Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Ralph A. Manchester, MD

University Health Service, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Emeritus Editor
Alice G. Brandfonbrener, MD
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Abstracts Editor
William J. Dawson, MD
Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, IL

Day in the Life Editor
Bronwen Ackermann, PhD, PT
Physical Therapy,Univ of Sydney, Lidcombe, Australia

Performing Arts Medicine & the Web Editor
Susan E. Harman, MSLS
Medical Library, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Statistical Editor
Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Ctr & Research Inst, Univ of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Eckart Altenmüller, MD
Institut für Musikphysiologie und Musiker-Medizin, Hannover, Germany

Peter C. Amadio, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

André-François Arcier, MD
Montauban, France

John H. M. Austin, MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Jochen Blum, MD
University Clinics Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Marc Brodsky, MD
UCLA Ctr for East-West Medicine, David Geffen Sch of Med at UCLA, Santa Monica, CA

Michael E. Charness, MD
Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA

Marshall Chasin, AuD, MSc
Musicians' Clinic of Canada, Toronto, Canada

Kris Chesky, PhD
Texas Center for Music and Medicine, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

Dwight K. Dowda, MD
Australasian Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Annandale, Australia

Richard G. Eaton, MD
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Ctr, Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Anncristine Fjellman-Wiklund, RPT, PhD
Dept of Community Med and Rehab, Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

James G. Garrick, MD
Center for Sports Medicine, St. Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, CA

Gert-Jan de Haas, MA
Medical Center for Dancers and Musicians, Westeinde Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands

Mark Hallett, MD
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD

Linda H. Hamilton, PhD
School of American Ballet and Alvin Ailey, American Dance Ctr, New York, NY

William G. Hamilton, MD
Columbia University, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, and
School of American Ballet, New York, NY

Richard A. Hoppmann, MD
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC

Justin Howse, FRCS
British Performing Arts Medicine Trust, London, UK

Donna Krasnow, MS
York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Frederick Langendorf, MD
Hennepin Cty Medical Center and Univ of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

Richard J. Lederman, MD, PhD
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Medical Center for Performing Artists, Cleveland, OH

William B. Meinke, MD
Occupational Medicine, Johnston, RI

Clay Miller, MFA, MD
Boston University Medical School, Boston, MA

Stephen A. Mitchell, MD
The Voice Clinic, Nashville ENT Clinic, Nashville, TN

Helmut Möller, MD

Julie Jaffee Nagel, PhD
Clinical Psychology, Ann Arbor, MI

Miikka Peltomaa, MD, PhD
Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Kyle D. Pruett, MD
Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT

Susan D. Raeburn, PhD
Clinical Psychology, Berkeley, CA

Boni Rietveld, MD
Medical Center for Dancers and Musicians, Westeinde Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands

Bonnie Robson, MD
Psychiatry, Belleville, Ontario, Canada

Paul G. Salmon, PhD
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

G. James Sammarco, MD
Univ of Cincinnati Medical Ctr and Clinic for Performing Arts, Cincinnati, OH

Robert T. Sataloff, MD, DMA
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Stephan Schuele, MD, MPH
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern Univ, Chicago, IL

Vincent Travers, MD
Clinique du Musicien, Lyon, France

Albert van de Wiel, MD, PhD
Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

Cees Vervoorn, PhD
Faculty of Human Movement, Sport, and Nutrition,
Univ of Applied Sciences Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Merrill Ashley
Dancer, New York, NY

Per Brevig
The Juilliard School, New York, NY

Earl Carlyss
The Juilliard School, New York, NY

Phyllis Curtin
Boston University, Boston, MA

Jacques d'Amboise
National Dance Institute, New York, NY

Brian Dennehy
Actor, Woodstock, CT

Leon Fleisher
Peabody Institute, Baltimore, and Curtis Institute, Philadelphia

Frank Galati
Director, New York

Gary Graffman
Pianist, New York

Håkan Hagegård
Singer, Edane, Sweden

Jeffrey Irvine
Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, OH

Robert Levine
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee, WI

Cho Liang (Jimmy) Lin
Violinist, Rice University, Houston, TX

Zubin Mehta
Bayerischen Staatsoper, München, Germany

Joseph Polisi
The Juilliard School, New York

Steve Rodby
Jazz/Fusion Bassist, Chicago, IL

Arnold Steinhardt
Violinist/Violist, New York, NY