EasySTD Editorial Team
Health Writers & Researchers · Editorial review
Compiled and checked by EasySTD's editorial team against CDC and public-health sources. This is educational information, not a substitute for advice from a licensed clinician.
Medical review
Our Medical Review Board
Every condition guide, testing guide and service review on EasySTD is checked by qualified clinicians so the medical claims stay accurate — what each test detects, detection windows, when to retest, and how conditions are treated. Our board of 8 reviewers brings together infectious-disease, family-medicine, OB-GYN and pharmacy expertise alongside our editorial team.
The board
Meet the reviewers
These are the people who check our work. Each reviewer is matched to the content that fits their specialty, and the editorial team grounds every page in current public-health data.
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Mark Riegel
MD · Sexual Health Physician · Chief Medical Reviewer
Physician focused on sexual health — STI testing, treatment and prevention — and EasySTD's chief medical reviewer. Owns the condition guides and is the clinical backstop for any page without a more specific specialist.
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Dr. Amara Okafor
MD, MPH · Infectious Disease & Epidemiology
Board-certified in infectious disease with a focus on STI epidemiology and public-health screening programs. Leads testing, diagnosis and the data-driven 'state of STDs' reporting.
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Dr. Daniel Reyes
MD · Sexual Health & Family Medicine
Family physician specializing in sexual health, PrEP/PEP care, and confidential STI screening. Front-line voice for prevention and 'what does this symptom mean' guidance.
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Dr. Mei Chen
MD, FACOG · OB-GYN
Obstetrician-gynecologist focused on reproductive and sexual health for women — pregnancy, BV, yeast, trichomoniasis and HPV/cervical screening.
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Dr. Rohan Patel
PharmD · Clinical Pharmacist
Clinical pharmacist reviewing STI treatment guidance, antibiotics and antivirals, drug interactions, and at-home testing accuracy.
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Jordan Vance
Lead Reviews Editor · Independent testing & product reviews
Evaluates at-home and lab STD-testing services hands-on against a fixed rubric — accuracy & lab credentials, price, privacy, turnaround and support — and discloses every affiliate relationship. Reviews are editorial, not medical advice; clinical claims are checked by our medical team.
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Renée Carter
RN, Senior Health Editor · Sexual-health editorial lead
Registered nurse and health editor who writes and edits across sexual-health topics — disclosure, relationships and general guides — and is the editorial lead and author backup when a piece spans specialties.
How we work
Our editorial process
Every page follows the same path — researched, written, medically reviewed and dated — and our ratings stay independent of any affiliate relationship. Read more about how we review STD testing services.
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Researched from primary sources
Health writers compile each guide from public-health data and clinical guidance — the CDC, U.S. Census Bureau, the Guttmacher Institute and County Health Rankings — never from a company's marketing copy.
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Medically reviewed
A qualified clinician on the board checks the medical claims — what each test detects, detection windows, when to retest, treatment guidance — before anything is published.
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Independent of affiliates
EasySTD may earn a commission when you buy through our links, at no extra cost to you. That relationship never changes a rating, a ranking, or which services we recommend.
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Dated and kept current
Every guide carries a last-reviewed date. When guidance, pricing or data changes, we re-check the page and update the date so you always know how fresh it is.
Data sources we rely on include the CDC, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Guttmacher Institute and County Health Rankings.
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