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Medical Author:

R Benjamin Saldana, DO

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: R Benjamin Saldana, DO, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Cornell University.

Editor: John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP

REFERENCES:

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endscopy.org. Understanding Colonoscopy.

MedscapeReference.com. Colonoscopy.

Previous contributing authors and editors: Coauthor(s): Mary T Ryan, MD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center. Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; 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.

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