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Richard D Shin, MD, FACEP Director of Simulation and Medical Library, Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Queens; Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Queens, Weill Cornell Medical College; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center/Kings County Hospital; Emergency Physician, Envision Physician Services

Richard D Shin, MD, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, Society for Simulation in Healthcare

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Hassan Aboudan, MD Resident Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York–Presbyterian Hospital Queens

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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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Gil Z Shlamovitz, MD, FACEP Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California; Chief Medical Information Officer, Keck Medicine of USC

Gil Z Shlamovitz, MD, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians

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Eric M Kardon, MD, FACEP Attending Emergency Physician, Georgia Emergency Medicine Specialists; Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Athens Regional Medical Center

Eric M Kardon, MD, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Informatics Association, Medical Association of Georgia

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J Stephen Huff, MD, FACEP Professor of Emergency Medicine and Neurology, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine

J Stephen Huff, MD, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American College of Emergency Physicians, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

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Paul S Gerstein, MD Attending Physician, Emergency Department, Baystate Mary Lane Hospital

Paul S Gerstein, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine

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