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HealthLink Editorial Board
Mary Blackwelder, MLS
Director, Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries
Eileen Early, RN, BSN
HealthLink Editor, Office of Clinical Informatics
Rick Gillis, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Associate Dean for Clinical Informatics
Director, Office of Clinical Informatics
Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH
Professor and
Chairman, Emergency Medicine
Director, Firearm
Injury Center
Director, Injury
Research Center
Michael Lund, MD
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Teresa Manion
Associate Director, Public Affairs
David Marks, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Peter Pruessing
Sr. Vice President, External Affairs, FMLH/MCW
Edward Quebbeman MD, PhD
Professor, Surgery (Surgical Oncology)
Ralph Schapira, MD
Professor and Vice Chairman, Medicine
William See, MD
Professor and Chairman, Urology
Estil Strawn, MD
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Stuart Wong, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Neoplastic Diseases)
Office of Clinical Informatics
Jenna Denure, RN, BSN
Nurse Informaticist
Robert Donnell, MD
Physician Champion
Eileen Early, RN, BSN
Editor, Electronic Health Information
Kevin Ehlers, MSMI
Information Architect
Rick Gillis, MD
Director and Associate Dean for Clinical Informatics
Yi Hong, MLIS
Information Resource Specialist
Johanna Johnson-Massey, RN
Nurse Informaticist
Paul E. Knudson, MD
Physician Champion
Jonathan M. Rubin, MD
Physician Champion
Elizabeth Ruffert, RN
Nurse Informaticist
Jane Shackelford
Administrative Assistant III
Sara Smith, RN, MSMI
Nurse Informaticist
Kathy Williams
Program Coordinator II
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