Walter R Frontera Author

Walter R. Frontera, MD, PhD, is Earle P. and Ida S. Charlton professor and chairman of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) at Harvard Medical School. He is the chief of PM&R at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He is board-certified in the medical specialty of PM&R and has a PhD in exercise physiology. He has more than 20 years of experience in the practice of PM&R and in the use of exercise in various patient populations. He is the secretary general of the International Sports Medicine Federation and the editor in chief of the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

David M. Slovik, MD, is chief of medicine at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, where he has worked for 30 years. He has also served as medical director of the musculoskeletal program at Spaulding. Dr. Slovik trained in endocrinology at the Massachusetts General Hospital where he continues to teach and practice. He is an expert on osteoporosis and related disorders, including the effects of exercise on osteoporosis. He is also an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, with 30 years of teaching experience. He is a member of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research.

David M. Dawson, MD, is professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Department of Neurology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. He has extensive experience in teaching and in residency supervision and is an expert in clinical neurology with an emphasis on neuromuscular disease and multiple sclerosis. He has served on various boards of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.