Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
© The American Geriatrics Society

Edited By: William B. Applegate
Impact Factor: 4.388
ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2016: 2/32 (Gerontology); 8/49 (Geriatrics & Gerontology)
Online ISSN: 1532-5415
Editorial Board
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor in Chief
WILLIAM B. APPLEGATE, MD, MPH, AGSF, Winston-Salem, NC
Executive Editor
JOSEPH G. OUSLANDER, MD, AGSF, Boca Raton, FL
Deputy Editors
ELLEN BINDER, MD, St. Louis, MO
GEORGE A. KUCHEL, MD, FRCP, AGSF, Farmington, CT
MIRIAM B. RODIN, MD, PhD, St. Louis, MO
ALEXANDER K. SMITH, MD, MS, MPH, San Francisco, CA
Consulting Editors
Cardiovascular Disease, MICHAEL RICH, MD, St. Louis, MO
Social Media, ERIC WIDERA, MD, San Francisco, CA
Associate Editors
SOO BORSON, MD, Seattle, WA
ELIZABETH L. COBBS, MD, Washington, DC
PAUL K. CRANE, MD, MPH, Seattle, WA
LUIGI FERRUCCI, MD, PhD, Baltimore, MD
MARY GANGULI, MD, MPH, Pittsburgh, PA
SHARON K. INOUYE, MD, MPH, AGSF, Boston, MA
DALANE W. KITZMAN, MD, AGSF, Winston-Salem, NC
ERIC LENZE, MD, St. Louis, MO
ROBERT M. PALMER, MD, Norfolk, VA
VJ PERIYAKOIL, MD, Stanford, CA
DEBRA SALIBA, MD, MPH, AGSF, Los Angeles, CA
KENNETH E. SCHMADER, MD, Durham, NC
Section Editors
Aging and Surgery: JASON JOHANNING, MD, Omaha, NE
Controversies in Geriatrics and Gerontology: DAVID GANZ, MD, PhD, Los Angeles, CA
Dental and Oral Health: CAROL BASSIM, DMD, MHS, Bethesda, MA
Drugs and Pharmacology: TODD P. SEMLA, MS, PharmD, AGSF, Hines, IL
Education and Training: NINA TUMOSA, PhD, Rockville, MD
Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations: GWEN YEO, PhD, AGSF, Palo Alto, CA
Geriatric Emergency Medicine: MANISH N. SHAH, MD, MPH, AGSF, Madison, WI and CHRISTOPHER R. CARPENTER, MD, AGSF, St. Louis, MO
Literature and Aging: WILLIAM J. HALL, MD, Rochester, NY
Models of Geriatric Care, Quality of Improvement, and Program Dissemination: MICHAEL L. MALONE, MD, Milwaukee, WI
Nursing: CHRISTINE BRADWAY, PhD, RN, AGSF, Philadelphia, PA
Old Lives Tales: A. MARK CLARFIELD, MD, AGSF, Beersheva, Israel
Perspectives of Geriatrics by Pioneers in Aging: THOMAS T. YOSHIKAWA, MD, AGSF, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Editors for Biostatistics
WALTER T. AMBROSIUS, PhD, Winston Salem, NC
RICHARD N. JONES, ScD, Providence, RI
MICHAEL E. MILLER, PhD, Winston Salem, NC
Editorial Office
EMILY HAMMOND,
SARA TINSLEY,
201 Shannon Oaks Circle, Suite 205, Cary, NC 27511
Editorial Board
ALI AHMED, MD, MPH, Washington, DC
KAREN P. ALEXANDER, MD, Durham, NC
NEIL B. ALEXANDER, MD, Ann Arbor, MI
RUTH A. ANDERSON, RN, PhD, Durham, NC
STEPHEN D. ANTON, PhD, Gainesville, FL
DAN R. BERLOWITZ, MD, MPH, Bedford, MA
CYNTHIA J. BROWN, MD, MSPH, AGSF, Birmingham, AL
KATHRYN E. CALLAHAN, MD, Winston-Salem, NC
MATTEO CESARI, MD, PhD, Toulouse, France
PIU CHAN, MD, PhD, Beijing, China
JOSHUA CHODOSH, MD, MSHS, Los Angeles, CA
LEO M. COONEY, Jr, MD, New Haven, CT
KENNETH E. COVINSKY, MD, MPH, San Francisco, CA
ALFONSO J. CRUZ-JENTOFT, MD, PhD, Madrid, Spain
MAURO DI BARI, MD, PhD, Florence, Italy
CATHERINE E. DuBEAU, MD, Worcester, MA
KIRK I. ERICKSON, PhD, Pittsburg, PA
THOMAS E. FINUCANE, MD, Baltimore, MD
DANIEL E. FOREMAN, MD, Pittsburgh, PA
TERRY FULMER, PhD, RN, FAAN, AGSF, New York, NY
THOMAS M. GILL, MD, New Haven, CT
SHELLY L. GRAY, PHARMD, MS, AGSF, Seattle, WA
WILLIAM R. HAZZARD, MD, AGSF, Winston-Salem, NC
SUSAN E. HICKMAN, RN, PhD, Indianapolis, IN
YASUO IKEDA, MD, PhD, Tokyo, Japan
LAURIE G. JACOBS, MD, AGSF, Bronx, NY
ANN MARIE KOLANOWSKI, RN, PhD, University Park, PA
RETO W. KRESSIG, MD, PhD, Basel, Switzerland
SUSAN KURRLE, MD, PhD, Sydney, Australia
SEAN X. LENG, MD, PhD, Baltimore, MD
DOUGLAS L. LESLIE, PhD, West Haven CT
STEPHEN R. LORD, PhD, Sydney, Australia
KENNETH W. LYLES, MD, AGSF, Durham, NC
JAY MAGAZINER, PhD, MSHyg, Baltimore, MD
EDWARD R. MARCANTONIO, MD, Boston, MA
MATHEW S. MAURER, MD, New York, NY
WAYNE C. McCORMICK, MD, MPH, AGSF, Seattle, WA
SIMON C. MEARS, MD, PhD, Little Rock, AR
LONA MODY, MD, MSc, Ann Arbor, MI
JOHN E. MORLEY, MB, BcH, St. Louis, MO
MARY BETH O'CONNELL, PharmD, Detroit, MI
JAMES T. PACALA, MD, MS, AGSF, Minneapolis, MN
THOMAS T. PERLS, MD, MPH, Boston, MA
BARBARA RESNICK, PhD, CRNP, AGSF, Baltimore, MD
DAVID B. REUBEN, MD, AGSF, Los Angeles, CA
CHRISTINE RITCHIE, MD, MSPH, San Francisco, CA
KENNETH ROCKWOOD, MD, Halifax, Canada
GREG A. SACHS, MD, Chicago, IL
JANE S. SACZYNSKI, PhD, Boston, MA
BETH E. SNITZ, PhD, Pittsburgh, PA
DARRYL Y. SUE, MD, Torrance, CA
GAIL SULLIVAN, MD, MPH, AGSF, Farmington, CT
MARK A. SUPIANO, MD, AGSF, Salt Lake City, UT
STEPHEN THIELKE, MD, MSPH, MA, Seattle, WA
BHARATHI UPADHYA, MD, Winston Salem, NC
GWEN C. UMAN, PhD, RN, Los Angeles, CA
KATHLEEN T. UNROE, MD, MHA, AGSF, Indianapolis, IN
JOE VERGHESE, MBBS, MS, Bronx, NY
ROBERT B. WALLACE, MD, MSc, Iowa City, IA
JEAN F. WYMAN, PhD, RN, Minneapolis, MN
Editors Emeriti
PAUL B. BEESON, MD, Redmond, WA (1978-1984; deceased 2006)
GENE H. STOLLERMAN, MD, Boston, MA (1984-1988; deceased 2014)
DAVID H. SOLOMON, MD, AGSF, Santa Monica, CA (1988-1993; deceased 2013)
WILLIAM B. APPLEGATE, MD, MPH, AGSF, Winston-Salem, NC (1993-2000)
THOMAS T. YOSHIKAWA, MD, AGSF, Los Angeles, CA (2000-2016)
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