Volume 56 - Issue 1 - January 2016

Josh Bukowski, MD, and Paul Aronowitz, MD

Ronald Rubin, MD—Series Editor

Ronald Rubin, MD—Series Editor

Ronald Rubin, MD—Series Editor

Gregory W. Rutecki, MD

Karolina Maksimowski, MD, and David Effron, MD

Eric A. Dietrich, PharmD, BCPS, and Kyle Davis, PharmD, BCPS

Eric A. Dietrich, PharmD, BCPS, and Kyle Davis, PharmD, BCPS

Eric A. Dietrich, PharmD, BCPS, and Kyle Davis, PharmD, BCPS

Christopher C. Brodkin, MD

Christopher C. Brodkin, MD

Christopher C. Brodkin, MD

Beth Haney, DNP, FNP-C

Beth Haney, DNP, FNP-C

Beth Haney, DNP, FNP-C

By DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD

By DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD

By DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD, and Benjamin Barankin, MD

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD, and Benjamin Barankin, MD

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD, and Benjamin Barankin, MD

John R. Stephens, MD, Robert M. Coward, MD, and Davis P. Viprakasit, MD

David L. Kaplan, MD—Series Editor

David L. Kaplan, MD—Series Editor

David L. Kaplan, MD—Series Editor

David L. Kaplan, MD—Series Editor

David L. Kaplan, MD—Series Editor

David L. Kaplan, MD—Series Editor

Maj Christopher M. Howell, DSc, MPAS, PA-C, MBA, practices emergency medicine at Wright-Patterson Medical Center, is an adjunct faculty professor with Kettering College PA program and director of public affairs for the American College of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants, all in Dayton, Ohio.

Wassem Juakiem, MD, MS, is an assistant professor at Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, and holds a staff position at Joint Base San Antonio in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He is pursuing his postgraduate fellowship training in gastroenterology.

Michael Wagner, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of Internal Medicine Ultrasound Education, and Assistant Director of Physical Diagnosis at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, South Carolina.

Renee Dversdal, MD, is a clinical and teaching hospitalist, Co-Director of Point of Care Ultrasound, and Director of Simulation Education, Internal Medicine Residency Program at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon.

Michael Blaivas, MD, is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, South Carolina, and the Department of Emergency Medicine at Piedmont Hospital in Newnan, Georgia.