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contributors
Author
Michelle Finkel , MD
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Senior Editor
Gary Setnik, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Editors
Kathy G. Niknejad, MD
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Attending Urologist
Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Rob Shaffer, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Todd W. Thomsen, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Multimedia Development
Rob Shaffer, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Todd W. Thomsen, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts
