David Abelson

Medical editor, Park Nicollet Medical Center

Brenda Conaway

StayWell Custom Communications Editorial Director; is responsible for overseeing editorial operations for six publications and developing new print products. She edits three publications and writes most of the behavior change copy, as well as other health and wellness articles for print and online. In 1999, she received the Times Mirror editor of the year award. Prior to joining StayWell, she worked in textbook publishing. She also worked in nutrition research teaching nutrition classes, editing manuals and coordinating research studies.

Barbara Floria

Founding editor of Vitality magazine in 1987; is responsible for editing all editorial products for Vitality, which provides much of the content of StayWell Solutions Online. She also writes and edits six quarterly special supplements covering self care and prevention, substance abuse, back care and ergonomics, workplace safety, senior health issues and workplace productivity. She has also written 25 single topic wellness brochures. Prior to coming to StayWell, Barbara held editorial positions at MD Magazine and Cosmopolitan. She has been a professional journalist for more than 25 years.

Lisa Harvey

Managing Editor, Park Nicollet Medical Foundation

Alan Kind

Managing Editor, Park Nicollet Medical Foundation

J. Stephen McIver

Executive Editor for print content. Since Mr. McIver joined StayWell in 1997, its publications and Web sites have won more than 100 awards in industry contests. Mr. McIver also worked for more than two decades at newspapers, reporting and editing health stories in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Delaware. Several projects he edited won prestigious regional awards.

Linda Peitzman, MD

Medical Editor, Park Nicollet Medical Foundation

Ed Rademaekers

Vice President, Editorial, for StayWell Electronic Solutions Group. He developed the original versions of the site's medical encyclopedia and Wellness Library.

Dianna Sinovic

Database editor for StayWell Electronic Solutions Group. Ms. Sinovic has been an editor and writer for 22 years, including nine years at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Paul E. Terry, Ph.D.

Editor in Chief, Park Nicollet Medical Foundation

Marianne Aleardi

After beginning her career in a hospital setting, Ms. Aleardi has spent the past 18 years as a health writer. She founded the newsletter publishing company DR. PUBLICATIONS, and served as editor of Philadelphia’s Hospital & Healthcare News. She also has been a contributing writer for The Nursing Spectrum . At StayWell, she often covers wellness, senior health and nutrition.

Joanne Barker

A free-lance writer and producer who specializes in behavior change, fitness, mental health issues and smoking cessation. She earned her Master of Science in Health Communication from Tufts University School of Medicine.

Lisa Bartels-Rabb

Well Advised author

Bruce E. Beans

A free-lance writer specializing in health and the environment. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The London Times, Reader's Digest, Audubon, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia magazine and the magazines of the Pan American Health Organization and the American Psychological Association.

Bev Bennett

A free-lance writer specializing in nutrition. She is former food editor of the Chicago Sun-Times; writes a weekly weight loss column distributed to 200 publications around the world through the Los Angeles Times Syndicate and contributes frequently to the nutrition pages of Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Ms. Bennett is also co-author of the Dictionary of Healthful Food Terms (Barron's, 1997).

Diane Bones

A free-lancer writer who has been specializing in health issues for 20 years. Since 1990, she has contributed to numerous StayWell publications. She also teaches a writing humor course at Temple University’s main campus in Philadelphia, a position she has held since 1983.

Jeffrey Bramnick

An award-winning free-lance writer who specializes in health and science. He has also been a health and science writer and editor in the newspaper field. He has written for numerous universities, health organizations, consumer and trade publications and online outlets. He has been a contributing editor for Ophthalmology Management magazine and Optometric Management magazine.

Tom Brandes

Well Advised author

Jameson Case

An associate editor and writer at StayWell. Before coming to StayWell in 2000, Mr. Case worked as a writer and editor at The Conway Daily Sun, a New Hampshire daily newspaper. He also has worked as a reporter for The Record Enterprise in Plymouth, NH.

Steven Cline

A former staff member of the Chicago Sun-Times, he has reported on health, fitness and sports topics for numerous other magazines and newspapers, including Today's Health, Chicago Baseball, Gametime, The Charlotte Observer, the Newark Star-Ledger and the New York Daily News.

Kathleen Dailey

An associate editor and writer at StayWell. Before coming to StayWell in 2000, she worked as an editor at PR Newswire.

Jeff DeAlmo

Edits copy and writes health and wellness articles for several StayWell publications. He came to StayWell in 2000 after eight years of writing and editing at newspapers and a local MSNBC syndicate news Web site. His other projects have included a literary magazine and a cookbook for institutions serving people on special diets.

Donna Debs

A free-lance writer with 30 years' professional experience, including 10 as a writer, reporter and editor for KYW Newsradio in Philadelphia, where her specialties included women's affairs. Recipient of several journalistic awards, she now focuses both her writing and personal attention on health and wellness; she is also a certified yoga instructor teaching several classes each week. She has been writing for StayWell for 10 years.

Sandra Deden

An associate editor and writer at StayWell. Before coming to StayWell in 1999, she was an assistant editor and writer for a Boston-based medical magazine. She also worked as a reporter for Boston University, covering the School of Medicine beat for three years. She has more than 14 years' writing and editing experience and received her master’s degree in writing and publishing from Emerson College in Boston.

Stephanie English

An editor at StayWell, she writes and edits articles for one of the company's Medicaid publications and for a 36-page health and wellness magazine. Stephanie has extensive experience writing and editing women's health, parenting and low-literacy articles. Before joining StayWell in 1993, she was a newspaper reporter.

Diane Fancher

A journalist for more than 25 years, Ms. Fancher is the Anne Arundel County bureau chief for The Baltimore Sun. She edited or wrote about health topics at various times during earlier jobs with The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Hartford Courant. She has also served as managing editor of The Scientist and editor of Detroit Monthly, and a free-lance writer for a variety of publications. As a recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for Journalists at the University of Michigan, she studied medical ethics issues.

Maura Fredey

A free-lance writer with eight years of experience in writing and editing for health care consumers. Ms. Fredey previously served as an editor for several publications for StayWell, where she specialized in the Medicaid audience, editing and writing for targeted reading levels. Ms. Fredey writes regularly for The New England Eye Institute and for On Call, a Boston Globe specialty magazine for health care professionals. She is the marketing and public relations manager for a Boston-area community hospital.

Laurie Fronek

A free-lance writer and editor specializing in health and medical topics. Her work includes numerous articles on subjects ranging from exercise to stress reduction to disease prevention, detection and management. She also served as an editor and content producer for the Web site OnHealth.com.

Scott Glickstein, MD

Well Advised author

Sandra Gordon

Her health and diet stories have also appeared in numerous consumer magazines, including Fitness, Parents, Child, Redbook and Self. She is also co-author of The Aging Eye (Simon & Schuster, 2001) and The 30 Secrets of the World's Healthiest Cuisines (John Wiley, 2000). Previously, Ms. Gordon wrote about health and health care issues for HIP Health Plan of New York, a managed care organization.

Robert Gorman, MD

Well Advised author

Susan Greatorex

Has been writing about food and wellness for Health & You and other StayWell publications since 1993. She is an accomplished cook and seasoned journalist who regularly consults dietitians and physicians in the process of developing recipes that are nutritionally sound, easy to prepare and appealing. She wrote her first cooking column in 1970 for the Manchester (NH) Union Leader; reviewed restaurants for the Philadelphia Bulletin; and produced health segments for a regional cable news service.

Linda Greene

Has written for Vitality for 14 years. In addition to feature writing, she does grant and script writing. Ms. Greene has written for Ericsson Inc., American Airlines, Private Clubs magazine and the Greater Dallas Community Relations Council. She has an MBA in marketing from Southern Methodist University. She has been a professional writer for 26 years.

Ellen Greenlaw

A free-lance writer who writes health, nutrition and fitness articles for StayWell. Before becoming a free-lance writer, she worked as an editor and writer for StayWell for six years. Prior to working at StayWell, she worked in the health care field as a health educator. She has been writing for StayWell since 1994.

Judith Hurley, M.S., R.D.

A registered dietitian and free-lance writer specializing in nutrition and preventive health topics. She has written for StayWell, Health Media of America, dietary supplement manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies. She is the author of textbooks, consumer health books, medical journal articles and courses for health professionals. She first contributed to StayWell in 1999.

Bonnie Jacob

Her writing has also appeared in Modern Maturity, The Washington Star, The Washington Post and USA Today. Ms. Jacob worked for five years in the public affairs office of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa. She has extensive experience in writing materials for managed health care plans and integrated health delivery systems. She has been a professional writer since 1979.

Joseph F. Jalkiewicz

An award-winning journalist who has contributed articles on health and medicine to numerous newspapers and national publications since 1992, he is currently editor of ADVANCE for Imaging and Radiation Therapy Professionals.

Laura Lane

She is a prolific health writer whose work has appeared in The Dallas Morning News, CNN.com, WebMD, MSN, the Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter, Shape magazine, Healthy Living, Men's Journal, the Scientist, Apria.com, LaurusHealth.com and the Contra Costa Times. She has a master's degree in biology from Stanford University. 

Jeanne Mettner

Well Advised author

Harriet Meyerson

Writes on workplace productivity issues. She has also been a teacher, writer and business owner. In 1991, she founded the Confidence Center in Dallas, where she helps businesses build employee confidence. She is the author of the manual Fire Up Your Staff On A Shoestring Budget and co-author of the book The Leadership Path. She has been a professional writer for more than 20 years.

