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Medical Author:

Kevin P Collins, MD

Coauthor:

Robert McCormack, MD

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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Author: Kevin P Collins, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Buffalo General Hospital, State University of New York at Buffalo.

Coauthor(s): Robert McCormack, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo; Clinical Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Buffalo General Hospital.

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

REFERENCE: MedscapeReference.com. Finger Dislocation Joint Reduction.

Previous contributing editors: Joseph A Salomone III, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Truman Medical Center, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor III, MD, Vice-Chief, Compliance Officer, Attending Physician Emergency Medicine Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, University of South Carolina.

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