EDITORIAL OFFICE NEWS AND NOTES More Editorial Board Members and Kudos for the 2009 Practice-Based Research Network Poster Award In an ongoing effort to introduce our readers to the distinguished members of the editorial board that advises the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, in this issue we highlight Drs. Fenton, Figueroa, and Jimbo. Dr. Joshua Fenton, MD, MPH, is a graduate of the University of California, San Francisco, and completed residency at San Francisco General Hospital. Subsequently he was a family physician on the Navajo Indian Reservation at Crownpoint, New Mexico, and a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Washington, where he received an MPH in health services. Dr. Fenton is currently Assistant Professor of Family and Com- munity Medicine at the University of California, Davis. An American Cancer Society Mentored Re- search Scholar, Dr. Fenton conducts research ex- amining the dissemination and accuracy of breast and colorectal cancer screening tests. Dr. Edgar Figueroa, MD, MPH, is currently Assistant Professor of Family Medicine in Medi- cine and Director of Student Health at Weill Cor- nell Medical College in New York City. A life-long New Yorker, he earned his medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College and completed his residency at the Family Medicine Residency Pro- gram at New York Presbyterian Hospital—Colum- bia University Medical Center. He subsequently completed a faculty development fellowship and earned his MPH from Columbia University. His academic interests include web-based education, narrative medicine, health promotion in urban un- derserved populations, and understanding issues of diversity in academic medicine. Dr. Masahito Jimbo, MD, PhD, MPH, is an associate professor of the Departments of FamilyConflict of interest: The authors are editors and staff of the JABFM. Dr. Joshua Fenton, MD, MPH Dr. Edgar Figueroa, MD, MPH Dr. Masahito Jimbo, MD, PhD, MPH doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.02.100004 Editorial Office News and Notes 143 o n 5 A p ril 2 0 2 1 b y g u e st. P ro te cte d b y co p yrig h t. h ttp ://w w w .ja b fm .o rg / J A m B o a rd F a m M e d : first p u b lish e d a s 1 0 .3 1 2 2 /ja b fm .2 0 1 0 .0 2 .1 0 0 0 0 4 o n 5 M a rch 2 0 1 0 . D o w n lo a d e d fro m http://www.jabfm.org/ Medicine and Urology at the University of Mich- igan. He obtained his medical and doctorate de- grees from Keio University School of Medicine in Japan, and after completing an internal medicine residency at the same institution he completed his residency in family medicine at the Thomas Jeffer- son University in Philadelphia. He obtained a Mas- ter’s in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill while serving as a medical director in rural North Carolina. Dr. Jimbo prac- tices a wide range of clinical medicine, including primary care for the Japanese population in south- eastern Michigan, medical consultation for patients with urological problems, and hospital medicine. He is heavily involved in teaching the University of Michigan Family Medicine residents in hospital medicine and is a member of the Society of Teach- ers of Family Medicine Group on Hospital Medi- cine and Procedural Training. In addition, he teaches and lectures extensively in Japan, where he is a visiting professor at several institutions, includ- ing Okayama University and St. Marianna Univer- sity. The main focus of Dr. Jimbo’s research is patient-physician communication and cultural fac- tors in cancer screening and prevention. He has published in national family medicine and cancer journals and is currently a coinvestigator in the federally funded Center of Excellence in Cancer Communications Research at the University of Michigan. He also educates the Japanese commu- nity about health and prevention through a monthly newspaper column, a bimonthly newslet- ter, and a monthly podcast. Congratulations to Dr. Ely! We also would like to take this opportunity to congratulate editorial board member, Dr. John W. Ely, MD, MSPH, who won the Practice-Based Research Network Poster Award at the 2009 Agency for Health care Research and Quality Na- tional Practice-Based Research Network Research Conference for his poster entitled “Primary Care Perceptions Regarding Community-Acquired Me- thicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections.” Dr. Ely was previously featured in the September/ October 2009 issue of our Editorial Office News and Notes section.1 40th Anniversary Supplement Be sure to see the Journal of American Board of Family Medicine supplement from the American Board of Family Medicine’s symposium celebrating its 40th Anniversary (Journal of American Board of Family Medicine, March 2010, volume 23). In 1969, the American Board of Family Practice (now the American Board of Family Medicine) was approved and recognized as the 20th medical specialty in the United States by the American Board of Medical Specialties. As usual, family medicine was in the forefront of innovation as it became the first med- ical specialty board to issue time-limited certificates and to mandate recertification every 7 years. A number of interesting articles in this special issue discuss the past, present, and future of training and certification in our specialty. Looking Ahead Please look for a special report in the May/June 2010 issue about the top 20 Journal of American Board of Family Medicine articles and online reader- ship for 2009. The July/August 2010 issue will be dedicated to practice-based research networks (PBRNs). Phillip Lupo, MLIS Anne Victoria Neale, PhD, MPH Marjorie A. Bowman, MD, MPA Reference 1. Lupo P, Neale AV, Bowman MA. Introduction of more editorial board members and new guest com- mentary feature. J Am Board Fam Med 2009;22: 468 –70. John W. Ely, MD, MSPH 144 JABFM March–April 2010 Vol. 23 No. 2 http://www.jabfm.org o n 5 A p ril 2 0 2 1 b y g u e st. 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