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Contributors

Eric D. Strauch, MD Professor of Surgery University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Tara Talaie, MD Resident in Surgery University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland

Yvonne M. Rasko, MD Associate Professor of Surgery University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Ace St. John, MD Resident in Surgery University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland Charles A. Sansur, MD Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Rajabrata Sarkar, MD, PhD Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Joseph R. Scalea, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland

Julia Terhune, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Douglas Turner, MD Associate Professor of Surgery University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland

A. Claire Watkins, MD Clinical Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, California

Thomas Scalea, MD Physician-in-Chief

R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland

Richelle Williams, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland

Christine Schad, MD Fellow in Colorectal Surgery Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri

Max Seaton, MD Fellow in Surgical Oncology University of Miami Miami, Florida Jeffrey S. Wolf, MD Professor of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland SAMPLE Nicole Shockcor, MD Resident in Surgery University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland