The Brigham Intensive Review of Internal Medicine Question & Answer Companion
Second Edition
Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP, MBA
Senior Associate Dean, Global and Continuing Education, Harvard Medical School, Physician, Renal Division, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Sarah P. Hammond, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD
Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic, Harvard Medical School, Chairman, Department of Medicine, Physician-in-Chief, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
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THE BRIGHAM INTENSIVE REVIEW OF INTERNAL MEDICINE QUESTION & ANSWER COMPANION, SECOND EDITION ISBN: 978-0-323-48043-7
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Names: Singh, Ajay, 1960- editor. | Loscalzo, Joseph, editor.
Title: The Brigham intensive review of internal medicine question & answer companion / [edited by] Ajay K. Singh, Joseph Loscalzo.
Description: Second edition. | Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier, [2019] | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017042502 | ISBN 9780323480437 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: | MESH: Internal Medicine--methods | Physical Examination--methods | Problems and Exercises
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Contributors
Amy Bessnow, MD , Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Robert Burakoff, MD, MPH
Vice Chair for Ambulatory Services, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Site Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, New YorkPresbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, New York, NY
Visiting Scientist, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Elizabeth Gay, MD , Member of the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Sarah P. Hammond, MD , Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Ole-Petter R. Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc , Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Galen V. Henderson, MD , Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Jennifer A. Johnson, MD , Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Ann S. LaCasce, MD , Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Ernest I. Mandel, MD , Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Muthoka L. Mutinga, MD , Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Anju Nohria, MD, MSc , Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Molly Perencevich, MD , Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Megan Prochaska, MD , Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Scott L. Schissel, MD , Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Lori Wiviott Tishler, MD , Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Derrick J. Todd, MD, PhD , Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA