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Ranjiv I Mathews, MD Professor of Urology and Pediatrics, Director of Pediatric Urology, Director of Urology Residency Program, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Ranjiv I Mathews, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Urological Association, European Society for Paediatric Urology, Illinois State Medical Society, Illinois Urological Society, Indian American Urological Association, North Central Section of the American Urological Association (AUA), Society for Fetal Urology, Society for Pediatric Urology

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Kaitlin Davis, MD Resident Physician, Department of Urology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

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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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Edward David Kim, MD, FACS Professor of Urology, Department of Urology, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine; Consulting Staff, University of Tennessee Medical Center

Edward David Kim, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American Society for Reproductive Medicine, American Urological Association, Sexual Medicine Society of North America, Society for Male Reproduction and Urology, Society for the Study of Male Reproduction, Tennessee Medical Association

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Edmund S Sabanegh, Jr, MD Chairman, Department of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Edmund S Sabanegh, Jr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Association, American Society of Andrology, Society of Reproductive Surgeons, Society for the Study of Male Reproduction, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, American Urological Association, SWOG

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Jeffrey J Du Bois, MD Chief of Children's Surgical Services, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Kaiser Permanente, Women and Children's Center, Roseville Medical Center

Jeffrey J Du Bois, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Surgeons, American Pediatric Surgical Association, California Medical Association

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Steven L Lee, MD Chief of Pediatric Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics; University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine

Steven L Lee, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Surgeons, American Pediatric Surgical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group, Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgery, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

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Shant Shekherdimian, MD, MPH Resident Physician, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children; Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Jacob C Parke, MD Resident Physician, Department of Urology, William Beaumont Hospital

Jacob C Parke, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Urological Association

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Syed Mohammad Akbar Jafri, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Syed Mohammad Akbar Jafri, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Urological Association, Michigan Association of Physicians of Indian Heritage, Michigan Urological Society

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