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Contributors

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Mohammad Abedi, MD, PhD

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Doctoral Student in Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Breast Cancer

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Elsayed Abo-Salem, MD

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Cardiology Fellow

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Department of Internal Medicine

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University of Cincinnati

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Cincinnati, Ohio

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Giant Cell Arteritis

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Raed Alalawi, MD

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Associate Professor

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Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

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Department of Internal Medicine

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Lung Cancer

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Brittany Albers, MD

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Resident

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Department of Radiology

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Mayo Clinic

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Jacksonville, Florida

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Atrial Fibrillation

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Candy Arentz, MD, FACS

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Assistant Professor

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Department of Surgery

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Breast Cancer

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Clint Beicker, MD

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Resident

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Department of Orthopedics

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Fragility Fracture/Osteoporosis

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Erin A. Bishop, MD

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Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Division of Gynecologic Oncology

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Medical College of Wisconsin

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Endometrial Cancer

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Parampal Bhullar, MD

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Clinical Assistant Professor

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Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine

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Department of Medicine

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University of South Carolina

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School of Medicine

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Greenville, South Carolina

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Palliative Care

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James W. Campbell, MD, MS

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Professor

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Department of Family Medicine

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Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

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Director, Geriatric Center

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MetroHealth System

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Cleveland, Ohio

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Sexual Dysfunction

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Michael R. Crone, MD

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Associate Professor

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Department of Urology

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Prostate Cancer

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Rebecca Crow, DO

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Resident

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Department of Internal Medicine

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University of Oklahoma College of Community Medicine

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Tulsa, Oklahoma

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Lung Cancer

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Syncope

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Nicholas D'Cunha, MD

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Associate Professor

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Division of Hematology/Oncology

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Department of Internal Medicine

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Myelodysplastic Syndrome (Pancytopenia)

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Multiple Myeloma

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Ferenc Deák, MD, PhD

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Assistant Professor

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Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging

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Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Complex Partial Seizure

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Werner T. W. DeRiese, MD, PhD

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Professor and Chairman

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Department of Urology

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Prostate Cancer

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Andrew N. Dentino, MD, FACP, AGSF, FAPA, FAAHPM

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Professor and Vice Chairman

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Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program

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Co-Director, Oklahoma Healthy Aging Initiative

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Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Section I, How to Approach Clinical Problems

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Sensory Impairment/Presbycusis

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Elder Abuse

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John DeToledo, MD

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Professor and Chairman

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Department of Neurology

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Professor of Medicine

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Complex Partial Seizure

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Della Dillard, MD, MBA

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Assistant Professor

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Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Palliative Care

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Sharmila Dissanaike, MD

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Associate Professor of Surgery

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Department of Surgery

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Geriatric Trauma

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Omar Elghawanmeh, MD

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Resident

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Department of Neurology

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)

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Omar Esponda, MD

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Fellow, Vascular Medicine

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Cardiovascular Section

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Angina

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Andrew W. Gardner, PhD

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Professor, Geriatric Medicine

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Donald W. Reynolds Chair of Aging Research

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Department of Geriatric Medicine

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Angina

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Renato Gonik, MD

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Associate Professor

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Department of Neurology

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Syncope

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Fred Hardwicke, MD

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Assistant Professor

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Department of Internal Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Anemia

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Benjamin Hirsch, MD

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Resident

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Department of Surgery

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Geriatric Trauma

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Judith Horvath, PhD, ABPP

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Fellow, American Academy of Clinical Psychology

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Clinical Neuropsychologist

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Florida Hospital Heartland Medical Center

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Director, Florida Center for Brain and Mind

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Sebring, Florida

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Depression and Anxiety

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Ebtesam Islam, MD, PhD

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Resident

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Department of Internal Medicine

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Clostridium difficile Diarrhea

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Sameer Islam, MD

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Gastroenterology Fellow

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Department of Internal Medicine

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Mayo Clinic

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Scottsdale, Arizona

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Clostridium difficile Diarrhea

