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Editor in Chief, Richard J. Hamilton, MD, FAAEM, FACMT-Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dr. Richard Hamilton is chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Hamilton has been a faculty member at the College since 1997.

A Philadelphia native, Dr. Hamilton received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his medical degree from Hahnemann University. After medical school, he was on active duty as a U.S. Navy flight surgeon, performing research in aerospace medicine. He completed his emergency medicine residency at Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. He subsequently completed a fellowship in medical toxicology at New York University, where he was also a faculty member working in the Emergency Department of New York City`s Bellevue Hospital.

Dr. Hamilton is board certified in emergency medicine and medical toxicology and is a captain in the US Naval Reserves. In 2003, he spent two weeks in Ghana, where he participated in the Navy`s West African Training Cruise Medical Outreach Program. He was mobilized to active duty for one year in 2004 under Operation Enduring Freedom.

John G. Bartlett, MD-Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

John G. Bartlett, MD, is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.  He served as Chief of the Infectious Disease Division at the School for 26 years, stepping down in June of 2006.  Dr. Bartlett received his undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, and his medical degree at Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York.  He trained in internal medicine at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, and the University of Alabama, Birmingham, and he completed his fellowship training in infectious diseases at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Dr. Bartlett has worked in several areas of research, all related to his specialty in infectious diseases.  His major research interests have included anaerobic infections, pathogenic mechanisms of Bacteroides fragilis, anaerobic pulmonary infections, and Clostridium difficile-associated colitis. Dr. Bartlett is a member of the Institute of Medicine, a master of the American College of Physicians, past president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and a recipient of the Kass Award from the IDSA.  In 2005, Dr. Bartlett was awarded the Alexander Fleming Award by the IDSA and the Finland Award from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID).  

Dr. Bartlett has authored over 500 articles and reviews, more than 280 book chapters, and over 60 editions of 18 books.  He has served on editorial boards for 19 medical journals.

Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, MBA-Chief Medical Officer, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Dr. Auwaerter is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine serving as the Clinical Director for the Division of Infectious Diseases.  He is a graduate of Columbia College and received his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University.  Dr. Auwaerter completed his internal medicine residency training at Johns Hopkins and served as an Assistant Chief of Service.

Following fellowship, Dr. Auwaerter joined the Johns Hopkins faculty as an Assistant Professor of Medicine within the Division of General Internal Medicine practicing both infectious diseases and primary care.  He earned a Masters of Business Administration through the Johns Hopkins School of Professional Studies.

He serves as the Chief Medical Office of the Johns Hopkins Point of Care-Information Technology (POC-IT) Center responsible for producing the Johns Hopkins ABX (Antibiotic) and Johns Hopkins HIV Guides and he is the managing editor for the JH ABX Guide.  Dr. Auwaerter's interests include Lyme disease, Epstein-Barr virus and respiratory tract infections.