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Medical Author:

Leigh A Neumayer, MD, MS, FACS

Medical Editor:

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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Author: Leigh A Neumayer, MD, MS, FACS, Professor of Surgery, Department of General Surgery/Critical Care, University of Utah School of Medicine; Consulting Surgeon, Salt Lake City Veteran's Affairs Medical Center.

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com

Previous contributing coauthor and editors:

Coauthor(s): Marga Massey, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine; Buck Christensen, Medical Writer, eMedicine.com, Inc.

Editors: Galen Poole, MD, FACS, Rankin Medical Center, Brandon Mississippi; Mary L Windle, Pharm D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine.com, Inc; Lee P Shulman, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Head, Section of Reproductive Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

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