Editorial Board Structure
Executive Editor
The key role of the Executive Editor is:
- To act as an ambassador for the journal.
- To promote scholarship in the specialist field associated with the journal.
- To promote the journal as the best journal to publish in.
- To attract new and established authors and article submissions.
Editor(s)-in-Chief
The editor(s)-in-chief are the lead editors. His/her primary responsibilities include:
- Directing the overall strategy of the journal.
- Reviewing and deciding upon submitted manuscripts to ensure sustainable and timely publishing flow.
- Encouraging new and established authors to submit articles.
- Setting up a reliable panel of expert reviewers.
Associate Editors
Associate Editors are chosen for their expertise in key areas related to the journal. Their main role is:
- To bring together a range of key individuals within the field who can advise on journal strategy, help the journal development, and promote new initiatives.
- To offer expertise in their specialty area, to provide feedback, and to add credibility to the journal.
- To act as a team of potential reviewers with an active interest in the success of the journal. Editors usually make the final decisions on their assigned manuscripts, but the editor(s)-in-chief may wish to review these decisions.
Copy Editors
Copy-editors role include:
- Assessing correctness, consistency, and precision to make articles acceptable and readable.
- Checking grammar and spelling.
- Making sure that the figures and tables are suitable for publication.
- Checking citations and bibliographical references.
Editorial office administrator
A key contact for new editors who may need assistance in learning the journal’s workflow and the editorial office system.
Editorial Board Meetings
Members of the editorial board meet periodically to evaluate the journal’s health and to discuss overall goals. The frequency of these editorial board meetings varies depending on the specific needs of the journal.
Editorial Board Members
Executive Editor
- S. Hasan Naqvi, MD FACP SFHM
Professor of Medicine
Charles E Mengel Faculty Scholar in Internal Medicine
Division Director Hospital Medicine & Director Clinical & Translational Science Unit
School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA
Editor(s)-in-Chief
- Nitish Nandu, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, MO, USA - Karthik Gangu, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Hospital medicine, Department of Medicine
The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC)
Associate Editors
- Jumana Antoun, MD, MS, CPHIMS
Associate Professor Family Medicine
American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon - Sudarshan Balla, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA - Premkumar Nattanmai Chandrasekaran, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Medical Director, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
Program Director, Neuro Critical Care Fellowship
University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA - Emily Coberly, MD
Medical Director, Missouri-Arkansas and Louisiana Regions, American Red Cross
Laboratory Director, Creative Testing Solutions Donor Testing Laboratory
St. Louis, MO, USA - Mary Dohrmann, MD, MBA
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Brent M. Parker Professor of Medicine – Cardiology
Program Director, Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA - David Fleming, MD, MA
Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Senior Scholar, Center for Health Ethics, University of Missouri School of Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA - Kristin Hahn-Cover, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Chair, Department of Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA - Catherine Jones, MD, MS
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Hospital medicine, Department of Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA - Armin Krvavac, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA - Kunal Malhotra, MD, MBA, FASN, FNKF
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA - Ashley McCormick, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist – Critical Care; Antimicrobial Stewardship
Moanalua Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente, Honolulu, HI, USA - Turi McNamee, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
Vice Chair of Training and Education
Division of Hospital medicine, Department of Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA - Fanny Morón, MD
Professor of Radiology
Department of Radiology
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA - Manav Nayyar, MD, FACP
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA
Capital Region Physicians - Christopher Newey, DO, MS
Assistant professor of neurology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Medical director, neurosciences intensive care unit, Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center
Medical director, multimodal monitoring, Neurocritical care, Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA - Salih Samo, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Motility, Department of Medicine
The University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, USA - Gurusaravanan Kutti Sridharan, MD FACP
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine,
Banner University Medical Center, Hospital Medicine
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Copy-Editors:
- Alexandra Marko - Copy Editor
University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA - Lacey Raper - Copy Editor
University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA - Taylor Bosworth - Copy Editor
University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA - Sarah Y. Wang - Chief Financial Officer
University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA
