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Marlene Brunswick, RN, MSN, CNOR, RNFA | Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio
Nancy Burden, RN | BayCare Health System, Tampa, Fla.
Gregory P. DeConciliis, PA-C | Boston Out-Patient Surgical Suites, Waltham, Mass.
Vangie Dennis, RN, BSN, CNOR, CMLSO | ASC Emory Health System, Atlanta, Ga.
John F. Dombrowski, MD, PC | Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Lynda Dowman Simon, RN | St. John's Clinic: Head & Neck Surgery, Springfield, Mo.
Eric Donnenfeld, MD | NYU Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
Pamela J. Ertel, RN, BSN, CNOR, RNFA | SurgiCenter at Spring Ridge, Wyomissing, Pa.
Ann Geier, RN, MSN, CNOR | Source Medical, Charleston, S.C.
C. David Geier Jr., MD | Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C.
Barbara Ann Harmer, RN, BSN, MHA | MedAssist Consultants, Gainesville, Fla.
Jay Horowitz, CRNA | Quality Anesthesia Care Corp., Sarasota, Fla.
Jeffrey Katz, MD | Northwestern University Hospital, Chicago, Ill.
Robert Kershner, MD, FACS | Eye Laser Consulting, Boston, Mass.
David B. Renton, MD, MPH | Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
Margaret Sherman, RN, BSN | Hamilton Endoscopy & Surgery Center, Hamilton, N.J.
Ashish Sinha, MD, PhD | Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa.
Donna Smith, MT (ASCP), CASC | Nexus Surgical Partners, Macon, Ga.
Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP | Centre for Medication Safety, Newington, Conn.
Mary Wilson, RN, BSN, CNOR | West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, W.Va.
Dawn Yost, RN, BSN, CNOR | West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, W.Va.
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