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REVIEWER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTOpen Access

Reviewer acknowledgements for 2013
Sabina AlamContributing reviewers
The editors of BMC Medicine would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in
Volume 11 (2013).

Amy Abernethy
USA

Richard Ashcroft
UK

Diego Bassani
CanadaLynne Abruzzo
USA

Ahmad Awada
Belgium

Stefano Bastianello
Italy

Adetola Adesida
CanadaLaurent Azoulay
CanadaGrant Bateman
Australia

Alastair AgerUSADenis Azzopardi
UKJohn Batsis
USAPaul Aisen
USAPaul BabynCanadaManuel Battegay
Switzerland

Mohammed Ali
USAMatthias Bache
Germany

Philip Bejon
Kenya

Mouaz Al-Mallah
Saudi Arabia

Max Oscar Bachmann
UK

Tanios Bekaii-SaabUSA

Pablo Alonso-CoelloSpain

Ingeborg Bajema
Netherlands

Robert H. Belmaker
IsraelDoug Altman
UK

Julien Steven Baker
UK

Derrick Bennett
UK

Danny Altmann
UK

Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg
Netherlands

Sheri Berenbaum
Afghanistan

Simone Appenzeller
BrazilSube Banerjee
UK

Michael Berk
Australia

Hwyda Arafat
USA

Lisa Barcellos
USADavid Berrigan
USA

Sevgi Aral
USA

Jane Barlow
UK

George Bertsias
GreeceJari Arokoski
FinlandEva BartelsGermanyMarianne Berwick
USACorrespondence: sabina.alam@biomedcentral.com
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David Beverland
UKGordon Broderick
CanadaGediminas Cepinskas
CanadaRakesh Bhatnagar
India

George P Browman
CanadaGianfranco Cervellin
Italy

Gretchen Birbeck
ZambiaMartin Brüne
GermanyDennis Chao
USA

Robert BlackUSA

Traolach Brugha
UK

Francesca Chappell
UK

Michael Blaha
USA

Susan Buchbinder
USA

Isabelle Chemin
FranceMichael Blaiss
USA

Hilde Buiting
Netherlands

Fei Chen
United States of America

Miri Blank
IsraelLuis Bujanda
Spain

Imti Choonara
UKSally BlowerUSA

William E. Bunney
USA

Gerardo Chowell
USA

Valentina Boeva
FranceAlex Burdorf
Netherlands

George Chrousos
GreeceDimitrios Bogdanos
UKPeter Byass
SwedenKuang-Yuh Chyu
USARichard Bohannon
USA

David Cahill
UK

James Cimino
USA

Celestino Bonura
Italy

Gaetano Cairo
Italy

Isabel Clare
UK

Andre Boonstra
Netherlands

Philip CalderUK

Ian Clark
Australia

Robert Boruch
USA

Giuseppe Campo
Italy

Myron Cohen
USAJohn Boscardin
USA

Amparo Cano
Spain

Ian Colman
CanadaLuigi Bouchard
CanadaYunxia Cao
China

Orla Conneely
USA

Peter Bower
UK

Michael Carmont
UKMatthew Cook
Australia

Adrian Boyle
UKRona Carroll
USA

Arri Coomarasamy
UK

Patricia Brennan
USA

Mauro Giovanni Carta
Italy

Hoosen Coovadia
South Africa

Brian Bressler
CanadaPhilip Castle
USA

Giampietro Corradin
Switzerland

Elisa Brietzke
BrazilCarlo Catassi
Italy

Helena Cortez-Pinto
Portugal

Vera Bril
CanadaJames CauraughUSA

Fiammetta Cosci
Italy

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Nancy CoxUSA

Graham Dunn
UK

Hector Ferral
USA

Mary Crow
USA

Juergen Eckel
Germany

Manuela Ferreira
Armenia

Solveig Cunningham
USA

Holger Eggebrecht
Germany

Edith Feskens
Netherlands

Kim Dalziel
Australia

Jean El Cheikh
FranceGuido Filler
CanadaKaberi Dasgupta
CanadaAdel El-Naggar
USA

Tony Fitzgerald
IrelandJennifer Davis
CanadaHolger Eltzschig
USA

Katherine Flegal
USA

Daniela De Angelis
UKDonald Enarson
FranceSteffen Flessa
Germany

Eling D. de Bruin
Switzerland

Meridith Englander
USA

Leon Flicker
Australia

Matthijs de Hoog
Netherlands

Vikki Entwistle
UK

Alastair Flint
CanadaPeter de Jonge
Netherlands

Dogan Erdogan
TurkeyFarzin Forooghian
CanadaMichel de Lorgeril
FranceLuis Espinoza
USA

Francisco Forriol
Spain

Sandrine de Ribaupierre
CanadaMatthew Ewend
USAMatthew FoxUSA

Willem de VilliersUSA

Muller Fabbri
USA

Laura Fratiglioni
SwedenJacqueline Deen
Australia

Karl Fagerstrom
SwedenKenneth Freedland
USA

Jessy Deshane
USA

Peter Falkai
Germany

Paul Frewen
CanadaJoseph Devaney
USAJohn Fanikos
USA

Gerald Friedland
USA

Keertan Dheda
South Africa

Deborah Fein
USA

Bernard F. Fuemmeler
USA

Nicola Di Daniele
Italy

Abebaw Fekadu
Ethiopia

Curt Furberg
USA

Mireia Diaz
Spain

David Felson
USA

Toshiaki Furukawa
Japan

Denise Doolan
Australia

Keith Ferdinand
USA

Gianluca Gaidano
Italy

Tommaso Dragani
ItalyDavid Fergusson
New Zealand

Frietson Galis
Netherlands

Anne-Sophie Ducloy-Bouthors
FranceMårten Fernö
SwedenFabrizio Gardoni
Italy

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Michel Garenne
FranceDavid GoughUK

Jing-Dong Han
China

Paul Garner
UK

Elmar Graessel
Germany

Johnni Hansen
Denmark

Roberto Gasparini
Italy

Matthew Grainge
UK

Rebecca Hardy
UK

Steffen Gay
Switzerland

Reuben Granich
Switzerland

Robin Haring
Germany

Vassilis Georgoulias
GreeceWilliam B. Grant
USA

Kathleen Harrington
USA

Hassan Ghomrawi
USAMichael GreenUSA

Ross Harris
UKDebashis GhoshUSADavid Greenberg
UKJan Gunnar Hatlebakk
NorwayPeter Giannoudis
UK

Ulla Griffiths
UK

Pierre HausfaterFranceNoel Gibney
CanadaWolfgang Grisold
Austria

Robert Hawkins
USA

Clare GilbertUK

Pam Groenewald
South Africa

Gregory Heath
USA

Ruth Gilbert
UK

Alexei A. Grom
USA

Jerry Heindel
USA

Alice Gilman-Sachs
USALouis Grothaus
USA

Rob Herbert
Australia

Gary Ginsberg
IsraelJohann Gudjonsson
USA

Sabine Herpertz
Germany

James Giordano
USA

Pal Gulbrandsen
Netherlands

Tiberiu Hershcovici
USAJohn Gladman
UK

Monica Guma
USA

Andrew Hill
New Zealand

Julie Glanville
UK

Alistair Gunn
El Salvador

Caroline Hing
UK

David GlassUSA

Lars L. Gustafsson
SwedenZe'ev Hochberg
IsraelBertrand Godeau
FranceBalazs Györffy
HungaryAllison HodgeAustralia

