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The
committee advises the HHS Secretary and Congress on a wide range of policy
and program issues in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics,
dentistry, and physician assistant programs.
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Nathaniel B.
Savio Beers, M.D., M.P.A. is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. He received a medical
degree from George Washington University (1995) and completed a residency
in pediatrics at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington,
D.C. (1998). He earned a master’s degree in public administration
from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2001).
He is board certified in general pediatrics and in developmental and
behavioral pediatrics. Dr. Beers has held a number of positions with
the American Academy of Pediatrics including chair of its section
on residents and member of its committee on pediatric education.
Currently, he is Vice President/President-Elect of the Academy’s DC
Chapter. He has been the recipient of several grants from private
institutions for the care of children with physical disabilities in
foster care, residency training in cultural competency, and primary
prevention in pediatric residency training. He has made regional and
national presentations on children’s growth and development, early
intervention, mental health care in primary care settings, and training
of residents in outpatient settings.
Term Ending: 09/30/2009
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James F. Cawley,
M.P.H., PA-C, is professor in the Department of Health Care Sciences
at The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
where he is director of the Physician Assistant/Master of Public Health
Program. He is professor of epidemiology and vice chair of that institution's
Department of Prevention and Community Health. He was trained as
a physician assistant at Touro College in New York (1974), certified
as a physician assistant (1975), and received a master's degree in
public health from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
(1979). Mr. Cawley was a HHS Public Health Service Primary Care Fellow
in 2003. He is a former president of the Physician Assistant Foundation/American
Academy of Physician Assistants, president of the Association of Physician
Assistant Programs, and member of the National Commission on Certification
of Physician Assistants. He has been a Title VII, section 747 grant
reviewer and chaired a review panel in 2004. Mr. Cawley has served
on numerous editorial boards and writes a monthly column for Advance
for Physician Assistants. He has presented on a variety of topics
including physician assistant education and the primary care workforce.
Term Ended: 09/30/2008 (Term Extended)
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Diego Chaves-Gnecco,
M.D., M.P.H., is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician at Children's
Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and assistant professor at the
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received a medical
degree from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Santafe de Bogota,
Colombia, in 1994 and a masters of public health degree from the University
of Pittsburgh in 2000. He is an assistant district coordinator for
the Residency Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2002
Dr. Chaves-Gnecco established the first bilingual pediatric clinic
in Pittsburgh and in Southwestern Pennsylvania, SALUD PARA NIÑOS,
serving a growing Hispanic population of 17,500 persons, including
5,500 children, for which he has become program director. He has
been an editorial board member for two medical journals in Bogota.
He is interested in balancing clinical practice with attention to
public health and public policy as they relate to the health care
of children and underrepresented minorities.
Term Ended: 09/30/2007 (Term Extended)
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William Alton
Curry, M.D., F.A.C.P., is associate dean for primary care and
rural health and professor of medicine in the Division of General
Internal Medicine at the University of Alabama School of Medicine
in Birmingham. He previously served as dean of the College of Community
Health Sciences, University of Alabama School of Medicine, in Tuscaloosa.
He received a medical degree from Vanderbilt University in 1976.
After a residency in internal medicine, he served two years in the
National Health Service Corps. He is board certified by the American
Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Curry has served on the Alabama State
Board of Medical Examiners and on the Governor's Task Force on Health
Care Reform. He is past president of the Medical Association of the
State of Alabama and past chair of the Rural Leadership Pipeline Committee
for the Robert Wood Johnson Alabama Southern Rural Access Program.
He currently is a reviewer for the Archives of Internal Medicine
and The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. He has given
numerous presentations on a wide variety of clinical topics throughout
Alabama.
Term Ended: 09/30/2007 (Term Extended)
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Kevin J. Donly,
D.D.S., M.S., is chair and clinic director of the Department of
Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center
(UTHSC) at San Antonio. He previously was professor at the University
of Iowa. Dr. Donly received a dental degree (1984) and a master's
degree in oral science (1986) from the University of Iowa and is board
certified in pediatric dentistry. He currently is chair of the Council
for Postdoctoral Education of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
(AAPD) and is a board member of that organization's Foundation. In
2002 he chaired an AAPD consensus conference that resulted in an update
of the AAPD's clinical guidelines on pediatric restorative dentistry.
