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Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.

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Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD

Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD

Dr. Charles "Pat" Davis, MD, PhD, is a board certified Emergency Medicine doctor who currently practices as a consultant and staff member for hospitals. He has a PhD in Microbiology (UT at Austin), and the MD (Univ. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston). He is a Clinical Professor (retired) in the Division of Emergency Medicine, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and has been the Chief of Emergency Medicine at UT Medical Branch and at UTHSCSA with over 250 publications.

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Author: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth

Editor: Charles P. Davis, MD, PhD

Previous contributing author and editors:

Author: Thomas Wisniewski, MD, Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology, Pathology, and Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine.

Editors: Neil A Busis, MD, Chief, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Shadyside, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Carmel Armon, MD, MHS, MSc, Professor of Neurology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Chief, Division of Neurology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Switzerland. World Health Organization. "Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease." Feb. 2012. <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs180/
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United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or Mad Cow Disease)." Apr. 27, 2012. <http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/bse/>.

United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Prion Diseases." Dec. 5, 2011. <http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/prions/>.

United States Department of Agriculture. Food Safety and Inspection Service. "Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - "Mad Cow Disease." Mar. 2005. <http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/
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