by Dan Perkins

Source: U.S. Newswire

The National Medical Association has named Eddie L. Hoover, M.D. as the new editor of the Journal of the National Medical Association (JNMA), one of the nation's premier medical journals.

Dr. Hoover succeeds Paul A. Kelly, M.D. as editor. The Journal of the National Medical Association has been published continuously since 1909, and is the oldest and largest medical journal dedicated to medical and scientific issues affecting African Americans and underserved populations.

Dr. Kelly served as JNMA's editor for more than ten years, during which time circulation grew to more than 40,000 from 15,000 readers.  Dr. Kelly is also credited with increasing the Journal's advertising revenues, and raising the number of reviewers and manuscripts.

Dr. Hoover said, "I am deeply honored with this appointment and will strive to continue the outstanding tradition of the Journal as set forth by Dr. Kelly and his staff in honor of the Journal's founders, Drs. Calvin Sampson and Montague Cobb. We will endeavor to help our young people become better authors, continue to serve our constituency abroad and work to make the Journal the media of choice for manuscripts related to minority health issues, including access, education, scientific advancements, best office practices, medical economics and the preservation of our history."

Dr. Hoover brings to JNMA a wealth of personal and professional experience.  He is is currently Professor of Surgery at SUNY-Buffalo and Chief of Surgery at the Buffalo V.A. Medical Center, Prior to assuming his current positions, Dr. Hoover was Professor and Chairman of Surgery at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, and the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Dr. Hoover received his BA degree from UNC-Chapel Hill, his M.D. from Duke University, and completed residencies in general and cardiothoracic surgery at Duke and the New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center. An accomplished author, Dr. Hoover has published more than 145 manuscripts, and currently serves on the editorial boards of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery and the Archives of Surgery and Surgical Rounds.

Randall W. Maxey, M.D., Ph.D., president of the National Medical Association, said "We are extremely pleased with the selection of Dr. Hoover as the new Editor of the JNMA, and we look forward to expanding our sphere of influence in the medical and scientific communities nationally and internationally."

Dr. Hoover will assume the editorship of JNMA in early June.

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