1. Donna J. Mackenzie works in the surgical intensive care unit in the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Wash, where she has been a staff nurse for the past 6 years. She has a special interest in the care of patients after esophagectomy and has developed a teaching module for the nurses in her unit.
2. Pamela K. Popplewell is the clinical staff coordinator for the surgical wards and the progressive care unit in the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System. Her expertise is nursing care of postoperative patients. She is in the final year of a nurse practitioner pathway at Seattle Pacific University.
3. Kevin G. Billingsley is a staff surgeon in the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System and an assistant professor in the department of surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine. His clinical and research interests focus on the multidisciplinary treatment of patients with gastrointestinal tumors.