Our Team

Melinda Clark, MD
Smiles for Life Editor
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Albany Medical College
Albany, NY

Alan B. Douglass, MD
Editor Emeritus
Family Medicine Residency Program
Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT
Professor
Univ. of Connecticut School of Medicine

Russell Maier, MD
STFM Group Co-Chair, Director, Central Washington Family
Medicine Residency Program
Yakima, WA
Clinical Professor, Univ of Washington
School of Medicine

Jennifer L Brame, RDH, MS
Clinical Associate Professor, Director,
Graduate Dental Hygiene Education
Program
Dept. of Dental Ecology, School of
Dentistry
Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Michelle Dalal, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Massachusetts Medical
School
Pediatrician, Reliant Medical Group
Milford, MA

Lisa Emily Simon, DMD
Fellow in Oral Health and Medicine Integration
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Medical Student, Class of 2020
Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

Mark Deutchman, MD
Professor
Dept. of Family Medicine
Univ of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, CO

Maria C Dolce, PhD, RN, CNE
Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Wanda Gonsalves, MD
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Family and Community
Medicine
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

Ryan T Palmer, EdD
Assistant Dean
Educational Evaluation and
Development
American University of the Caribbean

Rocio B Quinonez, DMD, MS, MPH
Associate Professor
Depts. of Pediatric Dentistry and
Schools of Dentistry and Medicine
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Denise Rizzolo, PhD, PA-C
Completion Program
Assistant Clinical Professor
Pace University - NYC Campus-PA Program
Assessment Specialist
Physician Assistant Education
Association

Karlyn Sievers, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Family Medicine
St Mary's Family Medicine Residency
Grand Junction, CO

Hugh Silk, MD, MPH
Professor
Dept. of Family Medicine and
Community Health
Univ of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA

A. Stevens Wrightson, MD
Chief Executive Officer
Bluegrass Community Health Center
Lexington, KY
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY

Nancy B. Hart, PharmD, BCPS
Associate Professor
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science
Nashville Campus 193 Polk Avenue, Suite 2D
Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
Past Contributors

James Tysinger, PhD
Professor
Dept. of Family and Community
Medicine
Univ of Texas Health Science
Center, San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Joanna M Douglass, BDS, DDS
Associate Professor
Division of Pediatric Dentistry
Univ of Connecticut
School of Dental Medicine
Farmington, CT

Jonathan Bowser, MS, PA-C
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics
Univ. of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, CO