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Gaurav Arora, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Southwestern Medical School

Gaurav Arora, MD, MS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin

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Frank J Lukens, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Program Director of GI Fellowship Program, Director of Endoscopy and Endoscopic Training, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School

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Andrew J Duffy, MD, FACS Assistant Professor of Surgery, Section of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Associate Program Director of the Surgical Residency Program, Director of the Yale Surgical Skills and Simulation Center, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine; Attending Surgeon, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Andrew J Duffy, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Surgeons, Phi Beta Kappa, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

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