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Hien L Tran, MD

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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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suture care, care for stitches, scars, suture removal, removing stitches, wound care, laceration, absorbable suture, nonabsorbable suture

REFERENCES:

Bosker, G., et al. "Laceration repair." Textbook of Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. American Health Consultant, 2000.

Doud Galli, Suzanne K., et al. "Wound Closure Technique." 9 May 2011. <http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1836438-overview>.

Wedro, Benjamin, and Melissa Conrad Stöppler. "Stitches (Sutures, Wound Closures)." MedicineNet. 16 Apr. 2009. <http://www.medicinenet.com/stitches/article.htm>.

Previous contributing editors: 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; James Ungar, MD, Medical Director, Chair Department of Emergency Medicine Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

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