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Andrew G Park, DO, MPH, FAWM Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Preventative Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center

Andrew G Park, DO, MPH, FAWM is a member of the following medical societies: Wilderness Medical Society

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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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Howard A Bessen, MD Professor of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine; Program Director, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Howard A Bessen, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians

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

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Agnieszka Gliwa, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine, Brooklyn; Attending Physican and Endocrinologist, Staten Island University Hospital

Agnieszka Gliwa, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, American Medical Association, Endocrine Society

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David J Wallace, MD, MPH Critical Care Medicine Fellow, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

David J Wallace, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Society of Critical Care Medicine

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