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Chee Weng (David) Leong, MBBS Resident Medical Officer, Royal Perth Hospital, Australia

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B Patrice Mwipatayi, MD Professor, School of Surgery, University of Western Australia, Royal Perth Hospital, Australia

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Vikram Vijayan, MBChB, MRCS, FRCS Consultant in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia

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Vincent Lopez Rowe, MD, FACS Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Gonda (Goldschmied) Vascular Center, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine

Vincent Lopez Rowe, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Heart Association, American Surgical Association, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Society for Vascular Surgery, Society of Black Academic Surgeons, Society of Black Vascular Surgeons, Southern California Vascular Surgical Society, Western Vascular Society

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