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Joseph Kaplan, MD, MS, FACEP Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning; Assistant Director of Emergency Department, Northeast Alabama Medical Center

Joseph Kaplan, MD, MS, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians

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Marshall E Eidenberg, DO Staff Emergency Physician, Via Christi Regional Medical Center

Marshall E Eidenberg, DO is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians

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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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David Eitel, MD, MBA Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, York Hospital; Physician Advisor for Case Management, Wellspan Health System, York

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Joe Alcock, MD, MS Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

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Dana A Stearns, MD Assistant Director of Undergraduate Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Director, Undergraduate Clerkship in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

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