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Dennis L.Kasper,M.D.William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Harvard Medical School Director,Channing Laboratory Department of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston,Massaschusetts
　　Eugene Braunwald,AB,MD,MA(Hon),MD(Hon),ScD(Hon)Distinguished Hersey Profesor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Chairman,TIMI Study Group Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston,Massachussetts.
　　Anthony S.Fauci,MD Chief,Laboratory of Immunoregulation Director,National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health Bethesda,MD.
　　Stephen L.Hauser,MD Robert A.Fishman Distinguished Professor and Chairman Department of Neurology University of alifornia,San Francisco San Francisco,CA.
　　Dan L.Longo,MD Scientific Director National Institute on Aging National Institutes of Health Bethesda,MD.
　　J.Larry Jameson,MD Irving S.Cutter Professor and Chairman Department of Medicine Northwestern University Medical School
Physician-in-Chief,Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago,IL.
　　Without question,HPIM features the highest profile board of editors among the competition(both print and online).All are world-class investigator/clinicians.Each editor meticulously edits every chapter and two editors read overlapping chapters.The usual rotation of editors results in Dennis Kasper(the infectious disease editor)as editor-in-chief for this edition.An exception has been made to the retirement policy so that Dr.Braunwald will stay on the project for one last edition.Dr.Braunwald brings to the book tremendous creative energy,wide knowledge of all areas of medicine and incomparable institutional memory.He will also a key player at all the editorial meetings and will help shape the overall direction for this new edition.Dr.Anthony Fauci is one of the most visible medical names in the world through this past work in the AIDS field and current role in the fight against bioterrorism.