Editor-in-Chief

Valerie Wojna, MD

Founding Editor

Lillian Haddock, MD

Past Editors

Rafael Villavicencio, MD
Jorge L. Sánchez, MD
Luis M. Vilá, MD

Associate Editors

Carmen Mabel Arroyo-Novoa, PhD
Jorge Duconge, PhD
Estela S. Estape, PhD
Juan González, PhD
Humberto M. Guiot, MD
Loyda Melendez, PhD
Evangelia Morou, DDS PhD
Jailenne Quiñones-Rodriguez, PhD
Juan C. Reyes, EdD
Carlos Rodríguez, PhD
Josefina Romaguera, MD
Jorge Santana-Bagur, MD
Milagros J. Toro, DDS, MSD, PhD
Salvador Vilá, PhD

Advisory Editors

Pablo I. Altieri, MD
Glorisa Canino, PhD
Nelson Escobales, PhD
César O. Freytes, MD
Sixto García-Castiñeiras, MD, PhD
Robert Hunter, MD
Jaime Matta, PhD
Edna Mora, MD
Julio Pérez, MD
Carlos Rodríguez, PhD
Marta Rivero-Mendez, RN, DNS
Gregorio Sicard, MD
Esther A. Torres, MD
Carmen D. Zorrilla, MD

Manuscript Editor

Robert A. Ritchie

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