinical Care Research
• New England Medical Center

• Eric Engels, MD, MPH
• NRSA Research Fellow
• Division of Clinical Care Research
• New England Medical Center

• Carla T. Herrerias, BS, MPH
• Program Manager
• Division of Quality Care
• American Academy of Pediatrics

• Susan Elaine Sedory Holzer, MA
• Director of Outcomes Research
• American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation
• One Prince Street
• Alexandria, VA 22314

• Joseph Lau, MD
• Director, New England Medical Center EPC
• Director, New England Cochrane Center
• Associate Professor of Medicine
• Tufts University School of Medicine

• Aidan Long, MD
• Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Tufts University School of Medicine

• David Liu, BA
• Research Assistant
• New England Medical Center EPC

• Gladys Luna
• Waltham, MA

• Anne Meneghetti, MD
• Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Tufts University School of Medicine
• Adjunct Instructor of Medicine
• Boston University School of Medicine
• Director of Medical Policy
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts

• Rosalie Phillips, MPH
• Executive Director
• Tufts Managed Care Institute

• Lucy Porro
• South Boston, MA

• Eli Rebeiz, MD
• Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
• Director, Head and Neck Cancer Surgery
• Department of Otolaryngology
• Tufts University School of Medicine

• Carol Sakala, PhD, MSPH
• Senior Scientist
• Center for Applied Ethics and Professional Practice

• Norma Terrin, PhD
• Statistician, New England Medical Center EPC
• Associate Professor of Medicine
• Tufts University School of Medicine

• Ellen R. Wald, MD
• Professor of Pediatric and Otolaryngology
• Interim Chairperson, Department of Pediatrics
• Chief, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

• John W. Williams, Jr., MD, MHS
• Associate Professor of Medicine
• South Texas Veterans Health Care System
• University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio

• John B. Wong, MD
• Associate Professor of Medicine
• Tufts University School of Medicine
• Chief, Division of Clinical Decision Making, Medical Informatics, and Telemedicine
• New England Medical Center

• Deborah Zucker, MD, PhD
• Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Tufts University School of Medicine