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Dollars for Docs – What Drug Companies are Paying Your Health Professionals
Source: http://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/
By Dan Nguyen, Charles Ornstein, and Tracy Weber, ProPublicaUpdated Dec. 22, 2010.
Drug companies have long kept secret details of the payments they make to doctors for promoting their drugs. But eight companies have begun posting names and compensation on the Web, some as the result of legal settlements. ProPublica compiled these disclosures, totaling $320 million, into a single database that allows patients to search for their doctor. Receiving payments isn’t necessarily wrong, but it does raise ethical issues.
Payments in Your State
| Name | Payments | Total |
| Alabama | 533 | $5,199,259 |
| Alaska | 33 | $214,817 |
| Arizona | 489 | $4,749,353 |
| Arkansas | 216 | $1,897,006 |
| California | 3,289 | $32,723,046 |
| Colorado | 477 | $5,765,993 |
| Connecticut | 529 | $5,016,986 |
| Delaware | 118 | $876,527 |
| District of Columbia | 186 | $1,921,830 |
| Florida | 2,383 | $21,710,878 |
| Georgia | 798 | $8,118,933 |
| Hawaii | 124 | $777,517 |
| Idaho | 122 | $1,313,640 |
| Illinois | 1,313 | $11,925,671 |
| Indiana | 767 | $6,423,424 |
| Iowa | 270 | $2,114,321 |
| Kansas | 267 | $2,452,928 |
| Kentucky | 494 | $4,573,665 |
| Louisiana | 430 | $3,853,832 |
| Maine | 99 | $746,599 |
| Maryland | 760 | $7,508,199 |
| Massachusetts | 787 | $7,264,105 |
| Michigan | 1,075 | $11,311,916 |
| Minnesota | 354 | $3,792,421 |
| Mississippi | 273 | $2,456,168 |
| Missouri | 749 | $8,647,605 |
| Montana | 59 | $319,965 |
| Nebraska | 166 | $1,831,211 |
| Nevada | 222 | $2,368,175 |
| New Hampshire | 113 | $1,270,814 |
| New Jersey | 1,313 | $10,155,806 |
| New Mexico | 114 | $1,019,305 |
| New York | 3,042 | $30,024,504 |
| North Carolina | 1,127 | $11,731,036 |
| North Dakota | 65 | $465,945 |
| Ohio | 1,402 | $13,366,510 |
| Oklahoma | 286 | $2,983,362 |
| Oregon | 265 | $2,717,401 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,837 | $17,416,531 |
| Puerto Rico | 315 | $1,862,750 |
| Rhode Island | 195 | $2,212,859 |
| South Carolina | 456 | $3,818,394 |
| South Dakota | 49 | $340,209 |
| Tennessee | 791 | $8,966,464 |
| Texas | 2,147 | $22,442,858 |
| Unknown | 31 | $74,856 |
| Utah | 253 | $3,039,684 |
| Vermont | 44 | $432,345 |
| Virginia | 661 | $6,556,653 |
| Washington | 540 | $5,432,741 |
| West Virginia | 236 | $1,822,571 |
| Wisconsin | 443 | $4,328,808 |
| Wyoming | 22 | $93,710 |
Top Earners
Story: Who’s on Pharma’s Top-Paid List?
In October 2010, ProPublica identified 384 healthcare providers who earned more than $100,000 total from one or more of the eight companies that have disclosed payments in 2009 and early 2010. We matched the payee records with licensed doctors and registered nurses in the states listed. When a match could not be found, for example when a recipient was a pharmacist, we used other sources to confirm their identities.
The payments are listed as we compiled them in October 2010 and so the displayed total may not be up-to-date. Do a search to find the recipient’s latest payments.
See more details about the compilation of this list.
If you are a listed practitioner and believe you do not belong in this database, please contact us at .
| Name | State | Certification | Payments | ||||||||||||||
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Firhaad Ismail
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Nev.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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Stephen H. Landy
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Tenn.
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Neurology |
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Samuel Dagogo-Jack
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Tenn.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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Mark Sweeny
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Ala.
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Not Listed |
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Thomas Oates
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Fla.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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John Osborne
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Texas
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Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease |
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Gerald M. Sacks
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Calif.
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Anesthesiology |
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Anthony H. Guarino
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Mo.
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Anesthesiology; Pain Medicine |
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David Rizzieri
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N.C.
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Medical Oncology |
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Hal Roseman
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Tenn.
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Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease |
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Robert Busch
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N.Y.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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Farhad Zangeneh
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Va.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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Bruce Trippe
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Ala.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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Jolene Johnson
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La.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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James I. McMillen
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Pa.
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Not Listed |
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Richard Galloway
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Miss.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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Amir Sharafkhaneh
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Texas
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Internal Medicine; Critical Care Medicine; Pulmonary Disease; Sleep Medicine |
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Ronald Balkissoon
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Colo.
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Not Listed |
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Nathaniel Barnes
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Texas
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Urology |
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Lawrence Dubuske
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Mass.
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Allergy & Immunology; Internal Medicine |
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Gary Richwald
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Calif.
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Not Listed |
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Yehuda Handelsman
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Calif.
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Internal Medicine |
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James Seebass
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Okla.
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Not Listed |
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Stephen South
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N.C.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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David W. Bell
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Ohio
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Not Listed |
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Todd Mahr
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Wis.
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Allergy & Immunology; Pediatrics |
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Kenneth F. Tempero
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Minn.
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Not Listed |
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Matt Rosenberg
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Mich.
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Not Listed |
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Cathleen Mullarkey
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N.J.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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Randy Lieberman
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Mich.
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Cardiovascular Disease; Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology |
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David Guthman
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Ill.
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Urology |
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Ralph Boccia
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Md.
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Internal Medicine; Hematology; Medical Oncology |
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Steven Nash
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Mo.
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Urology |
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Roueen Rafeyan
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Ill.
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Psychiatry |
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Eliot Brinton
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Utah
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Internal Medicine |
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Terri Jerkins
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Tenn.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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Thomas Dayspring
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N.J.
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Internal Medicine |
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Adi Mehta
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Ohio
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Internal Medicine |
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Kenton Forte
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N.Y.
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Internal Medicine |
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Romanth Waghmarae
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N.Y.
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Anesthesiology; Pain Medicine |
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Richard Jackson
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Mich.
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Psychiatry; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry |
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Steven Bromley
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N.J.
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Neurology |
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Jon W. Draud
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Tenn.
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Psychiatry |
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Michael Naslund
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Md.
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Urology |
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Donald R. Taylor
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Ga.
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Anesthesiology; Pain Medicine |
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Timothy Beard
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Ore.
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Surgery |
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Steven Stryk
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Mich.
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Allergy & Immunology |
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John Meadows
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Ala.
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Allergy & Immunology |
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Jody Hershey
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Va.
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Family Medicine; Public Health & General Preventive Medicine |
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James O’Keefe
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Mo.
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Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease |
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Bruce Abell
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D.C.
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Surgery |
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Gilbert D’Alonzo
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Pa.
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Not Listed |
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Bradley Wallum
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Wash.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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Michael Banov
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Ga.
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Psychiatry |
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Manoj Waikar
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Calif.
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Psychiatry |
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Peter Toth
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Ill.
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Family Medicine |
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Jerald Insel
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Md.
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Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Cardiology |
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Gary Ferguson
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Mich.
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Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Disease |
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Maria-Carmen Wilson
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Fla.
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Neurology; Pain Medicine |
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Tara Dall
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Wis.
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Family Medicine |
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David Albala
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N.Y.
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Urology |
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Philip Levy
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Ariz.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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Michael Cobble
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Utah
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Not Listed |
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Alan Garber
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Texas
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Not Listed |
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Steven Brooks
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Fla.
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Urology |
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Srinivas Nalamachu
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Kan.
