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Gabriel Bucurescu, MD, MS, FACNS Attending Neurologist, Neurology Service, Corporal Michael J Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Gabriel Bucurescu, MD, MS, FACNS is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, American Epilepsy Society

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

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Nicholas Lorenzo, MD, CPE, MHCM, FAAPL Co-Founder and Former Chief Publishing Officer, eMedicine and eMedicine Health, Founding Editor-in-Chief, eMedicine Neurology; Founder and Former Chairman and CEO, Pearlsreview; Founder and CEO/CMO, PHLT Consultants; Former Chief Medical Officer, MeMD Inc

Nicholas Lorenzo, MD, CPE, MHCM, FAAPL is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Neurology, American Association for Physician Leadership

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Thomas A Kent, MD Welch Chair in Chemistry Professor, Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine, Institute for Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center; Adjunct Professor, Stanley H Appel Department of Neurology, Institute for Academic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital

Thomas A Kent, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association, New York Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of Medicine, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, Stroke Council of the American Heart Association

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