Editorial Standards and Policies
We take pride in providing information that is both editorially independent and of the highest quality. Our editorial boards select, create, and rigorously review all content, and the Massachusetts Medical Society Committee on Publications (which also oversees the New England Journal of Medicine) and the Journal Watch Editorial Advisory Board provide additional guidance. The Editorial Advisory Board also implements and monitors policies on conflicts of interest and editorial-board terms of service.
The Committee on Publications of the Massachusetts Medical Society
- Aram V. Chobanian, MD, Chair
- Debra F. Weinstein, MD, Vice Chair
- Jack E. Ansell, MD
- Barbara A. Chase, MD
- Deborah J. Cotton, MD, MPH
- Robert W. Finberg, MD
- Lloyd D. Fisher, MD
- Jana E. Montgomery
- Jaisa S. Olasky
- Jack K. Ringler, MD
- Deeb N. Salem, MD
- Thomas E. Sullivan, MD
The Journal Watch Editorial Advisory Board
The Journal Watch Editorial Advisory Board (EAB), in cooperation with the management of the Publishing Division and the Committee on Publications, provides editorial and strategic oversight for Journal Watch. The EAB includes members of the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) Committee on Publications, senior management of the MMS Publishing Division, and three Editors-in-Chief of Journal Watch editorial boards.
CHAIR
- Ron M. Walls, MD, FRCPC, FACEP
- Editor-in-Chief,
- Journal Watch Emergency Medicine;
- Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston;
- Associate Professor of Medicine,
- Harvard Medical School
- Allan S. Brett, MD
- Editor-in-Chief,
- Journal Watch General Medicine
- Professor of Medicine and Director,
- Division of General Internal Medicine,
- University of South Carolina School of Medicine
- M. Brian Fennerty, MD
- Editor-in-Chief
- Journal Watch Gastroenterology;
- Professor of Medicine,
- Section Chief of Gastroenterology,
- Department of Internal Medicine,
- Oregon Health Sciences University
- Aram V. Chobanian, MD
- Chair, MMS Committee on Publications;
- President Emeritus, Boston University;
- Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Medicine
- Debra F. Weinstein, MD
- Vice Chair, MMS Committee on Publications;
- Vice President for Graduate Medical Education,
- Partners HealthCare System;
- Director, Graduate Medical Education,
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Christopher Lynch
- Vice President for Publishing,
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Alberta L. Fitzpatrick
- Publishing Director, Professional Newsletters,
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Matthew O’Rourke
- Director, Editorial Operations and Development, Journal Watch,
- Massachusetts Medical Society