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Not Listed |
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Wayne E. Anderson
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Calif.
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Neurology; Pain Medicine |
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Joseph P. Valenza
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N.J.
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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; Pain Medicine |
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Mark Godat
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Texas
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Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Anthony Rooklin
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Pa.
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Pediatrics; Allergy and Immunology |
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Richard Harkaway
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Pa.
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Urology |
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Mark Mehle
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Ohio
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Otolaryngology |
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Stephen Park
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Calif.
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Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Disease |
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Todd M. Hess
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Minn.
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Anesthesiology |
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Denis Becker
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N.C.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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Rodney Radtke
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N.C.
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Neurology; Clinical Neurophysiology; Sleep Medicine |
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Lewis Kriteman
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Ga.
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Urology |
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Karin Hastik
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Calif.
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Psychiatry |
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Thomas Aoki
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Calif.
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Not Listed |
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Matthew Berger
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Pa.
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Not Listed |
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Steven Gay
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Mich.
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Internal Medicine; Critical Care Medicine; Pulmonary Disease |
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John Tucker Hardy
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Colo.
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Psychiatry; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
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William Bailey
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Ala.
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Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Disease |
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Thomas Herzog
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N.Y.
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Obstetrics & Gynecology; Gynecologic Oncology |
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James Lasalle
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Mo.
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Not Listed |
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Anil M. Parikh
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Ohio
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Psychiatry; Addiction Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry; Geriatric Psychiatry; Pain Medicine; Psychosomatic Medicine |
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John Cahill
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N.Y.
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Emergency Medicine |
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Brent Bost
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Texas
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Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Rex Birkmire
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Fla.
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Psychiatry |
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Joseph F. Goldberg
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N.Y.
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Psychiatry |
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Thomas Blevins
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Texas
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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Todd Adkins
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Miss.
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Allergy & Immunology |
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Binoy Singh
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N.Y.
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Cardiovascular Disease |
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Christopher Philip O’Carroll
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Calif.
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Internal Medicine; Neurology; Pain Medicine |
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Stanley Goldstein
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N.Y.
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Allergy & Immunology; Pediatrics; Pediatric Pulmonology |
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John G. Canto
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Fla.
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Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease |
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Steven Turpin
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Fla.
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Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Disease |
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Jun Chiong
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Calif.
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Cardiovascular Disease |
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Peter Weissman
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Fla.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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Christopher D. Bojrab
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Ind.
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Psychiatry |
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Ketan Sheth
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Ind.
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Allergy & Immunology |
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Ninan Mathew
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Texas
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Not Listed |
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Wade Cooper
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Mich.
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Not Listed |
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Israel Hartman
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Texas
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Internal Medicine |
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Katherine Widnell
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Kan.
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Neurology |
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Noel Gardner
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Utah
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Psychiatry |
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Philip Rabito
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N.Y.
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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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David Alpers
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Mo.
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Internal Medicine |
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Sanjay Gupta
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N.Y.
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Psychiatry |
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Matthew Brams
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Texas
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Psychiatry; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
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Joseph Spahn
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Colo.
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Allergy & Immunology; Pediatrics |
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Leslie Citrome
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N.Y.
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Psychiatry |
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Kyle Happel
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La.
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Internal Medicine; Critical Care Medicine; Pulmonary Disease |
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C. Brendan Montano
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Conn.
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Not Listed |
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Joel Young
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Mich.
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Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry; Geriatric Psychiatry |
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Lawrence Reccoppa
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Fla.
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Psychiatry |
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Gary Greenspan
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Fla.
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Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Disease |
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Jonathan Weissler
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Texas
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Internal Medicine; Critical Care Medicine; Pulmonary Disease |
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Franklin Lowe
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N.Y.
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Urology |
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Scott Snyder
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Ga.
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Psychiatry |
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Daniel Friedland
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Calif.
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Internal Medicine |
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Jonathan Schwartz
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Okla.
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Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Disease; Sleep Medicine |
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George Ho
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Ohio
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Urology |
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Merle Diamond
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Ill.
