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Brett Wallace Lorber, MD, MPH, FACEP Attending PhysicianTorrance Memorial Medical Center

Brett Wallace Lorber, MD, MPH, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians

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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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Luis M Lovato, MD Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine; Director of Critical Care, Department of Emergency Medicine, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center

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