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Medical Author:

Benjamin Wedro, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Benjamin Wedro, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Dr. Ben Wedro practices emergency medicine at Gundersen Clinic, a regional trauma center in La Crosse, Wisconsin. His background includes undergraduate and medical studies at the University of Alberta, a Family Practice internship at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and residency training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

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Medical Editor:

Bhupinder Anand, MD

Authors and Editors

Author: Benjamin C. Wedro, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Editor: Bhupinder Anand, MD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Baylor University College of Medicine

REFERENCE: eMedicine.com. Hemorrhoids.
<http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/195401-overview>

Previous Contributing Authors and Editors: Author: Michael L Peebles, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Charity Hospital, Louisiana State University.

Coauthor(s): Joseph W Hauth, MD, MBA, FACEP, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine.

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; Ron Fuerst, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Carolina College of Medicine; Director, Children's Emergency Center, Children's Hospital of Richland Memorial Hospital.