Pulmonary Hypertension: A Patient’s Survival Guide

Writing and Editing Team

Pulmonary Hypertension: A Patient’s Survival Guide is the brainchild of author and PH patient Gail Boyer Hayes. Her untiring efforts produced the first four complete editions of the book, providing information, answers, comfort and hope to her fellow members of the PH community.

As the scope of the Survival Guide has grown, a volunteer team of patients, caregivers and medical professionals has helped to ensure that the guide remains relevant and up-to-date for PH patients in the United States and around the world.

Thank you to the team of volunteer patients, caregivers and medical professionals who keep this important resource up to date!

  Gail Boyer Hayes   Ron Oudiz, MD  
 

Author

 

Medical Editor

 
  Gail Boyer Hayes, for the tremendous amount of work that went into the creation of this resource, and for her wisdom, guidance and assistance through every revision cycle.   Ron Oudiz, MD, for his untiring leadership and guidance in his role as the Medical Editor of the Survival Guide for every chapter in every revision.  

 

Cover Artist:
  Michelle Smith
Patient, Fremont, Calif.
   

Medical Writers and Revisers

Fifth Edition – Summer 2012

 

Chapter 5: PH Drugs: Prostanoids
Juliana Liu, RN, MSN, ANP

 

Chapter 6: Other PH Drugs
Glenna Traiger, RN, MSN

 

Chapter 7: More On PH Drugs
Karen Fagan, MD

 

Chapter 10: Children and PH
Usha Krishnan, MD
Dunbar Ivy, MD
Jacqueline R. Szmuszkovicz, MD

 

Chapter 12: What To Eat When You Have PH
Diahann Wilcox, APRN

 

Chapter 13: Dealing With Emergencies, Doctors, Colds and Flu
Natalie Kitterman, BSN, RN, CCRP

 

Chapter 14: You’re Not The Only One With The Blues
Deborah McCollister, RN, BSN
Richard Channick, MD

 

Chapter 15: The Active Life: Working, Exercising, Traveling and Living
Barbara Smithson, MSN, RN
Diahann Wilcox, APRN
Tonya Zeiger, RRT, CPFT

 
To review Conflict of Interest Disclosures for the medical professionals that contributed to the Survival Guide, visit: Disclosures


Patient and Caregiver Reviewers

Fifth Edition – Summer 2012

Edward Freundl (Chapter 8 and 11)

Patient, Michigan Center, Mich.

Gail Boyer Hayes (Chapter 10)

Patient, Seattle, Wash.

Sandra Briggeman (Chapter 12)

Patient, Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Gail Fricks (Chapter 13)

Patient and RN, Chapin, S.C.

Teresa Hayes (Chapter 14)

Patient, Marietta, Ohio

Denise Wathen (Chapter 15)

Patient, Indianapolis, Ind.

Jolaine Cowherd (Chapter 17)

Patient, Porthill, Idaho

Robert Ngo (Chapter 17)

Patient, Covina, Calif.

Diane Ramirez (Chapter 17)

Patient, Thomasville, N.C.


Past Medical and Patient Reviewers

PHA thanks the huge team of medical and patient reviewers who helped with previous revisions of the Survival Guide, and whose work is still seen in the pages of the book.

Past Medical Reviewers

Cheryl Abbott, RN
David Badesch, MD
Erika Berman-Rosenzweig, MD
Kelly Chin, MD
Alfred P. Fishman, MD
Nazzareno Galiè, MD
Marc Humbert, MD
David Langleben, MD
James E. Loyd, MD
Vallerie McLaughlin, MD
Harold I. Palevsky, MD
Ivan Robbins, MD
Shelley Shapiro, MD
Allison Widlitz, PA


Darci Albrecht, MSW
Robyn Barst, RN, MD
Monica B. Bueso, MD
Aimee Doran, RN, CPNP
Adaani Frost, MD
Nicholas Hill, MD
Dunbar Ivy, MD
Lian Latham, BA, RN
Stephen C. Mathai, MD, MHS
John H. Newman, MD
Stuart Rich, MD
Lewis J. Rubin, MD
Victor Tapson, MD
Lisa Wheeler, RN

Cathy Anderson-Severson, RN, BSN
Joy Beckmann, RN, MSN
Todd Bull, MD
C. Gregory Elliott, MD
Sean Gaine, MD
Jeanne Houtchens, MS, NP-C
Abby Krichman, RRT
Deborah Levine, MD
Michael McGoon, MD
Horst Olschewski, MD
Marlene Rabinovitch, MD
Allyson Rupp, LCSW
Fernando Torres, MD
Warren A. Zuckerman, MD

Past Patient and Caregiver Reviewers

Pam Adams, Anne Caesar, Cindy Caldwell, Linda Carr, Betsey Crittenden, Rebecca Dworkin, Sylvia Earley, Lois Fitzpatrick, Lisa Garnett, Bruce Gordon, Joe Haan, Hooper Harris, Stephanie Harris, Sarah Ing, Lester J. Ishado, Karen Janjanin, Maureen Keane, Sally Maddox, Karen Madison, Pam Medina, Lisa Mercer, Carol Morrison, Louise Morrison, Rita Orth, Paula Patty, Jessica Poisson, Elaine Rubin, Claudia Sample, Susan Salay, Judy Simpson, Cheryl Spillman, Janet Stone, Jennifer Tahmoush, Jill Townsend and Florine Tripp.

 

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