Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

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2006, Volume16

Issue 1

120 pages

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Richard F. Edlich
Distinguished Professor of Plastic Surgery, Director of Trauma Prevention, Education, and Research, Trauma Specialists, LLP, Legacy Emanuel Hospital; 22500 NE 128th Circle, Brush Prairie WA 98606, USA; Phone: 360-944-7641, Fax: 360-944-7612

Lise Borel, DMD
Sales and Pharmaceutical Representative, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

H. Gordon Jensen, BSCE
Life Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Life Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Oregon City, Oregon, USA

Kathryne L. Winters
Website Manager and Information Specialist, Trauma Specialists, LLP, Legacy Emanuel Hospital, Portland, Oregon, 1917 NE 97th St. Vancouver WA 98665, USA

William B. Long III
Medical Director of Trauma Center, Trauma Specialists, LLP, Legacy Emanuel Hospital, Portland, Oregon, USA

Ralph M. Buschbacher, MD
Clinical Associate Professor & Interim Chair. Department of Physical Medicine&Rehabilitation, Indiana University School of Medicine,CL 368,541 North Clinical Drive, Indianapolis IN 46202, USA

Daniel G. Becker, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Director of Facial Plastic Surgery Dept of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Founder, Becker Nose and Sinus Center, LLC Sewell, New Jersey, USA

Dillon E. Chang
Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Jonathan Korngold
Pre-Medical Student, New York, New York, USA

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD
Professor of Surgery; Senior Associate Vice Chancellor Health Sciences (Cardiovascular Diseases); Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Brody School of Medicine/East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA

Kant Y. Lin, M.D.
Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery; Chief of Division of Craniofacial Surgery. Department of Plastic Surgery & Pediatrics, University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville VA 22908, USA

Larry S. Nichter, MD, MS
Pacific Center for Plastic Surgery, Huntington Beach, CA, USA

Susan Berenson RN, MS, OCN
Clinical Nurse Specialist in Integrative Medicine Certified by the American Reflexology Certification Board, Certified for Reiki Level II, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

L. D. Britt, MD, MPH, FACS
Chairman, Brickhouse Professor of Surgery. Department of General Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Hofheimer Hall, 825 Fairfax Avenue, Norfolk VA 235001, USA

John A. Tafel, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Livermore, Colorado, USA

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