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Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD

Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD

Dr. Charles "Pat" Davis, MD, PhD, is a board certified Emergency Medicine doctor who currently practices as a consultant and staff member for hospitals. He has a PhD in Microbiology (UT at Austin), and the MD (Univ. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston). He is a Clinical Professor (retired) in the Division of Emergency Medicine, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and has been the Chief of Emergency Medicine at UT Medical Branch and at UTHSCSA with over 250 publications.

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Medical Editor:

John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP

John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP

John P. Cunha, DO, is a U.S. board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician. Dr. Cunha's educational background includes a BS in Biology from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and a DO from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, MO. He completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey.

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Author: Charles P. Davis, MD, PhD

Editor: John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP

Previous contributing author and editors:

Author: Leon Salem, MD, MS, FACEP, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Martin Luther King Jr./Charles R Drew Medical Center.

Editors: Steven C Gabaeff, MD, FAAEM, Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Sutter Amador Hospital, Jackson, CA; Expert Consultant, Medical Board of California, Sacramento, CA; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Steven L Bernstein, MD, Vice-Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mt Sinai School of Medicine.

REFERENCES:

"Common Cold Prevention." WebMD.com. June 8, 2012. <http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/cold-guide/common-cold-prevention>.

"Frequently Asked Questions About the Common Cold." WebMD.com. Dec. 5, 2011. <http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/top-10-questions-cold>.

United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Cold Versus Flu." Feb. 8, 2011. <http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/coldflu.htm>.

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