He has been president of the American Society of Dentistry for Children
and was instrumental in that organization's merger with the AAPD.
He has been the recipient of Title VII, section 747 grants and the
principal investigator of projects receiving a variety of funding.
Dr. Donly has done research and written on numerous topics in pediatric
dentistry. He serves as a reviewer and an editorial board member
for many dental journals. He developed a collaboration between the
UTHSC Dental School and the San Antonio Department of Metropolitan
Health to provide dental care to underserved children.
Term Ended: 09/30/2008 (Term Extended)
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Mary Burke
Duke, M.D. is Associate Professor of both Medicine and Pediatrics
at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, where she was Program Director
of the Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program for eleven years.
Currently she is Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine
Residency Program and a member of the College of Medicine Graduate
Medical Education Committee at the University of Kentucky. Dr.
Duke received a medical degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana
(1984), completed a residency in internal medicine-pediatrics at the
University of Kentucky, Lexington (1988), and completed a fellowship
in general internal medicine-ambulatory care at the VA Medical Center,
Seattle, Washington (1994). She is board certified in both internal
medicine and pediatrics. She is Governor for the Kentucky Chapter
of the American College of Physicians and serves on the Health Policy
Committee, Education Subcommittee for the Society of General Internal
Medicine. She is a member and a Past President of the Med-Peds
Program Directors Association. Dr. Duke has been an Ad Hoc Reviewer
for the Journal of General Internal Medicine. She has
been a Principal Investigator for a Title VII, section 747 residency
training grant and a Teaching Curriculum Coordinator for a faculty
development grant. She has given presentations locally and nationally
on a wide range of topics including preventing medical errors, communicating
effectively with patients, and evaluating essential skills for primary
care.
Term Ending: 09/30/2009
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Katherine A.
Flores, M.D., is a family medicine physician in private practice
in Fresno, California, and an assistant clinical professor at the
University of California-San Francisco (UCSF). She is the project
director of the State of California Health Education Training Center
and program director of the Health Career Opportunity Program and
the Hispanic Centers of Excellence at the UCSF-Fresno. She previously
served as project director of the State of California Area Health
Education Center (AHEC). Dr. Flores received a medical degree
from the University of California, Davis, in 1979 and is board certified
by the American Board of Family Practice. She is a board member of
the National AHEC Organization and a member of the advisory board
to the National Hispanic Medical Association. She has received a
variety of HRSA-funded grants on health professions education and
minority faculty development. She has given presentations to state
and national organizations and has worked with elementary, junior
high, and high school students, encouraging them to consider a career
in the health professions.
Term Ended: 09/30/2007 (Term Extended)
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Stephanie L.
Janson, PA-C is a physician assistant in the Emergency Department
at Saint Vincent Health Center in Erie, Pennsylvania. She recently
graduated with a Masters of Health Science from the physician assistant
program, with a rural primary care emphasis, at Lock Haven University,
Pennsylvania. She is a member of the American Academy of Physician
Assistants. She has served as a Program Specialist with the Pennsylvania
Emergency Health Services Council. She also has experience in human
resources and as an educational consultant. Ms. Janson received a
Master of Science degree in workforce education and development from
Pennsylvania State University, University Park (2002) and a Bachelor
of Science in Health Policy and Administration from the Pennsylvania
State University. She has given many workshops on emergency medical
services topics
Term Ending: 09/30/2009
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Sheila K. Koh,
D.D.S., R.N., is associate professor in the Department of Restorative
Dentistry and Biomaterials at The University of Texas-Houston Health
Science Center (UTHHSC) where she is director of government-funded
training projects. She previously served as director of the school's
Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program. Dr. Koh received
a dental degree from UTHHSC in 1990 and completed a general practice
residency there in 1991. She earned a bachelor's degree in nursing
from Ewha Women's University in Seoul, Korea in 1972 and was a cardiovascular
operating room nurse. She is a member of the American Dental Education
Association where she has held a number of positions including chair
of the section on postdoctoral general dentistry. She has extensive
experience as a reviewer of Title VII, section 747 grants and has
been a recipient of grants in general dentistry. Dr. Koh has given
presentations and co-authored articles on a variety of topics in dentistry.
