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Deputy Editors 

William G. Barsan, MD • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

E. John Gallagher, MD • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Steven M. Green, MD • Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA

Judd E. Hollander, MD • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Robert K. Knopp, MD • Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN

Judith E. Tintinalli, MD, MS • University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

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Special Projects Editor 

David L. Schriger, MD, MPH • University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Associate Editors 

Brent R. Asplin, MD, MPH

Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN

G. Randall Bond, MD

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

E. Martin Caravati, MD, MPH

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Richard C. Dart, MD, PhD

Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver Health, University of Colorado, Denver, CO

W. Brian Gibler, MD

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH

Debra E. Houry, MD, MPH

Emory University, Atlanta, GA

David M. Jaffe, MD

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Arthur L. Kellermann, MD, MPH

Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Gregory J. Moran, MD

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Kathy N. Shaw, MD, MSCE

University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Daniel W. Spaite, MD

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

J. Stephan Stapczynski, MD

Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

David A. Talan, MD

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Allan B. Wolfson, MD

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Donald M. Yealy, MD

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Editorial Board 

Jonathan L. Burstein, MD

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Theodore R. Delbridge, MD, MPH

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Keith T. Ghezzi, MD

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC

Richard M. Levitan, MD

Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Kathy J. Rinnert, MD, MPH

University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX

Robert A. Schwab, MD

University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO

Jonathan M. Teich, MD, PhD

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Stephen R. Thom, MD, PhD

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Knox H. Todd, MD, MPH

Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Terry L. Vanden Hoek, MD

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Research Methodology Editors 

Richelle J. Cooper, MD, MSHS

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Margaret Hsieh, MD

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

David L. Schriger, MD, MPH

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Robert L. Wears, MD, MS

University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, FL

Department Editors 

Troy P. Coon, MD, Resident Fellow

Darnall Army Community Hospital, Fort Hood, TX

Truman J. Milling, MD, Resident Fellow

New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY

John C. Moorhead, MD, MS, Correspondence Editor

Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

David T. Overton, MD, MBA, Correspondence Editor

Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, MI

Federico E. Vaca, MD, MPH, RDMS, NHTSA Notes

University of California, Irvine, CA

Peter C. Wyer, MD, Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, NY

International Editors 

Anne-Maree Kelly, MD, MClinEd

University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Michael J. Schull, MD, MSc

Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ian G. Stiell, MD, MSc

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Consulting Editors 

Clare Atzema, MD

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Carlos A. Camargo, Jr., MD, DrPH

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Robert A. De Lorenzo, MD

Brooke Army Medical Center–Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center, San Antonio, TX

Valerie J. De Maio, MD, MSc

University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

Steven C. Dronen, MD

Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, Sevierville, TN

James A. Gordon, MD, MPA

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Marc H. Gorelick, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

David S. Greenes, MD

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Andy S. Jagoda, MD, MPH

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH

University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

David Magid, MD, MPH

Colorado Permanente Medical Group Clinical Research, Denver, CO

William R. Mower, III, MD, PhD

UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Robert W. Neumar, MD, PhD

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Emanuel P. Rivers, MD

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

Robert Silbergleit, MD

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Ellen J. Weber, MD

University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Robert J. Zalenski, MD

Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI

Editorial Office 

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