Federal Practitioner Editorial Advisory Association

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Cynthia M.A. Geppert, MD, MA, MPH, MSBE, DPS
Senior Ethicist, Veterans Affairs National Center for Ethics in Health Care

EDITORIAL ADVISORY ASSOCIATION

Susanne G. Barnett, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy
Madison, Wisconsin

Anthony Charles Breu III, MD
Hospitalist and Director, Resident Education VA Boston Healthcare System
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard University
Boston, Massachusetts

Loretta Coady-Fariborzian, MD
Section Chief, Plastic Surgery,
Malcom Randall VA Medical Center
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Ramon L. Cuevas-Trisan, MD
Chief, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Service
Director, Rehabilitation & Pain Management Services
West Palm Beach VA Medical Center
West Palm Beach, Florida

David J. Cziperle, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Maywood, Illinois

H. Gene Dossett, MD, MBA
Site Director, Phoenix VA Health Care System-Mayo Clinic Orthopedic Residency
Clinical Instructor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine

Paul B. Greenberg, MD, MPH
Chief, Health Professions Education VA Office of Academic Affiliations
Associate Chief of Staff, Surgery Service VA Providence Healthcare System
Professor of Surgery (Ophthalmology), Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University Providence, Rhode Island

Peter Hauser, MD
Director, National VA Telemental Health Hub,
Cochair VHA Somatic Treatments Field Advisory Cmte
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,
University of California, Irvine and San Diego
Long Beach, California

Ryan Holliday, PhD
Clinical Research Psychologist
Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Reasearch Education and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
Assistant Professor,
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Marcia A. Johnson, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC
Clinical Resource Hub
VA MidSouth Healthcare Network (VISN 9)
Nashville, Tennessee

Olcay Y. Jones, MD, PhD
Chief Pediatric Rheumatology, Walter Reed National
Military Medical Center
Associate Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and George Washington University
Washington, DC, and Bethesda, Maryland

Amir Mohammad, MD, MPH
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Physician,
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
New Haven and Farmington, Connecticut

LCDR Casmir Ogbonna, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCGP, USPHS
US Coast Guard PHS Liaison Officer
Washington, DC

R. Brooks Robey, MD
Founding Chief, Nephrology & Hypertension
Associate Chief of Staff, Research &
Development,
White River Junction VA Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College
Lebanon, New Hampshire and White River
Junction, Vermont

William Rodríguez-Cintrón, MD, MACP
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Section Chief
Training Program Director, VA Caribbean Healthcare System
San Juan, Puerto Rico

CAPT (Ret) Gilbert Seda, MD, PhD, ABPP
Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine,
Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista

L. Brannon Thomas, MD, PhD
Anatomic and Clinical Pathologist
Chief, Microbiology and Tissue Molecular Pathology
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
Associate Professor, Pathology and Cell Biology
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida

Col (Ret) Mona Pearl Treyball, PhD, RN, CNS, CCRN-K, USAF, NC
Professor and Specialty Director, Veteran and Military Health Care Academic Programs, University of Colorado College of Nursing
Aurora, Colorado

COL (Ret) Stanley Zagorski Jr, MD, USA
General, Minimally Invasive, and Bariatric Surgery, Conemaugh Health System/ Duke-Lifepoint Hospital
Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Federal Practitioner^® is an independent publication that has no federal affiliation. Federal employees who participate in the peer review process or as Editorial Advisory Association members do so in their own capacity and in the interest of scientific inquiry—not as representatives of the federal government. Such participation is honorary, voluntary, and nonremuneratory.

Hematology/Oncology Special Issue Advisory Board

Nicholas Burwick, MD
President AVAHO (2025)
Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant
Puget Sound VA Health Care System
Seattle, Washington

Anita Aggarwal, DO, PhD
Past President AVAHO (2016)
Hematology/Oncology, Washington DC VAMC
Associate Professor, George Washington University
School of Medicine, Georgetown University
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Washington, DC, and Bethesda, Maryland

Russell Crawford, BPharm, BCOP (Ret)
Past President AVAHO (2018)
Tucson, Arizona

Bernadette B. Heron, PharmD, BCOP
President AVAHO (2022)
National Clinical Pharmacy Program Manager, Hematology/Oncology Formulary Management
VHA Pharmacy Benefits Management Services
Hines, Illinois

Mark Klein, MD
Past President AVAHO (2019)
Staff Physician, Minneapolis VA Healthcare System
Associate Professor of Medicine University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Paulette Mehta, MD, MPH
Past President AVAHO (2010)
Staff Physician & Medical Director, Hematology/
Oncology, Central Arkansas Veterans HCS
Professor, Hematology/Oncology, University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas

Mary Laudon Thomas, MS, CNS, AOCN
Past President AVAHO (2017)
Hematology Clinical Nurse Specialist, V A Palo Alto HCS
Palo Alto, California