Michael E. Newman

An award-winning communicator, he has also written for The Houston Chronicle, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the Encyclopedia Britannica Medical and Health Annual, and various health care institutions. Mr. Newman writes a weekly question-and-answer column for the Journal Newspapers in the Greater Washington, DC, area.

Don Nichols

His writing has also appeared in Contemporary Long Term Care, Medical Meetings, Management Review, Texas Business, Houston Business Journal and Chief Information Officer Journal. Mr. Nichols has been a professional journalist for more than 25 years.

Tom Nugent

As a health writer and editor, he has reported on health issues and medicine for a variety of publications, including the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Mother Jones Magazine, The Nation, The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) News and People Magazine. Mr. Nugent is the author of five books, including an investigative volume on health problems in the Appalachian coalfields (Death At Buffalo Creek , W.W. Norton).

Mary L. Peppers

Her expertise includes medical issues involving women's and children's health, preventive medicine, pharmaceuticals and behavioral change. Prior to free-lancing, she was a marketing communications manager for Foundation Health Plan in Sacramento and editor of California Pharmacist magazine.

Gail Purpura

As a reporter for the former PhiladelphiaBulletin, she wrote about family issues, as well as government and public policy. She was assistant metropolitan editor when The Bulletin folded in 1982, and went on to be a public relations professional with AT&T for 13 years.

Alison Rogers

An associate editor and writer with StayWell, covering physical fitness and family health and safety issues, among other topics. Before coming to StayWell in June 2001, Ms. Rogers served as an English instructor at Northeastern University in Boston. She has also worked as a proofreader. She has a master’s degree in English Composition from Northeastern University.

Janis Robinson

Has been a feature writer for Vitality for 14 years. She has also written extensively for health care corporations including Dallas-based Presbyterian Healthcare System, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas and St. Paul Hospital in Dallas and Texas Health Resources. She has been a professional writer for 19 years.

Lisa Jo Rudy

Has been writing about science and health for adults, families and children since 1987. Besides producing consumer articles, she has written for pharmaceutical trade magazines, government agencies, corporations and Web sites. She also writes for museums and publishers, and has developed educational materials on topics ranging from alcohol and tobacco abuse to the inner workings of the human brain.

Betty Russell

A free-lance writer who specializes in health and medical issues. She has contributed to StayWell publications for 10 years. She has worked in the broadcast media as a television news anchor, television talk show co-host and radio news-director. She was an award-winning director of media relations at Boston University Medical Center. Her work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Florida Times-Union and Advance magazine.

Robert H. Shmerling, M.D.

Robert H. Shmerling, M.D., is associate physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and associate professor at Harvard Medical School. He has been a practicing rheumatologist for over 20 years at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is an active teacher in the Internal Medicine Residency Program, serving as the Robinson Firm Chief. He is also a teacher in the Rheumatology Fellowship Program.

Dianna Sinovic

Database editor for Staywell Electronic Solutions Group. Ms. Sinovic has been an editor and writer for more than 20 years, including nine years at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Amy Sorter

Has been a staff writer for Vitality for two years. Her writing has also been published in The Dallas Morning News and The Dallas Business Journal. In addition, she has worked in the area of marketing communications for the American Medical Association, ABC Radio Networks and has been a copywriter for public relations and marketing communications agencies. She has been a professional writer for 15 years.

Claire Sykes

A free-lance writer specializing in popular health care issues. She has been writing for Health & You and other StayWell publications for six years, covering such topics as home health tests, menopause and children's self-esteem. Since 1990, her health-related articles have also appeared in major hospital publications and in magazines in the United States and Canada.

Paul E. Terry, Ph.D.

Well Advised author

Chris Thomas

Has been a Vitality writer for more than 10 years. She is also a newspaper columnist for The Idaho Statesman and, in the corporate world, writes speeches, annual reports, technical manuals and training materials. In addition, she coaches executives on presentation skills. She was an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and has co-authored two college textbooks.

Kathy Tinglestad

Well Advised author

Polly Turner

Has been a feature writer for Vitality for five years. For eight years she served as founding editor of Workplace Vitality, and has written regularly for Medical Benefits and On Managed Care. Previously, she served as managing editor and staff writer for a variety of consumer health promotion newsletters, including HealthAction. She has been a writer and editor in the fields of health and corporate health promotion for more than 20 years.

Lori Widmer

A free-lance writer with more than 15 years of experience writing on numerous topics, including the health sector. She has covered Medicare and senior topics for StayWell. As an editor at a national trade publication specializing in insurance and risk-related issues, she has worked on subjects such as managed care, worker's comp and online benefits.