Physician Board

Stanley J. Swierzewski III, M.D. was one of the first physicians to realize the value of using the Internet to enhance the doctor-patient relationship. In 1998, he founded Healthcommunities.com, Inc., a network of specialty-specific websites providing trustworthy, physician-developed and -monitored medical information. Dr. Swierzewski received his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts and his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, where he serves as associate clinical professor. He completed his residency at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, where he received numerous awards for his research publications. Dr. Swierzewski maintains a full-time private medical practice.

Christopher D. Saudek, M.D. received his B.A. from Harvard University and his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College. He trained in internal medicine at Chicago's Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital and in metabolism at Boston City Hospital and Harvard Medical School. After serving on the faculty at Cornell and winning a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship, Dr. Saudek joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he is currently the Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Director of the Johns Hopkins Diabetes Center, and Program Director of the General Clinical Research Center. A past president of the American Diabetes Association, Dr. Saudek is active in diabetes education and public health policy. His research focuses on the development of an implantable insulin pump, a topic on which he has published widely. He is author of The Johns Hopkins Guide to Diabetes: For Today and Tomorrow. In 1991, he was named Outstanding Clinician in Diabetes by the American Diabetes Association.

Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. received his M.D. and Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and performed his internship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is currently Professor of Medicine and Biological Chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Medical Editor of The Johns Hopkins Medical Letter: Health After 50. He has served on various committees for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, including the National Diabetes Advisory Board and the Arteriosclerosis Specialized Centers of Research Review Committees. In addition, he has acted as a member of the Endocrinology and Metabolism Panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A former weekly columnist for The Baltimore Sun, Dr. Margolis lectures to medical students, physicians, and the general public on a wide variety of topics, such as the prevention of coronary heart disease, the control of cholesterol levels, the treatment of diabetes, and the use of alternative medicine.