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Senior Editor

Nahush A. Mokadam, MD

Associate Editors

Elaine Tseng, MD

Richard Lee, MD, JD, MBA

Ahmet Kilic, MD FACS

Jay D. Pal, MD, PhD

Michael E. Halkos, MD

T. Brett Reece, MD

Rakesh Arora, MD, PhD, FRCSC

Subha Chatterjee, MD

Amy Fiedler, MD

George Arnaoutakis, MD

Leora Balsam, MD

Sara Pereira, MD FACS

Arnar Geirsson, MD

Abe DeAnda Jr., MD, FACS, FAHA

Ed Chen, MD

Philip Rowse, MD

Acknowledgments

Previous Senior Editor:

William A. Baumgartner MD

Previous Associate Editors:

James I. Fann, MD

John S. Ikonomidis, MD, PhD

Jennifer S. Lawton, MD ​

Nahush A. Mokadam, MD

Glenn J.R. Whitman, MD

HelenMari Merritt-Genore, DO

Jay G. Shake, MD

William Hiesinger, MD

Joanna Chikwe, MD, FRCS

Craig J. Baker, MD

John H. Calhoon, MD

David A. Fullerton

Robert S. D. Higgins, MD, MSHA

Richard L.Prager, MD

Y. Joseph Woo, MD

STS Education Staff

Scott Bradbury, MS, Vice President of Education

Karen Kostrinsky, Senior Manager, E-Learning

Amanda Wright, Manager, E-Learning

Melisa Puthenmadom, Senior Coordinator, E-Learning

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