About.com Medical Review Board

All About.com content focusing on diseases, conditions or containing health claims is reviewed by a team of board certified physicians and certified health professionals from leading institutions. The Medical Review Board was formed in October 2006 and all content created from that date forward has been closely reviewed for medical accuracy and consistency with source material. Meet the experts.

Kate Grossman, MD

Medical Director

A board-certified internal medicine physician, Dr. Kate Grossman joined About.com in September 2006 as Medical Director. She oversees About.com's medical review board, comprised of physicians from prominent medical institutions who review content for medical accuracy. In addition, she serves as the in-house medical consultant for the shaping of About.com Health and its properties.

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Medical Professionals

Meredith Shur, MD

Obstetric/Gynecology

Mt. Sinai Hospital

New York, NY

Sanja Jelic, MD

Sleep/Pulmonary Care

Columbia/Presbyterian

New York, NY

Steven Gans, MD

Psychiatry

Harvard University

Boston, MA

Rich Fogoros, MD

Cardiology

Pittsburgh, PA

V.K. Gadi, MD

Oncology

Seattle, WA

Susan Olender, MD

Internal Medicine/
HIV Primary Care

Columbia University

New York, NY

Casey Gallagher, MD

Dermatology

University of Colorado

Denver, CO

Suman Jayadev, MD

Neurology

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Joel Forman, MD

Pediatrics

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York, NY

Grant Hughes, MD

Internal Medicine and Rheumatology

University of Washington School of Medicine

Seattle, WA

Emmy Ludwig, MD

Gastroenterology

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

Claudia Hoffman, DDS

Dentistry

New York University

New York, NY

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