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Digital Health Education Content Authors and Reviewers Policy

Our Commitment

WebMD Ignite is committed to ensuring our digital education content upholds high standards of medical review and clinical accuracy. Our patient education is grounded in the most recent evidence-based medicine available, ensuring relevance, accuracy, and reliability. Digital health education content is developed and sourced using current guidelines from government agencies, expert medical and health care organizations.

Our Quality Management Accreditation Council meets bi-annually. This council provides weight to the direction and decisions made to comply with needed accreditation standard changes, dedicates staff to quality improvement activity projects, monitors progress in meeting performance indicators and goals, and oversees improvement activities.

The clinical education content is developed by a multidisciplinary team that includes clinicians, writers, editors, and independent contractors. The development of content involves a minimum of two clinical reviewers, at least one of whom is a specialist in the area under consideration. This ensures that each piece of content is not only accurate, but is also relevant to the latest medical guidelines. Furthermore, each reviewer’s credentials are verified at regular intervals—typically every one to two years—to confirm they remain in good standing.

Our Clinical Review Board

Our Clinical Review Board is a group consisting of clinician experts who contribute to the accuracy of our digital health content. The group includes physicians, nurses, dietitians, physical therapists, physician assistants, and other licensed health professionals.

Please review our Digital Health Education Content Management Policy and Digital Health Education Content Development and Sourcing Policy.

WebMD Ignite verifies credentials of medical reviewers to ensure the medical reviewer has an active, unencumbered clinical license. If a medical reviewer does not have a current professional license, they will not perform any clinical review duties until WebMD Ignite verifies active, unencumbered licensure. After hire, WebMD Ignite verifies licensure regularly based on the expiration date of the medical reviewer’s license to ensure there is no interruption in the reviewer’s licensure.

CLINICAL REVIEW BOARD
Name	Area of Expertise
Adler, Esther MSN, APN, AGACNP-BC	Gerontology, Critical Care, Neurosurgery, Burns, Surgical
Anderson, Michelle DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP	Behavioral Health, Family Medicine
Bellendir, Trina MSPT, CLT	Physical Therapy, Exercise Science, Sports Medicine
Brennan, Dan MD	Pediatrics
Ciccone, Jennifer MSN, ANCC, AANP, BSN, RN	Adult Medicine, Gerontological, Hematology, Oncology, Cardiology, Pain
Dempsey-Walls, Susan MN, BSN, RN	Adult Oncology, Hematology
Dozier, Tennille BSN, RN, RDMS	Maternal Fetal Medicine, Pediatrics, General Surgery, Post Operative, Medical Sonography
Erstad, Shannon PT	Anesthesia, Orthopedics, Physical Therapy
Fairfield, Chad MSN, MSHI, RN	Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Home Health, Nephrology
Felson, Sabrina MD	Internal Medicine, Addiction Medicine, Diabetes, Infectious Disease, Hepatology
Fetterman, Anne BSN, RN	Cardiology, Neurology, Orthopedics, Plastic Surgery, General Surgery, Urology
Finke, Amy BSN, RN	Pediatrics, Surgery
Fraser, Marianne MSN, RN	Chronic Illness, Health Maintenance, Prevention, Gerontology, Drug Dependence, Behavioral Health, Hospice
Garrett, Tracy BSN, RNC-NIC	Neonatology, Pediatric Invasive Cardiology, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Behavioral Health
Goldberger, Andrea PT	Pelvic Health, Bowel, Bladder, Sexual Function/Dysfunction
Karlin, Ron MD, FAAEM	Emergency Medicine
Koson, Terri DNP, RN, ACNP-BC	Gerontology, Long Term Care, Rehabilitation, Hematology, Oncology, Cardiology, Critical Care, Adult Medicine
Mauldin, Sara FNP-C, BSN, RN	Spinal Cord and Brain Injury, Family Medicine, Diabetes
Morrison, Angela LPN, IBCLC	Lactation, Breast Health
Nissl, Jan RN	Emergency Medicine
Oswald, Elizabeth PT, DPT	Physical Therapy, Exercise Science, Sports Medicine
Poulson, Brittany MDA, RDN, CD, CDE	Dietetics, Nutrition, Diabetes
Ratini, Melinda DO	Family Medicine, Gerontology
Sather, Rita RN	General Surgery, Ambulatory Care, GI Lab, Critical Care
Seltman, Whitney A., OD	Optometry
Schilling, Chelsey BSN, RN	Pediatrics, Hematology, Oncology, Transplant, Emergency Medicine
Southard, Chris MSN, BSN, RN	Care Management, Pulmonology, Asthma, Allergy
Tayrien, Callie RN, MSN, CCRN	Critical Care, Medical Imaging, Surgery, Trauma
Turley, Kenny PA-C	Orthopedics, General Surgery
VeriMed Health Network	VeriMed Health Network is an independent consulting group of physicians across multiple specialties and subspecialties who help ensure the clinical accuracy of our content.
Wendt, Christy RD	Dietetics, Nutrition, Diabetes, Weight Management

