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Michael B McDonnell, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California

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: Michael B McDonnell, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California.

Editor: John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP

REFERENCES:

Brown, E. D., et al. "Complications of renal transplantation: evaluation with US and radionuclide imaging." Radiographics 20.3 (2000): 607-622.

"End Stage Renal Disease in the United States." National Kidney Foundation. Mar. 2013.

"Organ Donation and Transplantation Statistics." National Kidney Foundation. 2013.

"Kidney Transplant." NIH MedlinePlus. 13 June 2011.

Zenios, S., et al. "Outcome differences across transplant centers: comparison of two methods for public reporting." Clinical Journal of the American Medical Association 6.12 (2011): 2838-2845.

Previous contributing authors and editors: Coauthor(s): William K Mallon, MD, Program Director, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California. Editors: Mitchell J Goldman, DO, FAAP, FAAEM, Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine, St Vincent Emergency Physicians, Inc; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; James Ungar, MD, Medical Director, Chair Department of Emergency Medicine Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

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