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Medical Author:

Omnia M Samra, MD

Coauthor:

Sandra Wendel

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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Authors and Editors

Author: Omnia M Samra, MD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University.

Coauthor(s):Sandra Wendel, Medical Writer, eMedicine.com, Inc.

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

REFERENCE:

Samra-Latif, Omnia M. and Richard Scott Lucidi. "Contraception." Medscape.com. 24 Aug. 2011. <http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/258507-overview>.

Previous contributing editors: Suzanne R Trupin, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Lee P Shulman, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Head, Section of Reproductive Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.