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Mark W Livingston, MD Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital

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David T Overton, MD, MBA Professor and Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker, MD, School of Medicine

David T Overton, MD, MBA is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine, Michigan College of Emergency Physicians, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

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Gary Setnik, MD Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Erik D Schraga, MD Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mills-Peninsula Emergency Medical Associates

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Daniel J Dire, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FAAEM Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston; Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio

Daniel J Dire, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FAAEM is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, Association of Military Surgeons of the US

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