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Zalman S. Agus, M.D.

Zalman S. Agus, M.D., is the Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education and Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Agus received his MD degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Maryland in 1965. He served a residency in internal medicine at the University of Maryland Hospital, a fellowship in renal and electrolyte medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and then joined the faculty at Penn in 1973.

Dr. Agus was named Chief of the Renal and Electrolyte Section and director of the renal fellowship training program in 1979. He became Emeritus Professor of Medicine in 1996 and joined UpToDate, Inc. as Coordinating Editor. He was appointed as Associate Dean for CME at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2002.

Dr. Agus has published more than 120 articles and textbook chapters and has edited several publications. His scholarly interests have focused on acid-base and electrolyte disorders and mineral metabolism and he is recognized as an international expert in the physiology and pathophysiology of calcium, phosphate, and magnesium transport. Dr. Agus has served the American Society of Nephrology as Vice-Chairman of the Program Committee, Chair of the Nephrology Training Program Directors Committee, and Chair of the Informatics Committee. He has served on the Executive Committee of the National Medical Advisory Board and the Board of Directors of the National Kidney Foundation. Dr. Agus is a past Chairman of the Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease of the American Heart Association. He was elected to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation and has been a fellow in the American College of Physicians.

Joseph S. Green, Ph.D.

Joseph S. Green, Ph.D., served as Associate Dean of CME at Duke University School of Medicine between October of 1997 and May of 2004 and remains as Associate Consulting Professor of Community and Family Medicine. Dr. Green served as Director of Continuing Medical Education and Vice President of Educational Affairs for Sharp HealthCare, an integrated health care system in San Diego, California from 1989-1997.

He recently served as the national CME Chair for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Educational Affairs (GEA). Dr. Green also served as President of the Alliance of CME where he was a member of its Board of Directors from 1991-2001. He is also president of Professional Resource Network, Inc., a consulting firm that has provided assistance to over 300 CME provider organizations, including several national specialty societies, medical schools, communication companies, voluntary associations, and hospitals. He was a member of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) between 1981 and 1988. Dr. Green was the lead editor and primary author for the textbook on CME entitled Continuing Education for the Health Professions: Developing, Managing, and Evaluating Programs for Maximum Impact on Patient Care (1984). He has also written numerous articles and book chapters in the CME literature concerning needs assessment, strategic planning, educational impact, evaluation, managed care, guidelines, and accreditation. Dr. Green was the first recipient of the William C. Felch, M.D. award for innovative CME given by the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education. Dr. Green was the executive producer of the Alliance video series on CME and was one of the key authors of the “Professional Self-Assessment Program for CME Professionals.” In January of 2005, Dr. Green was one of the editors and authors of a second book entitled AO Principles of Teaching and Learning, a joint effort with a large international specialty society of fracture repair surgeons located in Davos, Switzerland.

Richard Gliklich, M.D.

Richard Gliklich, M.D., is president of Outcome, the leading provider of post-approval strategies and information-based solutions that demonstrate and/or improve the effectiveness, safety, value and quality of healthcare products, therapies and services. Outcome registries, Phase IV studies and quality improvement programs collect and report on data via the Internet on a daily basis from an industry leading 2,500 hospital sites and several thousand physician offices and pharmacy sites.

Outcome-powered studies have enrolled more than 1.5 million patients and collect data on an annual basis from more than 350,000 patients worldwide. Dr. Gliklich has worked extensively in designing systems and processes that facilitate data capture and management in real-world sites. Dr. Gliklich is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Medical School, a former Charles A. Dana Scholar in outcomes research, a frequently invited speaker on post-approval programs and registries, director of an international conference on post-approval studies, registries and risk management (Post-Approval Summit at Harvard), author of more than 70 academic publications, editor of a textbook on the practical value of real-world clinical data in medical practice (Profiting from Quality: Outcomes strategies for medical practice, Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers, 1999) and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School.


Advisory Board

	Zalman S. Agus, M.D. Zalman S. Agus, M.D., is the Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education and Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Agus received his MD degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Maryland in 1965. He served a residency in internal medicine at the University of Maryland Hospital, a fellowship in renal and electrolyte medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and then joined the faculty at Penn in 1973. Dr. Agus was named Chief of the Renal and Electrolyte Section and director of the renal fellowship training program in 1979. He became Emeritus Professor of Medicine in 1996 and joined UpToDate, Inc. as Coordinating Editor. He was appointed as Associate Dean for CME at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2002. Dr. Agus has published more than 120 articles and textbook chapters and has edited several publications. His scholarly interests have focused on acid-base and electrolyte disorders and mineral metabolism and he is recognized as an international expert in the physiology and pathophysiology of calcium, phosphate, and magnesium transport. Dr. Agus has served the American Society of Nephrology as Vice-Chairman of the Program Committee, Chair of the Nephrology Training Program Directors Committee, and Chair of the Informatics Committee. He has served on the Executive Committee of the National Medical Advisory Board and the Board of Directors of the National Kidney Foundation. Dr. Agus is a past Chairman of the Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease of the American Heart Association. He was elected to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation and has been a fellow in the American College of Physicians.

	Joseph S. Green, Ph.D. Joseph S. Green, Ph.D., served as Associate Dean of CME at Duke University School of Medicine between October of 1997 and May of 2004 and remains as Associate Consulting Professor of Community and Family Medicine. Dr. Green served as Director of Continuing Medical Education and Vice President of Educational Affairs for Sharp HealthCare, an integrated health care system in San Diego, California from 1989-1997. He recently served as the national CME Chair for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Educational Affairs (GEA). Dr. Green also served as President of the Alliance of CME where he was a member of its Board of Directors from 1991-2001. He is also president of Professional Resource Network, Inc., a consulting firm that has provided assistance to over 300 CME provider organizations, including several national specialty societies, medical schools, communication companies, voluntary associations, and hospitals. He was a member of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) between 1981 and 1988. Dr. Green was the lead editor and primary author for the textbook on CME entitled Continuing Education for the Health Professions: Developing, Managing, and Evaluating Programs for Maximum Impact on Patient Care (1984). He has also written numerous articles and book chapters in the CME literature concerning needs assessment, strategic planning, educational impact, evaluation, managed care, guidelines, and accreditation. Dr. Green was the first recipient of the William C. Felch, M.D. award for innovative CME given by the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education. Dr. Green was the executive producer of the Alliance video series on CME and was one of the key authors of the “Professional Self-Assessment Program for CME Professionals.” In January of 2005, Dr. Green was one of the editors and authors of a second book entitled AO Principles of Teaching and Learning, a joint effort with a large international specialty society of fracture repair surgeons located in Davos, Switzerland.

	Richard Gliklich, M.D. Richard Gliklich, M.D., is president of Outcome, the leading provider of post-approval strategies and information-based solutions that demonstrate and/or improve the effectiveness, safety, value and quality of healthcare products, therapies and services. Outcome registries, Phase IV studies and quality improvement programs collect and report on data via the Internet on a daily basis from an industry leading 2,500 hospital sites and several thousand physician offices and pharmacy sites. Outcome-powered studies have enrolled more than 1.5 million patients and collect data on an annual basis from more than 350,000 patients worldwide. Dr. Gliklich has worked extensively in designing systems and processes that facilitate data capture and management in real-world sites. Dr. Gliklich is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Medical School, a former Charles A. Dana Scholar in outcomes research, a frequently invited speaker on post-approval programs and registries, director of an international conference on post-approval studies, registries and risk management (Post-Approval Summit at Harvard), author of more than 70 academic publications, editor of a textbook on the practical value of real-world clinical data in medical practice (Profiting from Quality: Outcomes strategies for medical practice, Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers, 1999) and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School.

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