1. Ronald M. Epstein ( ) is a professor of family medicine, psychiatry, and oncology, and is director of the Rochester Center to Improve Communication in Health Care, University of Rochester Medical Center, in New York.
2. Kevin Fiscella is a professor of family medicine, community and preventive medicine, and oncology at the University of Rochester.
3. Cara S. Lesser is the director of foundation programs at ABIM Foundation, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
4. Kurt C. Stange is the editor of the Annals of Family Medicine and an American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor. He is a professor of family medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics, sociology, and oncology at Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio.