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Siamak T. Nabili, MD, MPH

Siamak T. Nabili, MD, MPH

Dr. Nabili received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), majoring in chemistry and biochemistry. He then completed his graduate degree at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His graduate training included a specialized fellowship in public health where his research focused on environmental health and health-care delivery and management.

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Medical Editor:

William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.

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As mentioned in the previous section, useful and quick reference to personal medical records can be done most efficiently and practically on a single page, ideally printed or legibly written, to include the following information:

• Name
• Home address and telephone
• Date of birth
• Emergency contacts (family members, neighbors, or friends)
• Physicians' name and contact information
• Drug allergies
• Current medications with doses and frequencies
• Chronic medical conditions (for example: diabetes, high blood pressure, previous strokes previous heart attacks, asthma, ulcers, etc.)
• Past operations
• Medical insurance (health plan, phone numbers)
• Pharmacy name and phone number
• Advance directive, durable power of attorney for health care or POLST form (to designate another person for situations when one is not mentally capable of making one's own medical decisions)

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