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Sherazad Islam, MD

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Resident

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Department of Radiology

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Integris Baptist Medical Center

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Pneumonia

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Lowell S. Johnson, MD, MA

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Clinical Associate Professor

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Department of Family and Community Medicine

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Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Impaired Decision-Making Capacity

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Betsy Goebel Jones, EdD

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Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Education

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Professor, Family and Community Medicine

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Co-Director, Family Medicine Accelerated Track

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Regional Director, Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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Lubbock, Texas

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Communication, Cultural Aspects of Aging, and Caregiving

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Cynthia Jumper, MD, MPH

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Professor and Chair

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Department of Internal Medicine (Pulmonary/Critical Care)

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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COPD in the Older Patients

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Jongyeol Kim, MD

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Associate Professor, Neurology

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Covenant Health System Endowed Chair, Cerebrovascular Disease

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Medical Director

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F. Marie Hall SimLife Center

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)

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Giant Cell Arteritis

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Umaru Labay-Kamara, MD

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Attending Psychiatrist

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QCI of Southern Maryland

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White Plains, Maryland

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Spiritual Suffering

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Natalie Lane, MD

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Resident

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Department of Dermatology

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Scott and White Memorial Hospital

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Texas A & M College of Medicine

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Temple, Texas

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Hyperlipidemia

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Melvin Laski, MD

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Professor

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Department of Internal Medicine (Nephrology)

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Chronic Kidney Disease

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Lingsheng Li, MHS

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Medical Student

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Class of 2016

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Sensory Impairment/Presbycusis

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Chok Limsuwat, MD

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Resident

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Department of Internal Medicine

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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COPD in the Older Patients

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Steven Manning, MD

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Assistant Professor

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Department of Psychiatry

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Spiritual Suffering

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Thomas F. McGovern, EdD

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Professor of Psychiatry

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Director, Center for Ethics/Humanities/Spiritualism

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Spiritual Suffering

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Desirae M. McKee, MD

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Associate Professor

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Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Fragility Fracture/Osteoporosis

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Gary Meyerrose, MD

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Professor

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Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology)

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Angina

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Heart Failure

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Atrial Fibrillation

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Aortic Stenosis

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Hyperlipidemia

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Ganga Moorthy

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Medical Student

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Class of 2016

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University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

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College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Section I, How to Approach Clinical Problems

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Aleem Mughal, MD

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Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine

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Department of Internal Medicine

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St. Elizabeth's Hospital

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Tufts University School of Medicine

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Brighton, Massachusetts

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Anemia

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Zachary Mulkey, MD

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Associate Professor

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Department of Internal Medicine

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Osteoarthritis

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Nopakoon Nantsupawat, MD

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Research Assistant/Recurrent Staff Employee

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Department of Internal Medicine

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Elder Abuse

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Teerapat Nantsupawat, MD

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Resident

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Department of Internal Medicine

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Hypertension

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Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD

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Gastroenterology Fellow

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Department of Internal Medicine

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Mayo Clinic

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Jacksonville, Florida

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Prostate Cancer: Survival Analysis

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Bich-Thy Ngo, MD

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Assistant Professor

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Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Urinary Incontinence and Urinary Tract Infection

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Jenny Lee Nguyen, MD

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Resident, Plastic Surgery

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Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Breast Cancer

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Anne K. Nugent, MPH

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Project Manager

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University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute

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Topeka, Kansas

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Prostate Cancer: Survival Analysis

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Elizabeth K. Nugent, MD

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Fellow, Gynecologic Oncology

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Postmenopausal Bleeding

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Kenneth Nugent, MD

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Professor of Medicine

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Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship

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Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit

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Medical Director, Respiratory Therapy

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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COPD in the Older Patients

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Prostate Cancer: Survival Analysis

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Rebecca Nugent, PhD

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Associate Teaching Professor

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Department of Statistics

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Carnegie Mellon University

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Prostate Cancer: Survival Analysis

