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Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital of South Manchester, England, UK
Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Royal College of Surgeons of England and Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Royal College of Physicians, London, England
American College of Critical Care Medicine, Des Plaines, IL
Diplomate, American Board of Emergency Medicine
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