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Medical Author:

Terri R Holmes, MD

Coauthor:

Fernando Daniels III, MD

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: Terri R Holmes, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Howard University Hospital.

Coauthor(s): Fernando Daniels III, MD, Medical Director, District of Columbia Fire and EMS Department; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Howard University Hospital.

Editor: Charles P. Davis, MD, PhD

REFERENCE:

MedscapeReference.com. Suturing Techniques.

MedicineNet.com. Stitches.

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; Thomas Rebbecchi, MD, FAAEM, Program Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

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