Guest Editor Information Here you will find information about the Guest Editors for recent Special Series issues August 10, 2008 - Quality of Care and Supportive Cancer Care Karl A. Lorenz, MD, MSHS Veterans Administration, Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Karl A. Lorenz, MD, MSHS, received his MD degree from the Medical College of Georgia in 1991, and completed training in general internal medicine at the Naval Medical Center San Diego in 1994. After several years as an active duty Navy physician in general practice, Dr Lorenz completed a health services research fellowship and a graduate degree at the UCLA School of Public Health. He joined the staff of the Veterans Integrated Palliative Program and Division of General Internal Medicine at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VA GLAHS) in 2001. Dr Lorenz serves as faculty of the VA GLAHS palliative care clinical fellowship and is Director of Palliative Care Core for the VA Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior. He is also an Adjunct Affiliate Staff at RAND Health in Santa Monica, CA, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCLA. Dr Lorenz’s work has focused on improving supportive care delivery in general clinical practice, oncology, and palliative care. His research has focused on pain and other routine symptom screening tools, evidence-based standards, and quality measurement. He is a recipient of the Young Investigator Award of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, a previous member of the national research committees of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, and a two-time Career Development Awardee of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. He spent 2007 to 2008 as a Packer Health Policy Fellow selected by the Commonwealth Fund and sponsored by the Australian Department of Health and Aging, Cancer Australia, and the Palliative Care Outcomes Collaborative. During his Packer Fellowship, he studied issues related to routine performance measurement and quality improvement for colorectal cancer in the Australian health care system