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Medical Author:

Michael W Stratemeier, MD

Coauthor:

Lisa Vignogna, MD

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 W Stratemeier, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital.

Coauthor(s): Lisa Vignogna, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital; Kathryn L Hale, MS, PA-C, Medical Writer, eMedicine.com, Inc.

Editor: John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP

REFERENCES:

CDC.gov. Trends in Hospitalizations for Peptic Ulcer Disease, United States, 1998–2005.

MescapeReference.com. Peptic Ulcer Disease.

Previous contributing 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.