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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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Medical Editor:

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

Editor: Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD

REFERENCES:

Centers for Disease Control. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: The Facts.
<http://www.cdc.gov/std/PID/the-facts/>

eMedicine.com. Pelvic inflammatory disease.
<http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/796092-overview>

emedicine.com. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease/Tubo-ovarian Abscess.
<http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/404537-overview>

Previous contributing authors and editors: Author: Minal Patel, MD, Clinical Assistant Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kings County Hospital Center. Coauthor(s): Richard Sinert, MD, Director of Research, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, King's County Hospital Center, State University of New York at Downstate. 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 Quinn, MD, Director of Research Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine University of California at San Francisco Medical Center.

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