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Internal Medicine |
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Richard Rachima
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N.C.
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Family Medicine |
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Richard Weisler
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N.C.
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Psychiatry |
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Michael C. Fitzpatrick
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Texas
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Psychiatry |
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Vladimir Maletic
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S.C.
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Psychiatry |
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Michael O. Measom
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Utah
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Psychiatry; Addiction Psychiatry |
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Seth Braunstein
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Pa.
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Internal Medicine |
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James Chou
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N.Y.
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Psychiatry; Geriatric Psychiatry |
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Debra Hill-Busselle
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Mich.
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Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Corey Goldstein
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Ill.
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Psychiatry |
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John DeBerry
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N.Y.
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Urology |
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Gregg Fonarow
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Calif.
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Cardiovascular Disease |
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Linda Gorin
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Calif.
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Allergy & Immunology; Pediatrics |
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Lauro Amezcua-Patino
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Ariz.
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Psychiatry |
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Arnold Willis
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Md.
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Urology |
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Niku Singh
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Va.
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Not Listed |
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Minou Tran
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Calif.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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Robert DiBianco
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Md.
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Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease |
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Stanley Nasraway
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Mass.
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Internal Medicine |
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Maureen A. Cooper
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Ind.
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Hematology; Medical Oncology |
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John Chelf
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Okla.
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Psychiatry |
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Peter J. McAllister
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Conn.
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Neurology |
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Mitchell Sorsby
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Texas
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Internal Medicinel; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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Geraldo Saavedra
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Pa.
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Not Listed |
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Dean Karalis
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Pa.
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Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease |
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Steven M. Simon
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Kan.
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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
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John Miller
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N.H.
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Psychiatry |
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Michael Chan
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Ohio
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Psychiatry |
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Jose Igoa
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Texas
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Psychiatry; Addiction Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry; Geriatric Psychiatry; Psychosomatic Medicine |
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Robert Nathan
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Colo.
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Internal Medicine; Allergy & Immunology |
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Mark Socinski
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N.C.
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Internal Medicine; Medical Oncology |
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Louis Guzzi
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Fla.
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Anesthesiology; Critical Care Medicine; Internal Medicine |
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Craig L. Donnelly
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N.H.
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Psychiatry; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
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David Robertson
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Ga.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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Les Burns
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N.J.
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Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Stephen G. Huk
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Kan.
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Psychiatry; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
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David Weinstein
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Mo.
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Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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William Hitchcock
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Calif.
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Pediatrics |
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Haresh Tharwani
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N.C.
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Psychiatry; Psychosomatic Medicine |
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Todd Kaye
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Calif.
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Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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Carmen Pinto
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Ky.
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Psychiatry |
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Norman Lee Smith
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Utah
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Internal Medicine |
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Dan Douer
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Calif.
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Not Listed |
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Robin K. Dore
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Calif.
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Internal Medicine, Rheumatology |
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Elizabeth H. Holt
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N.C.
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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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Nam Hoang Dang
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Fla.
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Internal Medicine; Medical Oncology |
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Frank Costa
|
Pa.
|
Urology |
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John Fenley
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Tenn.
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Psychiatry |
|
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Prakash S. Masand
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N.Y.
|
Psychiatry |
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Edmund Williams
|
Texas
|
Familty Medicine; Psychiatry; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
|
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|
Randolph Malone
|
Fla.
|
Allergy & Immunology |
|
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|
Taral Patel
|
Ohio
|
Unconfirmed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Idan Sharon
|
N.Y.
|
Not Listed |
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|
Orlando G. Florete, Jr.
|
Fla.
|
Anesthesiology |
|
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|
Linda Mundy
|
Pa.
|
Internal Medicine; Infectious Disease |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Gregory Brown
|
La.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Annette Smick
|
Minn.
|
Psychiatry; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
|
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|
Gary Kabinoff
|
Fla.
|
Not Listed |
|
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|
Richard Kenney
|
Md.
