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Thomas Widell, MD Vice Chairman, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science; Associate Residency Director, University of Chicago Emergency Medicine Program; Program Director, Emergency Medical Education, Attending Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center

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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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Steven C Dronen, MD, FAAEM Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, LeConte Medical Center

Steven C Dronen, MD, FAAEM is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

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Francis Counselman, MD, FACEP Chair, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School

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Tom Scaletta, MD President, Smart-ER (http://smart-er.net); Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Edward Hospital; Past-President, American Academy of Emergency Medicine

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