Editor-in-Chief
Lisa Rowen, DNSc, RN
Senior Vice President for Patient Care Services
and Chief Nursing Officer
University of Maryland Medical Center
22 S. Greene Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Associate Professor
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Adjunct Faculty
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
410-328-6027
lrowen@umm.edu
Associate Editor
Renay D. Tyler, MSN, ACNP, CNSN
Department of Surgery
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe Street, Halsted 600
Baltimore, MD 21287
(410) 502-2590
rtyler1@jhmi.edu
Managing Editor
Lois J. Gould, MS
Manager, Continuing Education
The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing
525 N. Wolfe Street, #532
Baltimore, MD 21205
(410) 614-1978 telephone
(410) 614-8972 fax
lgould@son.jhmi.edu
http://www.ijhn.jhmi.edu
Editorial Board
Robin Blackstone, MD, FACS
Scottsdale Bariatric Center
Scottsdale, AZ
Hilary S. Blackwood, RN, ACNP-CS
Duke Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery
Durham, NC
Susan Chandler, RN, BSN, CRNFA, CPSN
Ambulatory Care Clinics Virginia Commonwealth University
Health System
Richmond, VA
Melissa Davis, RN, MSN, NP, CNS, CNOR, RNFA
Scottsdale Bariatric Center
Scottsdale, AZ
Daniel J. Drake, RN, MSN
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
Greenville, NC
Susan Gallagher Camden, RN, MSN, PhD
Celebration Institute, Inc
Conroe, TX
Ashli L. Greenwald, MS, RD, LD
Private Practice
Columbia, MD
Jennifer Harrington, MS, MPT
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Claudette J. Heddens, BSN, MA, ARNP, CPSN
Mental Health Institute
Mt. Pleasant, IA
Patricia E. Jordan, MS, CRNP
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Melissa A. Kalarchian, PhD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Atul K. Madan, MD, FACS
University of Miami
Miami, FL
Thomas Magnuson, MD
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Kelly O’Donnell MS, RD, CNSD
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, VA
Mary Ellen Olbrisch, PhD, ABPP
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Lorraine Olivero-Rivera, MS, CS, FNP
Columbia University Center for Obesity Surgery
New York, NY
Harry Pino, PhD
Tufts-New England Medical Center
Boston, MA
Stephen Ritz, PhD
Decatur Psychotherapy Group
Decatur, GA
Mary Ann Rose, RN, MSN, EdD
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Michael G. Sarr, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
David B. Sarwer, PhD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Stephanie Sogg, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center
Boston, MA
Douglas Sutton, EdD, ARNP, NP-C, ACNS-BC, CNE
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
Steven M. Tovian, PhD, ABPP
Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Steven Walfish, PhD
Private Practice
Atlanta, GA
Christine Walsh, RN, MBA
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD