Stacy A. Spizuoco, DDS
Medical Reviewer
Stacy Spizuoco, DDS, is a dentist in private practice in New York City. She is involved in charitable work, including organizing bi-annual dental missions with World of Smiles to Dominican Republic and volunteering at local missions such as Give Kids A Smile Day.
Dr. Spizuoco is 1 of 14 women dentists to be invited to the inaugural class of Glidewell Guiding Leaders Leadership program. She is a key opinion leader (KOL) for Glidewell Dental Lab and serves a consultant for Dental Advisors and for AEDIT. She has been published in Dental Economics and is a national lecturer and writer on various dental topics.
Spizuoco lives in New York City and enjoys running along the Hudson, SoulCycle, cooking and spending time with her Chihuahua Lexi.
Lynn Grieger, RDN, CDCES
Medical Reviewer
Lynn Grieger is a registered dietitian-nutritionist, certified diabetes care and education specialist, certified personal trainer, and certified health and wellness coach. She completed requirements to become a registered dietitian at Valparaiso University in 1987 and completed a dietetic internship at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Illinois, in 1988.
Lynn brings her expertise in nutrition, exercise, and behavior change to her work in helping people reach their individual health and fitness goals. In addition to writing for Everyday Health, she has also written for websites and publications like Food and Health Communications, Today's Dietitian, iVillage.com, and Rodale Press. She has a passion for healthy, nutrient-dense, great-tasting food and for being outdoors as much as possible — she can often be found running or hiking, and has completed a marathon in every state.
Elizabeth V. Simpson, DMD
Medical Reviewer
Elizabeth V. Simpson, DMD, is a clinical associate professor at the Indiana University School of Dentistry in Indianapolis. The bulk of her practice has been in the public health setting.
She attended the University of Notre Dame, where she was a science pre-professional studies major. After college, she worked in the Indianapolis public schools as a bilingual teaching assistant, which is when she decided to become a dentist. She graduated from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 2010 and did a general practice residency at Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry.
Dr. Simpson has completed two leadership programs. In one for the Indiana Dental Association, she started a mentoring program pairing high school students from underrepresented groups who were interested in pursuing dentistry with dental students also from underrepresented groups from the Indiana University School of Dentistry. In an American Dental Association program, she started a tooth-brushing program at an elementary school in Indianapolis.
Simpson writes for an American Dental Association blog and has participated as a speaker and panelist at several conferences, including for the Christian Dental Association, American Student Dental Association, and American Association of Women Dentists, as well as for the American Dental Association's Smile Con.
She is fluent in Spanish and speaks conversational French and Portuguese.
Jody Braverman, CPT, FNS, RYT
Medical Reviewer
Sanjai Sinha, MD
Medical Reviewer
Dr. Sinha did his undergraduate training at the University of California in Berkeley, where he graduated magna cum laude. He earned his medical degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City in 1998 and completed his internship and residency training at the New York University School of Medicine in 2001. Subsequently, he worked with the Department of Veterans Affairs from 2001 to 2012 and held faculty appointments at both the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
In 2006, he won the VISN3 Network Director Award for Public Service and a commendation from the secretary of Veterans Affairs for his relief work after Hurricane Katrina. He joined Weill Cornell Medical College in 2012, where he is an assistant professor of clinical medicine and the director of the care management program, as well as a practicing physician.
In addition to his work for Everyday Health, Sinha has written for various publications, including Sharecare and Drugs.com; published numerous papers in peer-reviewed medical journals, such as the Journal of General Internal Medicine; and presented at national conferences on many healthcare delivery topics. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians.
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