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Rita F. Redberg, MD, MSc

Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(9):828.

I am delighted to have begun my work as Editor of the Archives of Internal Medicine, succeeding Philip Greenland, MD, who has already taken this journal to new levels of excellence. It is a great pleasure to work with the superb JAMA and Archives team headed by Cathy DeAngelis, MD, MPH, and Phil Fontanarosa, MD, MBA.

While continuing the successful format, we will make some changes in the Archives to reflect the current environment for health care reform. Shortly after I began as Editor of the Archives, President Obama ushered in a new era in US history, handily winning the election on a platform of hope and change. He has clearly signaled that health care is a top domestic priority. His new Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Peter Orszag, PhD, has said that Washington's focus for now must be on slowing "the growth rate in health-care costs," calling it "the single most important thing we can do to improve the long-term fiscal health of our nation," and added " . . . let me be very clear: health-care reform is entitlement reform. The path of fiscal responsibility must run directly though health care."¹ The Archives will reflect the times we are living in by introducing a regular new focus called Health Care Reform. We will solicit commentaries on a wide range of subjects that will influence our practice of medicine as much as the latest scientific discoveries and clinical trials that we will continue to publish. This new series will include articles on comparative effectiveness, technology assessment, health economics, regulatory and legislative issues, and conflict of interest. We welcome your suggestions and contributions as we embark on this exciting new era for American medicine and the Archives of Internal Medicine.

I am lucky to work with a terrific team: 2 continuing Deputy Editors: Patrick O’Malley, MD, MPH, Course Director at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, and Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, and David Goff, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman of Epidemiology and Prevention at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and an Assistant Editor: Kathleen McKibbin, MD, of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. As Deputy Editor, Mitch Katz, MD, Professor of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Director of Public Health for San Francisco and well-known for pioneering the innovative Healthy San Francisco program, has joined this experienced team. David Glidden, PhD, and John Neuhaus, PhD, both Professors of Biostatistics at UCSF, are our new Statistical Editors. In addition, Jeffrey Tabas, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital and Director of Innovations and Outcomes in Continuing Medical Education at UCSF, hit the ground running as our new Continuing Medical Education Editor. Robert Phillips, MD, PhD, Senior Vice President at University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, has graciously changed hats to fill the newly created position of Web Editor with lots of innovative ideas for our online features. Kyleigh Nevis is our outstanding Editorial Assistant, and you will be greeted by her cheerful voice whenever you call the UCSF Archives office. We are supported by many talented editorial staff from JAMA and Archives in Chicago, Illinois. I wish to thank Dr Greenland for his outstanding work and making my transition so easy, as well as both continuing and departing members of the Editorial Board.

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AUTHOR INFORMATION
Correspondence: Dr Redberg, UCSF School of Medicine, 505 Parnassus Ave, Ste M-1189, San Francisco, CA 94143-0124 (redberg{at}medicine.ucsf.edu).

REFERENCE
1. Montgomery L, Goldstein A. Health care tops fiscal need list. Washington Post. February 24, 2009:A05.

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