David Goldberg
UKMark Haacke
USA

Michael HolickUSA

Gerald Goldstein
USA

Kare Birger Hagen
NorwayBruce Hollis
USA

Anne Gompel
FranceM Elizabeth Halloran
USA

Geoffrey Holmes
UK

Assaf GottliebUSA

Dennis Han
USA

Masaru HorioJapan

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Chi-yuan Hsu
USA

Russell Joffe
USA

Monique Kilkenny
Australia

Han Hwa Hu
TaiwanTom Johnston
CanadaHunkyung KimJapan

Johnny HuardUSA

Jussi Jokinen
SwedenGary KingUSA

Carroll W.Hughes
USA

Hayley JonesUK

Jun-ichi Kira
Japan

Berthold Huppertz
AustriaHåkan Jonsson
SwedenIrving Kirsch
UK

Sara Hurvitz
USA

Tanja Jovanovic
USA

Jorg Kleeff
Germany

Henrik Husted
Denmark

Nicole Juffermans
Netherlands

Jos Kleijnen
UK

Dietmar Werner Hutmacher
Australia

Steven Julious
UK

Patrick Kolsteren
Belgium

Steve Iliffe
UK

Stevo Julius
USA

Amos Korczyn
IsraelRob Imrie
UK

Risto Kaaja
FinlandEline Korenromp
Switzerland

Giuseppe Ippolito
Italy

Philipp Kahlert
Germany

Shyam Kottilil
USA

Nobukazu Ishizaka
JapanJames G. Kahn
USA

Aleksander Krag
Denmark

Felice Jacka
Australia

Joachim Kalden
Germany

Saurabh Kumar
Australia

Debra JacksonSouth Africa

Ashish Kamat
USA

Antonio La Cava
USA

Kitty Jager
Netherlands

Katherine Kaplan
USA

Pirjo Laakkonen
FinlandJeroen Paul Jansen
USA

S. Ananth Karumanchi
USA

Daniel Labovitz
USA

David Jenkins
CanadaJeffrey Katz
USA

Massimo Labra
Italy

Gerald Jerome
USA

Heath Kelly
Australia

Bonnie LaFleur
USA

Derek Jewell
UK

Cyril Kendall
CanadaRikard Landberg
SwedenMasamine Jimba
Japan

Martin Kennedy
New ZealandHans Lassmann
Austria

Félix Javier Jiménez-JiménezSpain

Rose Anne Kenny
IrelandHelen Lavretsky
USA

Anne Joerns
Germany

Lars Kessing
Denmark

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Peter LeeUK

Knut E.A. Lundin
NorwaySheena McCormack
UK

Youngjo Lee
South Korea

Paul LysakerUSA

Karen McKenzie
UK

Sam Leinster
UK

Michael Maes
ThailandChris McManus
UK

Michael Leiter
CanadaAntoine Magnan
FranceRobert McMurray
USA

Sigurd Lenzen
Germany

Sabatino Maione
Italy

Iain McNeish
UK

Anne Lethaby
New ZealandKathryn Maitland
UK

Lisa McShane
USA

Michael Lever
New ZealandMilos MaksimovicSerbia

Pascal Meier
UK

Francesca Levi-Schaffer
IsraelGiovanni Malferrari
Italy

Onno Meijer
Netherlands

Juan C. Leza
Spain

Rayaz MalikUK

Susan Meikle
USAChin-Shang LiUSA

Jeffrey MarksUSA

Giampaolo Merlini
Italy

Jairam Lingappa
USA

Stefan Marlovits
Austria

Pier Luigi Meroni
Italy

Francesca Little
South Africa

Maurice MarsSouth Africa

Lucio Miele
USA

Li LiuUSA

Miguel Martinez-Gonzalez
Spain

Gregoire Millet
Switzerland

Antonio Llombart-BoschSpain

Luca Mascitelli
Italy

Edward MillsCanada

Fiona Lobban
UKGianluca Masi
Italy

Anoop Misra
India

Yoon Kong LokeUKColin Mathers
Switzerland

Geoffrey Mitchell
Australia

Anna Lokshin
USA

Ilan MatokIsrael

Atsushi Mizoguchi
USACarl Lombard
South Africa

Cyril Mauffrey
USAMartin Möckel
Germany

Alan Lopez
Australia

Clio Mavragani
GreeceMalcolm Edward Molyneux
MalawiChristopher Lowry
USAColleen Maxwell
CanadaManuel Monreal
Spain

