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Thomas J Gampper, MD, FACS Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Associate Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Laser Surgery, Vice Chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine; Director, Virginia Aesthetic Center

Thomas J Gampper, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Deborah Yu, MD Consulting Surgeon, The Plastic Surgery Center

Deborah Yu, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Society of Plastic Surgeons

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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

Disclosure: Received salary from Medscape for employment. for: Medscape.

Edward Owen Terino, MD Director, Department of Plastic Surgery, Los Robles Medical Center

Edward Owen Terino, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, International College of Surgeons

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Mark S Granick, MD, FACS Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School; Professor of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Mark S Granick, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons, Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Phi Beta Kappa, Wound Healing Society

Disclosure: Serve(d) as a speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: Misonix, PolarityTE<br/>Received income in an amount equal to or greater than $250 from: Misonix, PolarityTE.

Gregory Gary Caputy, MD, PhD, FICS Wound Healing Consultant, Advantage Surgical and Wound Care

Gregory Gary Caputy, MD, PhD, FICS is a member of the following medical societies: American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, International College of Surgeons, International College of Surgeons US Section, Wound Healing Society

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Wendy Gottlieb, MD Private Practice

Wendy Gottlieb, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Society of Plastic Surgeons

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Ashok Tholpady, MD, MSc Clinical Fellow, Department of Transfusion Medicine, NIH Clinical Center

Ashok Tholpady, MD, MSc is a member of the following medical societies: Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists, American Society for Clinical Pathology, Association of Clinical Scientists, and College of American Pathologists

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