She has worked to increase opportunities for under-represented minorities
to enter the dental profession and strongly supports community-based
training experiences for dental students and residents.
Term Ended: 09/30/2008 (Term Extended)
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Desiree Lie,
M.D., M.S.Ed. is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department
of Family Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, where
she directs the Division of Faculty Development. She has led multi-disciplinary
programs that train international faculty from developing countries;
multi-institutional training programs that develop cultural competency;
and local university projects that enhance community preceptor skills.
Dr. Lie received a medical degree from the University of Oxford, England
(1981), and completed residencies in pediatrics (1984) and family
medicine (1987) in the United Kingdom. She is board certified by
the Royal College of General Practitioners, London, and is a diplomat
of the American Board of Family Practice. She has been a grant reviewer
for Title VII, section 747 grants, the National Library of Science,
and the NIH. Dr. Lie is an honorary member of the Medscape Family
Medicine and Primary Care Editorial Advisory Board. She has presented
at national meetings and written on pre-doctoral education, community-oriented
primary care, international faculty development, and educational outcome
measures.
Term Ending: 09/30/2009
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Lolita M. McDavid,
M.D., M.P.A., is associate professor of pediatrics and medical
director of child advocacy and protection at Rainbow Babies and Children's
Hospital of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Previously,
she directed the Greater Cleveland Project of the Children's Defense
Fund and was head of general pediatrics at MetroHealth Medical Center,
the largest public hospital in Ohio. Dr. McDavid received a medical
degree from Case Western Reserve University (1979) and completed a
residency in general pediatrics and adolescent medicine at the Cleveland
Clinic Foundation (1982). She was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical
Scholar and a Bush Fellow in Child Development and Social Policy,
both at Yale University (1982-1984). She is board certified in pediatrics.
She also holds a master of public administration degree from State
University of New York in Albany (1970). Dr. McDavid is past chair
of the Public Policy and Advocacy Committee of the Ambulatory Pediatric
Association. She has served as a grant reviewer for Title VII, section
747 grants and has been the recipient of grants for pediatric residency
training. She has been on the editorial board of the Journal of
the Ambulatory Pediatric Association. She has presented on various
topics in pediatrics at professional meetings, in academic settings,
and for community organizations.
Term Ended: 09/30/2008 (Term Extended)
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Dennis J. McTigue,
D.D.S., M.S. is Professor of Pediatric Dentistry at the Ohio State
University, Columbus. As former chair of the Department of Pediatric
Dentistry at that institution, he established a dental clinic to serve
underserved poor rural children in southeast Ohio. Previously, as
an Associate Professor at Louisiana State University, he received
a State grant to provide dental care to handicapped adults. Dr. McTigue
received a dental degree from the University of Iowa (1974) and a
master of science degree in pediatric dentistry (1976). He is board
certified in pediatric dentistry. He is a past president of the American
Academy of Pediatric Dentistry; has chaired a number of its committees;
and currently serves on its residency standards task force. He has
chaired committees of the American Dental Association and chaired
the Commission on Dental Accreditation. Dr. McTigue is a consultant
to the written examination of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry
and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Dentistry
for Children. He has presented and written extensively on many
topics in pediatric dentistry including management of dental emergencies,
undergraduate pedodontic education, and barriers to dental care for
the handicapped.
Term Ending: 09/30/2009
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Eugene Mochan,
D.O., Ph.D., is associate dean for primary care at the Philadelphia
College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) in Pennsylvania. At PCOM he
serves as faculty medical school liaison with the North Central and
East Central AHEC Programs and is faculty program coordinator for
a Philadelphia community health internship program. He formerly served
as chair of the Department of Family Practice at the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine,
president of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners,
and chair of a Statewide Primary Care Education Committee for Pennsylvania
Consortium of Medical Schools. Dr. Mochan received a doctor of osteopathy
degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1977 and
is board certified in family practice. He was a HHS family medicine
faculty fellow at Temple University in Philadelphia in 1989. He earned
a doctoral degree in biochemistry from the State University of New
York-Buffalo. He has been a Title VII, section 747 peer reviewer
and recipient of faculty development, residency training, predoctoral,
and academic administrative units grants. He was a panel discussant
at the Bureau of Health Professions' First All-Grantee Meeting in
Washington, D.C. in 2005. He has lectured and published on the diagnosis
and treatment of rheumatological diseases, an area in which he has
done basic research.