Our Clinical Reviewers, Editors, and Medical Illustrators

Clinician/Digital Content Team

Clinical Team
Name	Title	Credentials
Gotwals, Jessica	Clinical Content Coordinator	MPH, BSN, RN
Holtz, Riley	Clinical Content Coordinator	BS, RN
Nakashima, Hannah	Clinical Content Coordinator	BSN, RN
Pearson, Morgan	Clinical Content Coordinator	MS, RDN
Pierce-Smith, Daphne	Clinical Content Coordinator	MSN, RN
Trevino, Heather Marie Sidow	Clinical Content Coordinator	BSN, RNC
Turley, Sr., Raymond Kent	Clinical Content Coordinator	MSN, BSN, RN
Watson, L. Renée	Sr. Manager, Clinical Content	MSN, RN
Wojcik, Stacey Elizabeth	Clinical Content Coordinator	MBA, BSN, RN

Editorial Team
Name	Title	Credentials
Caronna, Amanda	Managing Editor	BA
Corrigan, Patricia	Senior Editor	BA
Day, Lisa	Senior Editor	BS
Ellig, Eileen	Senior Editor	BJ (Bachelor’s of Journalism)
Hanington, Lauren	Content Specialist	BA
Lupella, Alex	Content Manager	BA
Paul, Ruth	Content Specialist	BA, MA
Powers, Ryan	Content Manager	BS, MFA
Schlaak, Jaclyn	Editorial Director	BA
Shultz, Jaclyn	Senior Editor	BA
Visomirski, Stacey	Senior Editor	BA

Multimedia Team
Name	Title	Credentials	Additional Credentials
Beaudoin, Carrie	Director, Multimedia Production	MA
Carter, Mitch	Patient Education Post-Production Manager	BS
Knox, Andrew	Senior Motion Graphics Specialist	MFA
Murray, Emma	Manager, Content Solutions	MPH
Nabozny, JoAnne	Manager, Content Solutions	BS
Opdahl, Ellie	Senior Medical Illustrator and Asset Management Specialist	MA	CMI, AMI Member
Ostreicher, Sarah	Motion Graphics Specialist	BS
Perry, Rob	Technical Manager of Video Production	BS
Richmond, Dorian	Patient Education Video Producer	BS
Ricketts, Lee	Clinical Patient Education Video Producer	BA
Sanders, Kellyn	3D Medical Animator	MA	CMI, AMI Member
Thompson, Tziporah	Senior Medical and Surgical Illustrator	MA	CMI, AMI Member
Valentine, Fran	Senior Multimedia Producer	BA
Ware, Kanika	Clinical Patient Education Video Producer	BA
Wu, Derek	Manager, Medical Illustration and Animation	MS	CMI, AMI Member
Yang, Ya-Chi	Senior Motion Graphics Specialist	MFA
Zimmerman, Samantha	Creative Manager	BA	AMI Member

Reviewed, Revised and Approved by the Quality Management Accreditation Council: March 2025

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Digital Health Education Content Authors and Reviewers Policy

Our Commitment

Our Clinical Review Board

CLINICAL REVIEW BOARD

Name

Area of Expertise

Our Clinical Reviewers, Editors, and Medical Illustrators

Clinician/Digital Content Team

Clinical Team

Name

Title

Credentials

Editorial Team

Name

Title

Credentials

Multimedia Team

Name

Title

Credentials

Additional Credentials