The Medical Roundtable
The Medical Roundtable is a hybrid open access and subscription peer review medical academic journal commonly referred to as TMR. TMR commenced publication in 2009 by T. Anthony Howell of FoxP2 Media LLC. T. Anthony Howell was President of Le Jacq Ltd, an imprint of Wiley-Blackwell.
The Medical Roundtable is listed in the United States National Library of Medicine catalog.
Unique Educational Format
While the round table (discussion) format has been utilized in academic publishing, TMR is the first peer-review journal to publish academic expert guidance using only the roundtable discussion format. Physicians consider Academic Journals and Peer Discussion to be 2 of the top 3 "Important Sources of Information." TMR combines the important sources of Peer Discussion and Academic Journals, using experts in the various medical disciplines to educate physicians on compelling topics.
Organic Editorial Process
Topics discussed by the expert physicians in TMR are generated by the expert physicians during live discussions; the content is not written by freelance writers. The experts are recorded, transcribed, and edited for references, clarity and accuracy. The Editorial Board members review the discussion and provide comments to ensure fair balance. The discussants of the expert roundtable discussion provide final comments and changes prior to publication online and in print.
Hybrid Access
Many expert discussions at The Medical Roundtable are available without charge online as an open access academic journal, along with subscription access options.
Specialty Medicine Editions
TMR publishes multiple editions in different specialty (medicine) physicians. TMR is also available online for no cost to the user as an open access academic journal.
Cardiovascular Edition
FoxP2 Media commenced publishing of the TMR in cardiology. TMR - Cardiovascular Edition provides many expert discussions online for free. The Editor in Chief of TMR - Cardiovascular Edition is Marvin Moser, MD.
Dr. Moser is the President of the Hypertension Education Foundation and has chaired several national committees that established guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension. He has received numerous awards from the International Society of Hypertension, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the American Society of Hypertension, and several medical universities for his research and treatment efforts in hypertension. Dr. Moser is the author of more than 500 scientific publications and 11 books and has lectured extensively both in the U.S. and abroad. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the United States National Library of Medicine indexed The Journal of Clinical Hypertension from 1999 to 2009.
Cardiovascular Editorial Board
The Editorial Board consists of the following expert cardiologists:
Editor in Chief
Marvin Moser, MD |
Yale University School of Medicine |
New Haven, CT |
Senior Editors
Sr. Editor |
Affiliation |
City, State |
Bio Link |
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Jan Basile, MD |
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center |
Charleston, SC |
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Jeff Borer, MD |
SUNY Downstate Medical Center |
New York, NY |
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Lawrence Cohen, MD |
Yale University School of Medicine |
New Haven, CT |
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John Elefteriades, MD |
Yale University School of Medicine |
New Haven, CT |
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Thomas Giles, MD |
Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute |
New Orleans, LA |
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Antonio Gotto, MD, DPhil |
Weill Cornell Medical College |
New York, NY |
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Marian Limacher, MD |
U of Florida |
Gainesville, FL |
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Carl Pepine, MD |
U of Florida |
Gainesville, FL |
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Bertram Pitt, MD |
U of Michigan S of Medicine |
Ann Arbor, MI |
NA |
Eric Prystowsky, MD |
The Care Group at St. Vincent |
Indianapolis, IN |
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William Roberts, MD |
Baylor University Medical Center |
Dallas, TX |
Editors
Editor |
Affiliation |
City, State |
Bio Link |
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Joseph Alpert, MD |
U of Arizona Health Science Center |
Tucson, AZ |
NA |
Ezra Amsterdam, MD |
U of CA at Davis |
Sacramento, CA |
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William Cushman, MD |
U of Tennessee |
Memphis, TN |
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Prakash Deedwania, MD |
U of California at San Francisco |
Fresno, CA |
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Bonita Falkner, MD |
Thomas Jefferson U School of Med |
Philadelphia, PA |
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Arthur Feldman, MD, PhD |
Jefferson Medical College |
Philadelphia, PA |
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Keith Ferdinand, MD |
Emory U School of Med |
Atlanta, GA |
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John Fisher, MD |
Montefiore Medical Center |
Bronx, NY |
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Gary Francis, MD |
U of Minnesota Medical School |
Minneapolis |
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Stanley Franklin, MD |
U of California at Irvine |
Irvine, CA |
NA |
Norm Kaplan, MD |
U of Texas Southwestern |
Dallas, TX |
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Spencer King, MD |
The Medical Group of St. Joseph's |
Atlanta, GA |
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Daniel Lackland, DrPH |
Medical U of South Carolina |
Charleston, SC |
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John LaRosa, MD |
SUNY Downstate Medical School |
Brooklyn, NY |
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Peter Libby, MD |
Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
Boston, MA |
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Phil Liebson, MD |
Rush University Medical Center |
Chicago, IL |
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Suzanne Oparil, MD |
U of Alabama |
Birmingham, AL |
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Victor Parsonnet, MD |
Newark Beth Israel Med Center |
Newark, NJ |
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W. Frank Peacock, MD |
The Cleveland Clinic |
Cleveland, OH |
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James Reiffel, MD |
Columbia University |
New York, NY |
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Clive Rosendorff, MD |
VA Hospital |
Bronx, NY |
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Doug Schocken, MD |
Duke University Medical Center |
Durham, NC |
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John Setaro, MD |
Yale University School of Medicine |
New Haven, CT |
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Domenic Sica, MD |
Virginia Commonwealth University |
Richmond, VA |
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Paul Thompson, MD |
Hartford Hospital |
Hartford, CT |
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Nanette Wenger, MD |
Emory University Sch of Med |
Atlanta, GA |
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Nathan Wong, PhD, MPH |
U of California College of Medicine |
Irvine, CA |
General Medicine Edition
FoxP2 Media will commence publication of TMR in internal medicine entitled The Medical Roundtable - General Medicine Edition in June 2012. TMR - General Medicine Edition has many expert discussions online for free.
The Editor in Chief of TMR - General Medicine Edition is James E. Dalen, MD, MPH.
Dr. Dalen served as Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona from 1988 to 2001. He was also the Editor in Chief of the Archives of Internal Medicine is the President of the Hypertension Education Foundation and has chaired several national committees that established guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension. He has received numerous awards from the International Society of Hypertension, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the American Society of Hypertension, and several medical universities for his research and treatment efforts in hypertension. Dr. Moser is the author of more than 500 scientific publications and 11 books and has lectured extensively both in the U.S. and abroad. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the United States National Library of Medicine indexed The Journal of Clinical Hypertension from 1999 to 2009.
Experiential Evidence
EBM applies to groups of people but this does not preclude clinicians from using their personal experience in deciding how to treat the person in front of them. In The limits of evidence-based medicine, Tonelli advises that "the knowledge gained from clinical research does not directly answer the primary clinical question of what is best for the patient at hand." and suggests that evidence-based medicine should not discount the value of clinical experience.
David Sackett writes that "the practice of evidence based medicine means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research".