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Melody Ana Tequillo Tan Daclan, MD Associate Staff, Cornea Service, Cebu Doctors’ University Hospital; Associate Staff, Cornea Service, MAAYO Medical Hospital, ACES Eye Referral Center; Associate Staff, University of Cebu Medical Center; Medical Specialist, Cornea Service, Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center

Melody Ana Tequillo Tan Daclan, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Cebu Medical Society, Central Visayas Society of Ophthalmology, Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology

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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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Christopher J Rapuano, MD Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University; Director of the Cornea Service, Wills Eye Hospital

Christopher J Rapuano, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Ophthalmological Society, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, Cornea Society, Eye Bank Association of America, International Society of Refractive Surgery

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Hampton Roy, Sr, MD † Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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Richard W Allinson, MD Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center; Senior Staff Ophthalmologist, Scott and White Clinic

Richard W Allinson, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Medical Association, Texas Medical Association

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Noah S Scheinfeld, JD, MD, FAAD † Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, Weil Cornell Medical College; Consulting Staff, Department of Dermatology, St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary; Assistant Attending Dermatologist, New York Presbyterian Hospital; Assistant Attending Dermatologist, Lenox Hill Hospital, North Shore-LIJ Health System; Private Practice

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Benjamin D Freilich, MD, FACS Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Director of Retina Service, Bronx Veterans Administration Medical Center

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Myra Vita F Ocubillo, MD, DPBO, FPAO Staff Ophthalmologist, ACES Eye Referral Clinics, Cebu Velez General Hospital, Perpetual Succour Hospital, University of Cebu Medical Center, St Vincent General Hospital, Philippines

Myra Vita F Ocubillo, MD, DPBO, FPAO is a member of the following medical societies: Cebu Medical Society, Central Visayas Society of Ophthalmology, Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology, Philippine Cornea Society, Philippine Medical Association, University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Society

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Jonathan Freilich, MD, FACS Clinical Instructor, Department of Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Consulting Staff, Department of Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai Hospital, St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center

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