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Contents
PRESIDENT’S PAGE
AMA Annual Meeting 2015
Nancy Fan, MD
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 236 CLINICAL TRIAL OF THE MONTH
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE
Pharmacogenetics in the Development of Lipid Lowering Medications: Lomitapide & Mipomersen in Clinical Practice
Jeffrey A. Marbach, MBBS; Jhapat Thapa, MD; Edward Goldenberg, MD, FACC; Danielle Duffy, MD, FACC
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE
The Effects of Right Ventricular Apical Pacing Frequency on Left Ventricle Function and Pulmonary Artery Pressure
Zaher Fanari, MD; Sumaya Hammami, MD, MPH; Muhammad Baraa Hammami, MD; Safa Hammami, MD; Mossaab Shuraih, MD
HEALTH & LAW
Physician Directorships the Focus of New Fraud Alert
Bruce D. Armon, JD; Karilynn Bayus, JD
AMA ANNUAL MEETING
AMA Meeting Highlights
MEMBER NEWS
Member/Hospital News and Events
On the Cover:
“Along the Road”
by Laura Hickman, 14 x 24 pastel on paper Station Gallery, Greenville, Del.
ISSN0011-7781
DELAWARE
MEDICAL
JOURNAL
Official Publication of the Medical Society of Delaware
900 Prides Crossing Newark, Delaware 19713
Editor-in-Chief
Peter V. Rocca, MD
Editorial Board
Vincent F. Carr, DO
Evan H. Crain, MD Andrew J. Doorey, MD Steven L. Edell, DO Gerard J. Fulda, MD Stephanie H. Guarino, MD Galicano F. Inguito, MD Rebecca Jaffe, MD, MPH Nancy Kim, MD
James F. Lally, MD
Harry A Lehman III, MD
Joseph A. Lieberman III, MD, MPH Brian W. Little, MD, PhD
E. Wayne Martz, MD
Gregory A. Masters, MD
Hiep C. Nguyen, MD
Leo W. Raisis, MD
Anthony C. Sciscione, DO
Sonya N. Tuerff, MD
Michael R. Zaragoza, MD
Former Editors
Robert B. Flinn, MD
Bernadine Z. Paulshock, MD
E. Wayne Martz, MD
G. Stephen DeCherney, MD, MPH
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