Tao Le - Q&A for the USMLE Step 1

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AUTHORS

KIRSTEN AUSTAD

Fellow

Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics

Harvard University

EIKE BLOHM

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Class of 2012

BENJAMIN CAPLAN, MD

Resident

Department of Family Medicine

Boston University

PO-HAOCHEN

Harvard Medical School Class of 2012

LAUREN DE LEON, MD

Intern

Department of Internal Medicine

The Alpert Medical School of Brown University

PHILIP EYE

Boston University School of Medicine Class of 2012

JIM GRIFFIN, MD

Resident

Department of Surgery and Surgical Oncology

Johns Hopkins Hospital

JOHN HEGDE

Harvard Medical School Class of 2012

EMILY H ElKAMP

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Class of 2014

THOMAS ROBERT HICKEY, MD

Resident

Department of Anesthesiology

Brigham and Womens Hospital

HENRY R. KRAMER, MD

Resident

Department of Medicine

Massachusetts General Hospital

THOMAS LARDARO

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Class of 2012

KATHERINE LATIMER

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Class of 2012

JOSEPH LIAO

Boston University School of Medicine Class of 2012

JERRY LOO

University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Class of 2012

AYA MICHAELS, MD

Resident

Department of Radiology

Brigham and Womens Hospital

SOMALA MUHAMMED, MD

Resident

Department of General Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine

BEHROUZ NAMDARI, MD

Resident

Department of Psychiatry

Duke University Medical Center

TASHERA PERRY, MD

Resident

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

The University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine

CHRISTOPHER ROXBURY

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Class of 2012

NEEPA SHAH

Boston University Class of 2012

BETHANY STRONG

Harvard Medical School Class of 2012

SEENU SUSARLA, MD, DMD, MPH

Resident

Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Massachusetts General Hospital

JEFFREY TOSOIAN

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Class of 2012

JACKSON VANE, MD