Jayne Lucke
Australia

Guillermo Mazzolini
Argentina

Michael A. MontUSA

Jens Lundgren
Denmark

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USA

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Timothy Mosher
USA

Dorte Lisbet Nielsen
Denmark

Carmine Pariante
UK

Haralampos Moutsopoulos
GreeceHiroshi Nishiura
JapanDavid Parkinson
USASandy Munger
USA

Enzo Nisoli
Italy

Terence Partridge
USA

M. Hassan Murad
USA

Rachel Norman
UKFreidemann Paul
Germany

John Myburgh
Australia

Susan L. Norris
USA

Paul Pavlidis
CanadaDean Myers
USAJohn Nurnberger
USA

Ed PeileUK

Jeffrey Myers
USA

Eric Nylen
USA

Kenneth Perkins
USA

Frederick Naftolin
USA

Rima Obeid
Germany

Vanamail Perumal
India

Andrew Naidech
USA

Tim Oberlander
CanadaDonald Phinney
USA

Bijan Najafi
USA

Masaki Ohsawa
Japan

Susan Picavet
Netherlands

Brahmajee Nallamothu
USATim Olds
Australia

Robert Pickard
UK

Luis Nannini
Argentina

Altan Onat
TurkeyJan PiekNetherlands

Denis NashUSA

Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen
Netherlands

Munir PirmohamedUK

Urs Nater
Germany

Jan Erik Otterstad
NorwayLionel Piroth
FranceThumbi Ndung'u
South Africa

Vural Ozdemir
CanadaPaola Pisani
Italy

Dale Needham
USA

Andrea Pace
Italy

David Plante
USACharles Nemeroff
USA

Clive Page
UK

William Powderly
USA

John Nemunaitis
USA

Nam-Jong Paik
South Korea

Nathan Price
USA

Britt-Ingjerd Nesheim
NorwayNikolaos Papanas
GreecePatricia Price
Australia

Randolph NesseUSA

Evridiki Papastavrou
CyprusDarwin Prockop
USA

Frank Neuner
Germany

Kosmas Paraskevas
GreeceLeandro Provinciali
Italy

Antonino Nicoletti
FranceJiri Parenica
Czech Republic

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USAAlam BMC Medicine 2014, 12:9
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Vinod Pullarkat
USA