|
Internal Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Rajesh Singh
|
S.D.
|
Psychiatry |
|
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|
Michael L. Seng
|
Ohio
|
Internal Medicine; Psychiatry |
|
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|
Thomas E. Roth
|
Mich.
|
Other – PhD |
|
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|
Anthony J. Margherita
|
Mo.
|
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Ronald J. Koshes
|
D.C.
|
Psychiatry |
|
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|
Steven Kory
|
Mo.
|
Psychiatry; Addiction Psychiatry; Geriatric Psychiatry |
|
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|
Nashat Rabadi
|
N.Y.
|
Pulmonary Disease |
|
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|
Ajay Chaudhuri
|
N.Y.
|
Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
|
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|
Timothy Jennings
|
Tenn.
|
Psychiatry |
|
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|
John Tapp
|
Ky.
|
Family Medicine |
|
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|
Richard Wasserman
|
Texas
|
Allergy & Immunology; Pediatrics |
|
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|
Isaiah Pittman
|
Ind.
|
Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
|
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|
Amjad AlMahameed
|
Mass.
|
Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease |
|
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|
Charles T. Nguyen
|
Calif.
|
Psychiatry |
|
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|
Edwyn Boyd
|
Ala.
|
Otolaryngology |
|
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|
Horacio Capote
|
N.Y.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Harold Lebovitz
|
N.Y.
|
Not Listed |
|
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|
Arcot Dwarakanathan
|
Ill.
|
Internal Medicine; Endocrinology and Metabolism |
|
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|
Joseph Keenan
|
Minn.
|
Family Medicine |
|
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|
Maha Abboud
|
Ill.
|
Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Azfar Malik
|
Mo.
|
Psychiatry; Addiction Psychiatry; Geriatric Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Rakesh Jain
|
Texas
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Willa Hsueh
|
Texas
|
Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Christopher B. Ticknor
|
Texas
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Arnold J. Weil
|
Ga.
|
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Fred Sheftell
|
Conn.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Diana Noren
|
Texas
|
Other – Non-physician |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Norman Lepor
|
Calif.
|
Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Andrew Shorr
|
D.C.
|
Internal Medicine; Critical Care Medicine; Pulmonary Disease |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Wassim S. Saikali
|
W.Va.
|
Rheumatology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Jay Cohen
|
Fla.
|
Obstetrics & Gynecology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Craig Kitchens
|
Fla.
|
Internal Medicine; Hematology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Adam Ashton
|
N.Y.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Sudhir Gokhale
|
Ill.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
James Wigand
|
Va.
|
Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
|
||||||||||||||
|
David Liporace
|
Fla.
|
Internal Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Mark Millard
|
Texas
|
Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Disease |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Stephan Quentzel
|
N.Y.
|
Family Medicine; Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Jovita Crasta
|
N.Y.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Felicia Cosman
|
N.Y.
|
Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Martin Stevens
|
Mich.
|
Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Juan Balaguer
|
Fla.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Kevin Mays
|
Kan.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Mindy Rosenbloom
|
R.I.
|
Psychiatry; Geriatric Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Elizabeth Cottingham
|
Ohio
|
Psychiatry; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Stuart Levy
|
Pa.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Tara Yuan
|
Calif.
|
Psychiatry; Psychosomatic Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Kenneth P. Pages
|
Fla.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Peter Knoblich
|
Calif.
|
Family Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Robert Nett
|
Texas
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Gerald Pytlewski
|
Pa.
|
Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Amanda Sparks-Bushnell
|
Tenn.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Anne Calhoun
|
N.C.
|
Internal Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Greg Ledgerwood
|
Wash.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Laszlo Mechtler
|
N.Y.
|
Neurology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Edward Condon
|
N.Y.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Daniel T. Suzuki
|
Calif.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Steven Maislos
|
Texas
|
Urology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Anthony Gentile
|
Pa.
|
Obstetrics & Gynecology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Anthony Claxton
|
Texas
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Michael R. Lyles
|
Ga.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Barry Nelson
|
Pa.
|
Psychiatry; Addiction Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Charles R. Timson
|
N.Y.
|
Family Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Andrew Miller
|
Texas
|
Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Cardiology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Rahn K. Bailey
|
Tenn.
|
Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Stefan Gluck
|
Fla.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Allen Bott
|
Calif.
|
Neurology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Craig Reynolds
|
Fla.
|
Internal Medicine; Hematology; Medical Oncology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Rona J. Hu
|
Calif.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Rifaat El-Mallakh
|
Ky.
|
Psychiatry – General |
|
||||||||||||||
|
George Anagnostis
|
Texas
|
Family Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Antonio Anzueto
|
Texas
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
James North
|
N.Y.
|
Family Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Robert Levin
|
Fla.
|
Internal Medicine; Rheumatology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
David J. Scheiderer
|
Va.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Fredrick B. Hagemeister, Jr.
|
Texas
|
Internal Medicine; Medical Oncology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Terri Warren
|
Ore.
|
Other – Registered Nurse |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Janak Mehtani
|
Calif.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Cindy Martin
|
Calif.
|
Other – Registered Nurse |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Robert H. Stewart
|
Ky.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Joseph S. Bailes
|
Texas
|
Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Michael Lenoir
|
Calif.
|
Allergy & Immunology; Pediatrics |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Karyn W. Rahn
|
N.C.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Joseph Pinzone
|
Ohio
|
Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Randall Ricardi
|
Ariz.
|
Psychiatry; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
John W. Tsuang
|
Calif.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Jefferson M. Sommers
|
Va.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Mori Krantz
|
Colo.
|
Cardiovascular Disease |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Samoon Ahmad
|
N.Y.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Muhammad Azam Cheema
|
N.Y.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Roman Perez-Soler
|
N.Y.
|
Internal Medicine; Medical Oncology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Amita Patel
|
Ohio
|
Psychiatry; Geriatric Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Bruce Rosen
|
N.Y.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Susan Hutchinson
|
Calif.
|
Family Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Asa Heflin
|
Tenn.
|
Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Disease |
|
||||||||||||||
|
James N. Hall
|
Ala.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Douglas Noordsy
|
N.H.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Jan Brandes
|
Tenn.
|
Neurology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
John Zajecka
|
Ill.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Tulio Ortega
|
N.Y.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Stuart Stoloff
|
Nev.
|
Family Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Elward Crawford
|
Colo.
|
Urology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Barry Jacobson
|
Pa.
|
Obstetrics & Gynecology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Henry Nasrallah
|
Ohio
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Paul M. Packman
|
Mo.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Steven L. Gershon
|
Va.
|
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
|
||||||||||||||
|
William B. Hinshaw
|
N.C.
|
Obstetrics & Gynecology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
James Manning
|
N.C.
|
Family Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Keshavpal Reddy
|
N.C.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Tamer Yacoub
|
Mass.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Jeffrey Frankel
|
Wash.
|
Urology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Scott P. Hoopes
|
Idaho
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Arthur V. Badikian
|
N.Y.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Henry Wojtczak
|
Calif.
|
Pediatrics; Pediatric Pulmonology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Gerald Hoke
|
N.Y.
|
Urology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Robert A. Marcus
|
N.M.
|
Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Mark Green
|
N.Y.
|
Neurology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
John Pankiewicz
|
Wis.
|
Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Meilan Han
|
Mich.
|
Internal Medicine; Critical Care Medicine; Pulmonary Disease |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Joseph Pergolizzi
|
Fla.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Alice R. Mao
|
Texas
|
Psychiatry; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Michael T. McDermott
|
Colo.
|
Internal Medicine; Endocrinology and Metabolism |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Michael Weitz
|
Fla.
|
Internal Medicine; Rheumatology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Jon-Kar Zubieta
|
Mich.
|
Nuclear Medicine; Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Jody Ryan
|
Colo.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Paul Barton Brown
|
Wash.