Term Ended: 09/30/2008 (Term Extended)
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Perri Morgan,
Ph.D., PA-C, Vice Chair, currently is director of research in
the physician assistant division at Duke University Medical Center.
In her previous position she was a senior lecturer and academic coordinator
in the Physician Assistant Program in the Department of Family Medicine,
University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM). She received a bachelor of
science degree in allied health from the Physician Associate Program
at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1987. She is a Ph.D.
candidate in the population health program in the UWM Preventive Medicine
Department. Ms. Morgan is certified by the National Commission
on Certification of Physician Assistants. She has been a coordinator
of HRSA-funded grants on medical informatics education and an integrated
curriculum on community health and diversity. She has served on the
Strategic Action Planning Committee sponsored by HRSA in collaboration
with the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance
Abuse which developed policy recommendations to improve substance
abuse education and practice. She has made a number of presentations
on educational curricula to physician assistant students.
Term Ended: 09/30/2007 (Term Extended)
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Charles P.
Mouton, M.D., M.S., is professor and chair of the Department of
Community Health and Family Practice at Howard University in Washington,
D.C. He also is co-investigator with MedStar Clinical Research Institute.
He previously served as associate professor and associate research
director in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the
University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Dr. Mouton
received a medical degree from Howard University (1986), earned a
master of science degree in clinical epidemiology from Harvard University
School of Public Health (1997), and completed a geriatrics fellowship
at The George Washington University Medical Center in Washington,
D.C. (1992). He is board certified in family practice, has a certificate
of added qualifications in geriatrics, and is a certified medical
director. He is a past president of the Texas Geriatrics Society.
Dr. Mouton has been a Title VII, section 747 grant reviewer, a recipient
of academic administrative unit grants, and a consultant on a project
to develop modules for a curriculum in ethnogeriatrics. He has written
and presented on a variety of topics in geriatric medicine. He is
on the editorial board of Family Medicine. His research interests
include health disparities and disease prevention in the elderly.
Term Ended: 09/30/2008 (Term Extended)
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Lauren L. Patton,
D.D.S., Vice Chair, is a professor in the School of Dentistry
at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, where she
directs the General Practice Residency Program. She received a dental
degree from UNC in 1986 and completed a clinical dental fellowship
at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1990.
In 2001 she was awarded a fellowship in dental surgery at The Royal
College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. Patton is board certified
by the American Board of Oral Medicine. As a consultant to the American
Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation, she has conducted
site visits of advanced education programs in general practice dentistry
residency training. As chair of a council of the American Association
of Hospital Dentists, she was involved in the revision of outcomes
assessment examinations used nationally. She has experience as a
grant reviewer and recipient of many grants from Federal Government
agencies. Dr. Patton has published extensively and serves on the
editorial board of numerous professional journals. She has spoken
on many topics, including oral systemic diseases in medically complex
patients. She regularly provides continuing dental education courses
throughout the State of North Carolina.
Term Ended: 09/30/2007 (Term Extended)
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Stephen C.
Shannon, D.O., M.P.H. is President and Chief Executive Officer
of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine.
Previously, he was Dean and Vice President for Health Services at
the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM)
in Biddeford, Maine, where he was Professor in the Department of Family
Medicine. Dr. Shannon received a doctor of osteopathy degree from
the UNECOM (1986) and completed residency training in family practice
(1988) and in preventive medicine (1990). He earned a master’s degree
in public health from Harvard University (1990) and is board certified
in osteopathic family practice and preventive medicine. Dr. Shannon
has been the Chair of the Osteopathic Medical Education Council of
the American Osteopathic Association and chair of the Board of Deans
of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Shannon has been the recipient of a number of grants and was a
principal investigator for a HRSA grant to support the integration
of behavioral medicine and public health into the medical school curriculum.
He has presented and written on osteopathic medical education, occupational
health, and the healthcare workforce.
