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Gopal Badlani, MD (Secretary); David Green, MD, FACS (Treasurer); Arthur L. “Bud” Burnett, II, MD, MBA, FACS; Ralph V. Clayman, MD; Sanford J. Siegel, MD; Mary Ann Lynn Stothers, MD, MHSc; Larry Lipshultz, MD; Joseph A. Smith, MD; Jay G. Baitler; Ryan D. Drant; Irving Rothman; Amarpreet Sawhney, PhD
Public Education Council
Brian R. Stork, MD (Chair);
Timothy Averch, MD, FACS; Ahmad H. Bani Hani, MD; Elizabeth Timbrook Brown, MD, MPH; Anne Calvaresi, DNP, CRNP, RNFA; Kelly A. Healy, MD, FACS; Stanton Honig, MD; Kevin McVary, MD, FACS; Amanda North, MD; Benjamin Ristau, MD, MHA; Angela M. Smith, MD, MS; Suzette E. Sutherland, MD, MS, FPMRS; Ana Tomšić, MPH, CHES
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