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Niket Sonpal, MD: , Patient Safety

Alina Gonzales-Mayo, MD, and Mena Mirhom, MD: , Psychiatry

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Conrad Fischer, MD, is director of the Internal Medicine residency program at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in New York City and associate professor of physiology, pharmacology, and medicine at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York City. He teaches USMLE Steps 1, 2, and 3; Internal Medicine Board Review and Attending Recertification; and USMLE Step 1 Physiology.

Niket Sonpal, MD, is assistant program director of internal medicine residency at Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn and associate professor at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York City. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a practicing gastroenterologist and hepatologist focusing on mens health and womens health, and co-author of the best-selling books Master the Boards: USMLE Step 2 CK and Master the Boards: USMLE Step 3. Dr. Sonpal teaches USMLE, COMLEX, and American Board of Internal Medicine review.

Victoria Hastings, DO, MPH, MS, is a resident physician in obstetrics and gynecology at New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. She received her master of public health degree in biostatistics and epidemiology from Saint Louis University and her doctorate in osteopathic medicine with a master of science from NYIT College of Medicine. She is section editor of the obstetrics and gynecology chapters in Master the Boards: USMLE Step 3. She teaches obstetrics, gynecology, and biostatistics for USMLE Steps 1, 2, and 3.

Mena Mirhom, MD, teaches live lectures in psychiatry for Kaplan Medical. He is an adjunct professor at several medical schools and is in training at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinais clinical affiliate in New York City.

Philip J. Koehler III, DO, MS, is a resident in physical medicine and rehabilitation. He completed an Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) teaching fellowship at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Previous contributions by Alina Gonzalez-Mayo, MD, and Elizabeth August, MD.

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Niket Sonpal wishes to acknowledge Mr. Navin Sonpal, Mahendra Patel, Raj Patel, and Dr. Mukul Arya for their unwavering support, hope, and stance by me through thick and thin. Without them my path to becoming a physician would not have been possible.

The authors wish to acknowledge the expert attention to detail of Dr. Ana Franceschi and Dr. Gabriel Vlchez Molina.

Elizabeth August wishes to acknowledge Professor Edward C. August, Mrs. Donna M. August, and Eric D. August for their love, generosity, and unwavering support. Without them, my dreams would not be a reality.

The authors also wish to recognize the contributions of the following peer reviewers:

GASTROENTEROLOGY: Niket Sonpal

ENDOCRINOLOGY: Chris Paras

CARDIOLOGY: Yury Malyshev

PULMONOLOGY: Chris Paras, Ehizode Udevbulu

INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Richard Cofsky

FUNGAL, TROPICAL, AND ANIMAL BORNE-DISEASES: Richard Cofsky

RHEUMATOLOGY: Nanette Thomas

HEMATOLOGY: Hamza Minhas

NEPHROLOGY: Muhammad Bakhtyar Khan

ONCOLOGY: Hamza Minhas

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE: Herman Lebovitch

DERMATOLOGY: Niket Sonpal

SURGERY: Ravi Kothuru

SPORTS MEDICINE: Philip Koehler

PEDIATRICS: Fernanda Kupferman

OBSTETRICS: Victoria Hastings

GYNECOLOGY: Victoria Hastings

RADIOLOGY: Niket Sonpal

PSYCHIATRY: Mena Mirhom

EMERGENCY MEDICINE: Sandra Scott

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