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Maggie A Wilkes, MD Resident Physician, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Maggie A Wilkes, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association

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Eve G Spratt, MD, MSc Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Division of Developmental Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina; Director, Pediatric Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital at Charleston

Eve G Spratt, MD, MSc is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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Mary L Windle, PharmD Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

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Caroly Pataki, MD Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine

Caroly Pataki, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Academy of Sciences, Physicians for Social Responsibility

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Angelo P Giardino, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP Wilma T Gibson Presidential Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine; Chief Medical Officer, Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital

Angelo P Giardino, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP is a member of the following medical societies: Academic Pediatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, Harris County Medical Society, International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Ray E Helfer Society

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Libby N Brockman Clinical Research Assistant, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children's Hospital; Research Assistant, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle

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Robert Judd, MD Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Robert Judd, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics

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Megan A Moreno, MD, MEd, MPH Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Adolescent Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

Megan A Moreno, MD, MEd, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: Society for Adolescent Medicine

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Patricia Quigley, MD Resident Physician, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Patricia Quigley, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics

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