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Kevin Felner, MD: Kevin Felner, MD, an assistant professorat New York University School of Medicine in New York City, is anexpert in pulmonary and critical care medicine. He served athree-year fellowship at New York University Medical Center inpulmonary/critical care medicine and has taught medical students inhis specialty (Department of Internal Medicine/Division ofPulmonary and Critical Care) since 2004. He has earned threeTeacher of the Year awards during his tenure at NYU, includingbeing named best teacher of the Division of Pulmonary and CriticalCare in 2005.
Before joining the NYU teaching staff, he taught at UT SouthwesternMedical School and Mount Sinai Medical School, where heparticipated in pilot programs introducing first- and second-yearmedical students to effective patient interaction.
His research on lung and respiratory illnesses has been presentedto the American Thoracic Society and published in journals such asthe International Journal of Surgical Pathology.
Meg Schneider: Meg Schneider is an award-winning writerwith more than two decades of experience in television, radio, andprint journalism and public relations. Meg has authored orcoauthored several books, including The Birth Order Effect forCouples (Fair Winds Press) and The Good-For-You Marriage(Adams Media). Her other book credits include two books for writersand one on casino gambling.
Meg's journalism honors include awards from the IowaAssociated Press Managing Editors, Women in Communications, theMaryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association, Gannett, the New YorkState Associated Press, and the William Randolph HearstFoundation.