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Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT
Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
American Board of Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Internal Medicine
Professor of Anesthesiology
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