|
Internal Medicine; Rheumatology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Jerold Kreisman
|
Mo.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Jeffrey Hansen
|
Wash.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Steven G. Fein
|
Fla.
|
Internal Medicine; Hematology; Medical Oncology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
B. Mitchell Grabois
|
Fla.
|
Obstetrics & Gynecology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Ricardo J. Fermo
|
S.C.
|
Psychiatry; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
David N. Hayes
|
N.C.
|
Internal Medicine; Oncology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Warren S. Joseph
|
Pa.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Joan R. Shapiro
|
Colo.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Upinder Singh
|
Nev.
|
Internal Medicine; Geriatric Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Thomas J. Grayden
|
Calif.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Thomas Lucas
|
Texas
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Jed Kaminetsky
|
N.Y.
|
Urology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Daniel M. Neides
|
Ohio
|
Family Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Sharon Hausman-Cohen
|
Texas
|
Family Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Howard F. Williamson
|
Ala.
|
Obstetrics & Gynecology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Chandra Belani
|
Pa.
|
Internal Medicine; Medical Oncology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Fernando Martinez
|
Mich.
|
Internal Medicine; Critical Care Medicine; Pulmonary Disease |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Christos Ballas
|
Pa.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Andrew G. Kowal
|
Mass.
|
Anesthesiology; Pain Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Andrew Eisenberg
|
Fla.
|
Family Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Alan Jacobson
|
Calif.
|
Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Daniel P. Duffy
|
Wis.
|
Family Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Saad Shakir
|
Calif.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
William Clay Jackson
|
Tenn.
|
Family Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Stephen M. Taylor
|
Ala.
|
Psychiatry; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Robert L. Weisman
|
N.Y.
|
Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
John Norton
|
Miss.
|
Psychiatry; Neurology; Geriatric Psychiatry; Psychosomatic Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
John P. Bantle
|
Minn.
|
Internal Medicine; Endocrinology and Metabolism |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Ruth N. Harada
|
Colo.
|
Internal Medicine; Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Paresh Dandona
|
N.Y.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Donna S. Holland
|
Fla.
|
Psychiatry; Child Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Manuel A. Suarez-Barcelo
|
Fla.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Terrance Bellnier
|
N.Y.
|
Other – Pharmacist |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Richard L. Schneider
|
Wash.
|
Psychiatry; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Stanley Anderson
|
Ohio
|
Family Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Brian Bonfardin
|
Tenn.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Gameel Hodge
|
Fla.
|
Urology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Virginia Valentine
|
N.M.
|
Other – Registered Nurse |
|
||||||||||||||
|
James Haltom
|
Miss.
|
Allergy & Immunology; Pediatrics; Pediatric Pulmonology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Peter Murphy
|
Calif.
|
Internal Medicine; Critical Care Medicine; Pulmonary Disease |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Richard Altesman
|
N.Y.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Ada Angeles
|
Calif.
|
Other – Non-physician |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Riad Laham
|
Ohio
|
Anesthesiology; Pain Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Linda E. Carter
|
Idaho
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Robert Bessette
|
R.I.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
William M. Glazer
|
Fla.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Michael Hellinger
|
Fla.
|
Colon & Rectal Surgery; Surgery |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Duane E. McWaine
|
Calif.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Daniel Lynn Shull
|
Ind.
|
Family Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Gerald A. Maguire
|
Calif.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Carol Zapalowski
|
Colo.
|
Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
|
||||||||||||||
|
David Dempster
|
Wash.
|
Internal Medicine; Nephrology |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Anjali Pathak
|
Fla.
|
Psychiatry; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Pedro Dago
|
Ill.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Charles Devine
|
Fla.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Lucila E. Ramiro
|
Fla.
|
Internal Medicine |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Kathleen M. Vollman
|
Mich.
|
Other – Registered Nurse |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Serge A. Jabbour
|
N.J.
|
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Eric Fan
|
Ga.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Kenneth Greenberg
|
Colo.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Shivkumar S. Hatti
|
Pa.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Karl W. McIntosh
|
Del.
|
Psychiatry; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Lawrence Ginsberg
|
Texas
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Guillermo Valenzuela
|
Fla.
|
Not Listed |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Louis E. Kopolow
|
Md.
|
Psychiatry |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Michael Davidson
|
Ill.
|
Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Luis E. Fayad
|
Texas
|
Not Listed |
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Dov Schuchman
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Mich.