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Germaine L. Odenheimer, MD

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Associate Professor

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Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Prostate Cancer: Survival Analysis

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Impaired Decision Making Capacity

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Adam C. Pearson, OTD, OTR/L

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Lecturer and Clinician

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Program in Occupational Therapy

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Washington University School of Medicine

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St. Louis, Missouri

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Fragility Fracture/Osteoporosis

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Saleem Qureshi, MD, MHSA

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Assistant Professor

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Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Atrial Fibrillation

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Pneumonia

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Saba H. Radhi, MD, MS

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Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology

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Department of Internal Medicine

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Lung Cancer

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Colon Cancer

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John D. Roaten, MD

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Resident

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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Fragility Fracture/Osteoporosis

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Laurence Z. Rubenstein, MD, MPH

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Professor and Chairman

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Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Fragility Fracture/Osteoporosis

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Sharmila Sehli, MD

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Fellow, Cardiac Electrophysiology

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Division of Cardiology

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The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

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Rhode Island Hospital

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Providence, Rhode Island

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Aortic Stenosis

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Rebecca B. Sleeper, PharmD, FCCP, FASCP, BCPS

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Associate Dean of Curriculum

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Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Geriatrics

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Pharmacy

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Lubbock, Texas

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Medication-Related Problems (MRPs)

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Suthipong Soontrapa, MD

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Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Angina

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Kristen H. Sorocco, PhD

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Associate Professor

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Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Depression

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Elder Abuse

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Sexual Dysfunction

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Susan L. Stark, PhD, OTR/L

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Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy and Neurology

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Program in Occupational Therapy

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Washington University School of Medicine

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St. Louis, Missouri

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Falls in the Elderly

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Eugene A. Steinberg, MD

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Assistant Professor

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Director, Home Based Primary Care: VAMC, OKC

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Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Heart Failure

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Hyperlipidemia

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Meera Subash

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Medical Student

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Class of 2014

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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COPD in the Older Patients

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Thomas Teasdale, DrPH

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Professor and Vice Chairman

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Director, Oklahoma Geriatric Education Center

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Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Communication, Cultural Aspects of Aging, and Caregiving

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Allison L. Toy

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Senior Nursing Student

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Scott & White Nursing School

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Temple, Texas

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Primary Manuscript Reviewer

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Panayiotis D. Tsitouras, MD

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Associate Professor

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Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Prostate Cancer: Survival Analysis

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Meryem Tuncel-Kara, MD

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Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertention)

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University of Connecticut Health Sciences Center

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Farmington, Connecticut

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Hypertension

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Christina Walker

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Medical Student

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Class of 2014

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Depression and Anxiety

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Luther S. Williams, PhD

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Executive Vice President and Provost

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Tuskegee University

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Tuskegee, Alabama

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Health Disparities

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Monique M. Williams, MD, MSCI

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Division of Geriatrics

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Interim Chief, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

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Interim Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program

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Associate Professor of Medicine and Neurology

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Department of Internal Medicine

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Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Health Disparities

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Simon C. Williams, PhD

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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

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Associate Professor of Cell Biology & Biochemistry

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Communication, Cultural Aspects of Aging, and Caregiving

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Richard Winn, MD

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Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases

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Professor of Medicine

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Department of Internal Medicine

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Pneumonia

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Chance M. Witt, MD

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Resident

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Department of Internal Medicine

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Mayo Clinic

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Rochester, Minnesota

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Heart Failure

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Chuang-Kuo Wu, MD, PhD

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Associate Professor

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Corinne Payne Wright Endowed Chair in Alzheimer Disease

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Department of Neurology

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Medicine

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Lubbock, Texas

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Parkinson Disease

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Cognitive Impairment

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Steven Zupancic, AuD, PhD, CCC/A, FAAA

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Assistant Professor, Audiology

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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School of Allied Health Sciences and School of Medicine—Otolaryngology

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Lubbock, Texas

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Sensory Impairment/Presbycusis