Nicolas Roche
FranceMichael Schull
CanadaFrancesco Puppo
Italy

Graeme Rocker
CanadaCarolyn Schwartz
USA

Paolo Puppo
Italy

Sabine Rohrmann
Switzerland

David Scott
USA

Chengxuan Qiu
SwedenNoel RoseUSA

Stephen ScottUKHoushang Rafatpanah
Iran

Joseph RossUSA

Caroline SewryUKAnisur Rahman
UK

Jacques Rossouw
USA

Daniel Sexton
USA

Kilian Rapp
Germany

Carlo Maria Rotella
Italy

Haleema Shakur
UK

Stephen Rathbun
USA

Michael RothSwitzerland

Basil Sharrack
UK

Caroline Relton
UK

Thomas RothUSA

Christopher Shaw
CanadaJan Remme
FranceJean RoudierFranceImad Sheiban
Italy

Andrew Renehan
UK

Craig Rubens
USA

Marv Shepherd
USA

Stephen Resch
USA

Reiner Rugulies
Denmark

William Sheremata
USA

Richard Rheingans
USA

Monika Safford
USA

Kenji Shibuya
Japan

José Ribeiro
Portugal

Chris Salisbury
UK

Hai-Rim Shin
Philippines

Todd Richards
USA

Vaishali Sanchorawala
USA

Sonya Shin
USA

Thomas RichieUSAFerran Sanz
Spain

Yehuda Shoenfeld
IsraelHans Rieder
Switzerland

Leslie Satin
USA

Nikos Siafakas
GreeceMichael Rieder
CanadaElke Schaeffner
Germany

Rosa SicariItaly

Maria Luiza Riesco
BrazilWolfgang Schaper
Germany

Yardena Siegman-Igra
Israel

Shawn Ritchie
CanadaWerner Scheithauer
Austria

Lori Silveira
USA

Emanuel Rivers
USA

Maren Scheuner
USA

Robert SilverUSA

Trudie Roberts
UK

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UK

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Nora Singer
USA

Donald Tashkin
USA

Cara Usher
Ireland

Dario SiniscalcoItaly

Nicholas Taylor
Australia

Claire ValeUKSalvatore Siracusano
Italy

Richard Taylor
AustraliaLouis Valiquette
CanadaFreddy Sitas
Australia

Cenk Tek
USA

Françoise van Bambeke
BelgiumJens Siveke
Germany

Olle Ten Cate
Netherlands

Hugo van Bever
Singapore

Jingyuan Song
China

Mallika Tewari
IndiaPeter van de Kerkhof
Netherlands

Kirk Spencer
USA

Kim Thomas
UK

Robert-Jan van Geuns
Netherlands

Rakesh Srivastava
USA

Wayne Thomas
Australia

Linda van Horn
USA

Stephen Stansfeld
UK

Boyd Taylor Thompson
USA

Niels van Royen
Netherlands

Carsten Stephan
Germany

John Thompson
UK

Marco Aurelio VazBrazil

Sarah Stevens
UK

James TimmonsUK

Stefano Vella
Italy

Sarah Stewart-Brown
UK

Giuseppe Toffoli
Italy

Jos Verbeek
FinlandRob Stockley
UKRobertus Tollenaar
Netherlands

Bruno Vincenzi
Italy

Mark Stoeckle
USARichard Troiano
USA

Arnauld Villers
FranceHenrik Stovring
Denmark

Tony Tse
USA

Stein Emil Vollset
NorwayJørund Straand
NorwayGeorgios Tsivgoulis
GreeceUmberto Volta
Italy

Babill Stray-Pedersen
NorwayR. Michael Tuttle
USA

Frederick Vomsaal
USA

Lillian Sung
CanadaAndre Tylee
UK

Theo VosUSA

Dipika SurIndia

Pippa Tyrrell
UK

Hubertus Vrijhoef
SingaporeIan Swain
UK

Obioha Ukoumunne
UKDennis Wall
USA

Artur Swiergiel
PolandNigel Unwin
Barbados

James WalshUSA

Nicola Tambasco
Italy

Mukund Uplekar
Switzerland

Tony Waterston
UKAlam BMC Medicine 2014, 12:9
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Stuart Watson
UK

Peter Wolf
Denmark

Jennifer Zeitlin
FranceJadwiga Wedzicha
UKCharles Wood
USA

George Zhang
USA

Clement M.L. Werner
Switzerland

Angela Woodiwiss
South Africa

Qin Zhang
USAColin WestUSAMark Woodward
Australia

Zhengdong Zhang
China

Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
SwedenHermann Wrigge
Germany

Yinshan Zhao
CanadaRobyn Whittaker
New Zealand

Hidenori Yamasue
Japan

Frans Zitman
Netherlands

Tim Wilkinson
New ZealandDavid Yorston
UKArmin Zittermann
Germany

Alun Williams
UK

Bessie Young
USA

Wainer Zoli
Italy

Brian Williams
South Africa

Bryan Young
CanadaMerrick Zwarenstein
CanadaGlenn Williams
USA

Greg Zaharchuk
USA

Matjaz Zwitter
Slovenia

Jack Williams
CanadaMichele Zappella
Italy

Charles Wiysonge
South Africa

Nathan ZaslerUSA

doi:10.1186/1741-7015-12-9
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acknowledgements for 2013. BMC Medicine
2014 12:9.