Term Ending: 09/30/2009
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Harry S. Strothers
III, M.D., M.M.M. is Professor in the Department of Family Medicine,
Morehouse School of Medicine, East Point, Georgia, where he is Associate
Chair for Academic Programs and Geriatric Team Leader in the National
Center for Primary Care. He is Medical Director for the Georgia Enhanced
Care/APS Healthcare Georgia. He is former Director of the Family
Medicine Residency Program at Morehouse. Dr. Strothers received a
medical degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (1982) and
completed a Family Practice Residency (1985). He earned a master’s
degree in medical management at Tulane University, New Orleans (2000).
He is board certified in family practice, with added qualifications
in geriatrics. He is a former National Health Service Corps Scholar
who served in rural South Carolina. Dr. Strothers is former Secretary-Treasurer
of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and Vice President of
the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians. He has served on numerous
committees of professional organizations, hospitals, and state departments
of health. He has both reviewed and been the recipient of Title VII,
section 747 grants. He has presented and written on health disparities,
HIV/AIDS, and geriatric medicine.
Term Ending: 09/30/2009
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James A. Thomas,
Ph.D. is a medical student and a Ph.D. candidate in physiology
at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, where he has been
an Instructor in Molecular Medicine and tutored medical students in
pharmacology, pathology, and physiology. He has been a research
assistant at the NIH’s National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland,
and had a pre-doctoral fellowship with the American Heart Association.
For a University of Virginia Alumni Association convocation, Mr. Thomas
organized and recruited medical students to participate in a curriculum
discussion and planned a presentation to explore the future of medical
student education. He also has participated in an information
day for undergraduate students interested in medical school.
He has given numerous scientific presentations and co-authored several
publications.
Term Ending: 09/30/2009
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Raymond J.
Tseng, D.D.S., Ph.D. is a dental student in the Department of
Pediatric Dentistry at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
School of Dentistry. He completed a dual-degree general dentistry/oral
biology doctor of philosophy program (2006) at the College of Dentistry
at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, which he helped develop.
He was the founder and co-director of a free dental clinic serving
Hispanics in central Ohio. The clinic, staffed by dental students,
provided basic dental exams, consultations in Spanish, and a service
that pairs patients with Spanish-speaking dental students for further
treatment. Dr. Tseng has served as vice president of the Hispanic
Dental Association. He has been the recipient of both research and
clinical service grants and has given oral and poster presentations
at conferences.
Term Ended: 09/30/2007 (Term Extended)
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Barbara J.
Turner, M.D., M.S. Ed., M.A., F.A.C.P., is professor of medicine
at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where she directs
a combined general internal medicine and pediatrics physician scientist
fellowship program funded by Title VII. She previously was professor
of medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Dr. Turner
received a medical degree (1978) and completed residency training
in medicine (1981) from the University of Pennsylvania and is certified
by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She was a fellow in the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program and as a
recent Kimball Scholar with the American Board of Internal Medicine,
she worked on developing quality of care measures for a wide variety
of specialties including primary care. She has held many positions
with the Society of General Internal Medicine and currently serves
as its president. Dr. Turner has been a grant reviewer for numerous
Government agencies including HRSA. A primary interest is epidemiology
and health services research related to HIV/AIDS, a topic on which
she has lectured and written. She has been on the editorial board
of a number of publications and is currently associate editor of Annals
of Internal Medicine. She participates in a primary care practice
that serves under-represented minorities in Philadelphia.
Term Ended: 09/30/2008 (Term Extended)
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Surendra K.
Varma, M.D., is professor and vice chair of the Department of
Pediatrics at Texas Tech University School of Medicine in Lubbock
where he directs the Pediatric Residency Program. He received a medical
degree from King George's Medical College, Lucknow, India, in 1962
and did postdoctoral fellowships there and at Harvard Medical School,
Boston. He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.
Dr. Varma has been a vice chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education's Residency Review Committee in Pediatrics. He
has been active in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) where
he is a member of the Committee on Residency Scholarship which promotes
primary care. Dr. Varma, former president of the AAP's Texas chapter,
is chair of its Committee on Medical Education. He has been active
in the Association of Pediatric Program Directors where he reviews
pediatric programs throughout the country. He is widely published
and has been a manuscript reviewer and editorial board member of a
number of pediatric journals. He has been a member of the Primary
Care Advisory Committee of the Texas Coordinating Board for Higher
Education and has received annual grants from the Coordinating Board
for Primary Care Residency in Pediatrics.
Term Ended: 09/30/2007 (Term Extended)
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