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Feras H Khan, MD Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Feras H Khan, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, Society of Critical Care Medicine

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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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Mark L Zwanger, MD, MBA, FACEP Emergency Medicine Physician

Mark L Zwanger, MD, MBA, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians

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Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor, III, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine; Attending Physician / Clinical Instructor, Compliance Officer, Department of Emergency Medicine, Prisma Health Richland Hospital

Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor, III, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association, Columbia Medical Society, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, South Carolina College of Emergency Physicians, South Carolina Medical Association

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Assaad J Sayah, MD, FACEP President and Chief Executive Officer, Cambridge Health Alliance

Assaad J Sayah, MD, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, Massachusetts Medical Society

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Susan Renee Wilcox, MD Instructor, Harvard Medical School; Critical Care Fellow, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Susan Renee Wilcox, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Phi Beta Kappa

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