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Society of Hospital Medicine Co-Management Advisory Panel

SHM Co-Management Advisory Panel Members
SHM wishes to thank all of the members of the Co-Management Advisory Panel, who encompass a distinguished panel of experts essential to the construction of this guide for building and establishing effective hospitalist/orthopedic surgery Co-Management Programs.

Co-Management Advisory Panel Chair
Sylvia McKean, MD, SFHM
Senior Hospitalist, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Co-Management Advisory Panel Members
William Adair, MD
Chair, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL

Kanoe Allen MSN-CNS, PHN, RN, OCN
Director, Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach, CA

Alan Beyer, MD, FACS
Orthopedic Surgeon, Newport Orthopedic Institute, Newport Beach, CA

Andrew Fishmann, MD, FACP, SFHM
Internal Medicine, Pulmonary/Critical Care, California Lung Associates, Los Angeles, CA

Fatma Gul, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Michael Gulseth, Pharm. D., BCPS
Program Director for Anticoagulation Services, Sanford USD Medical Center, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Services, Sioux Falls, SD 

Flora Kisuule, MD, MPH, SFHM
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Division of Hospital Medicine, John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Mary Betty Masters, RN, CNOR
Administrative Coordinator, Total Joint Institute Project, 
Southern Joint Replacement Institute, Nashville, TN

Beth Mraz, ARNP
Nurse Practitioner, Longview Orthopedic Associates, Longview, WA

Michael Pinzur, MD, AAOS
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

Michael Ruhlen, MD, MHCM, FACHE, SFHM
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Carolinas Medical Centers – Mercy and Pineville, Charlotte, NC

Christopher Whinney, MD, FACP, FHM
Staff Physician, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

Special Thanks To:

• Advisory Panel Chair: Sylvia McKean
• Review and Feedback: Co-Management Advisory Panel
• Reference Materials: SHM Co-Management Task Force
• Funding: Ortho-McNeil®, Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• SHM Staff Members: Ann Nolan, Leslie Flores, Joe Miller, and Wendy Nickel