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Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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A F M Haque
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N.J.
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Psychiatry; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
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Kenneth S. Hershon
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N.Y.
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Bradley Monk
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Calif.
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Luz-Elena Shearer
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Ariz.
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Michael McGonigal
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Pa.
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Eric M. Kaplan
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Fla.
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Psychiatry |
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Charles Lazelle Sawyers
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N.Y.
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Internal Medicine |
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Robert A. Reade
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N.C.
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Family Medicine |
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- Some providers earning more than $100,000 may not be included in this list because of variations in how drug companies spelled their names. Also, more than 70 drug companies have yet to publicly report their payments.
- Payments that were designated for groups of doctors, rather than individual doctors, were excluded from our calculation.
- ProPublica checked whether physicians had specialty board certification using the web sites of the American Board of Medical Specialties, the American Medical Association and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. A designation of “not listed” means that we could not find any record of certification.
- We obtained information on government actions, which include sanctions and warnings, from the websites of state medical boards and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Some states remove older discipline from their web sites.
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grate article. Why isn’t there a published list of doctors, hospitals, distributors, etc. that were involved with the kickbacks, where by 5 medical device mfg paid $311 million fine in 2007. By paying this fine,an ongoing investigation looking into questionable marketing and kick backs seemed to go away. Yet I have read several of these same companies were fined again. Big Bucks keeps Big Secrets from you and me?
Brings me to another possible solution to help eliminate this B.S.
Impose strict, strict disclosure laws, provided by medical device manufacturers; and keep these new disclosure laws simple and to the point.
If I go through a red light I get a ticket, pay the fine, done; however if I accumulate too many tickets I could lose my driving privledges.
So, If I use the same common sense, and you are a device mfg, or doctor etc you have to disclose everything about a particular device. If you don’t follow the law and get caught, ist offense a fine, (large enough to get investors attention. as to an amount when I have the opportunity I will be happy to give you my numbers for fines, a second infraction the fine would get the entire companies attention, 3rd violation your device is prohibited from being used ,sold in US despite any ongoing contractual obligations between the mfg and dr’s,hospitals etc, and the mfg. involved can not submit approval from FDA for a similar device. Also this device can’t be routed through any other mean back to US. The time for this infraction I also will save my recommendations.
How do I know the manufacturer, that developed the hip product used on me, didn’t provide all the real data as to good results as well as bad, in order to gain approval through 510k plan of approval.
The more I read and learn about the medical device world, the more my mind creates ideas and answers as to simplifying a system that needs help now.
There is information I have read articles that implies and in some instances make statements the importance of approving new devices as quickly as possible, is for our benefits. However if the manufacturer has to go through adequate testing(not the existing laws) and other data, it will take longer for approval, more expensive, less incentive to invent new product etc. Oh I forgot what about me, you and how I could benefit from this new unstested product, what about if it doesn’t work properly or other adverse complications I, you could experience.
No matter what I say or anyone else says I seem to come back to Market Share and Financing is more important losing a few patients.
Again, I am available to help impliment my thoughts and anyone elses, as long as common sense and logic enters the picture.
Respectfully
Howard Sadwin
HI Howard
the more I read about it, the more I realize that the orthopaedics companies are really a commercial extension of the medical fraternity.
Orthopaedics manufacturers cannot exist without doctors and there would be no medical progress.
Without the profits of the orthopaedics companies, the doc’s could not commercialize, to wider benefit, their medical advances – they could not even afford the FDA processes!
So I think we have the proverbial “catch 22” – but one that needs to be more transparent and better regulated as you suggest.
Earl