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Taryne A. Imai, MD Mohammed N. Imam, MD Akinobu Itoh, MD, PhD Danielle Jacks, MD Samuel P. Jacks, MD John Doromal Jacob, MD James Jaggers, MD Timothy W. James, MD Matthew R. Janko, MD Arminder S. Jassar, MD Jeffrey Javidfar, MD Michael Javorski, MD John L. Jay, MD Vasant Jayasankar, MD Patel A. Jayeshkumar, MD Bart Jenson, MD Mohan John, MBBS John A. Johnkoski, MD Jeffery Johnson, MD Scott H. Johnson, MD Sean Johnson, MD Douglas R. Johnston, MD Matthew Johnston, MD Blanding U. Jones, MD Carolyn Jones, MD James Curtiss Jones, MD Katherine Jones, MD Robert E. Jones, MD Matheau A. Julien, MD, PhD Alexander G. Justicz, MD Eias E. Jweied, MD, PhD Bakri Kaakeh, MD Puja Kachroo, MD Clayton A. Kaiser, MD Yuji Kaku, MD Jahnavi Kakuturu, MD Thomas K. Kalmbach, MD Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD Vijay K. Kantamneni, MD Nicholas J. Karis, MD Justin M. Karush, DO Michael W. Kasten, MD Sunjay Kaushal, MD, PhD Toshinobu Kazui, MD, PhD W. Brent Keeling, MD Jeffrey E. Keenan, MD John M. Kelley, MD Rosemary F. Kelly, MD Paul W. Kempe, MD Amie J. Kent, MD Michael S. Kent, MD Quiana Kern, MD Hari B. Keshava, MD Eric J. Keyser, MD Zain Khalpey, MD, PhD Ahmad A. Khan, MD Junaid H. Khan, MD Reza A. Khodaverdian, MD Onkar V. Khullar, MD Michael J. Kilbourne, MD Ahmet Kilic, MD Brian D. Kilmartin Jr., MD Doosang Kim, MD, PhD Jong D. Kim, MD Samuel S. Kim, MD Victor B. Kim, MD Aaron M. Kime, MD Donna May Kimmaliardjuk, MD Lewis G. King, MD R. Christopher King, MD Hunter Q. Kirkland, MD Drew L. Kirshner, MD Nathan Kister, MD Hiroto Kitahara, MD William C. Kitchens, MD Kellianne C. Kleeman, MD James W. Klena, MD Christopher John Knott-Craig, MD, FACS Brian E. Kogon, MD Patrick D. Kohtz, MD Kevin J. Koomalsingh, MD Marijan Koprivanac, MD, MS Melissa L. Korb, MD Keith F. Korver, MD Peter C. Kouretas, MD, PhD Theodore C. Koutlas, MD Deborah J. Kozik, DO Jacques Kpodonu, MD Robert S. Kramer, MD Seth B. Krantz, MD David C. Kress, MD Carole Krohn Timothy J. Kroshus, MD, PhD Anita R. Krueger, MD Pankaj Kulshrestha, MD Rajat Kumar, MD Paul A. Kurlansky, MD Brian R. Lace, MD Michal J. Lada, MD Javier A. Lafuente, MD Luigi Lagazzi Garros, MD Kiran H. Lagisetty, MD Joseph Lahorra, MD Sanjiv Lakhanpal, MD Geoffrey T. Lam, MD Jason J. Lamb, MD John J. Lamberti, MD Fernando N. Lamounier, MD Timothy Lancaster, MD Nathaniel B. Langer, MD David A. Langford, MD Stephen M. Langley, MD Gurion Lantz, MD Michael Lanuti, MD Damien J. LaPar, MD Craig R. Larson, DO Antonio D. Lassaletta, MD Adrian L. Lata, MD M. Jawad Latif, MD Christopher Lawrance, MD John F. Lazar, MD Richard S. Lazzaro, MD Thuy Le, PA-C Nick Dean LeBlanc, MD Martin LeBoutillier III, MD Walter John Lech, MD Candice Y. Lee, MD Jacqueline J. Lee, MD Eric J. Lehr, MD, PhD Petros G. Leinonen, MD Tori Christine Lennox, MD Michael Levy, MD Paul S. Levy, MD, MBA Cleveland W. Lewis Jr., MD Brian Lima, MD John C. Lin, MD Jules Lin, MD Shu S. Lin, MD, PhD Philip A. Linden, MD Paul L. Linsky, MD Douglas Z. Liou, MD Michael J. Liptay, MD David C. Liu, MD Yuda Liu, MD Andrew J. Lodge, MD Jason M. Long, MD Stewart M. Long, MD James L. Lonquist, MD Michael A. Lopez, DO Orlando Lopez de Victoria, MD Xiaoying Lou, MD Brian E. Louie, MD Clauden Louis, MD Scott G. Louis, MD Lucian Lozonschi, MD Joseph G. Lugo, MD Natalie S. Lui, MD James D. Luketich, MD Charles J. Lutz, MD Maurice Lyons, DO Michael R. Ma, MD John W. MacArthur, MD Adam Geoffrey Mace, MD Tiago N. Machuca, MD, PhD Robroy H. MacIver, MD Charles A. Mack, MD Ronson J. Madathil, MD Freddy A. Madera, MD Isidore Dinga Madou, MD Joren C. Madsen, MD Mitchell J. Magee, MD Christopher J. Magovern, MD J. Trent Magruder, MD Amirhossein P. Mahfoozi, MD Alden B. Maier, MD George Makdisi, MD Tarek Malas, MDCM, MPH, FRCSC David Malave, MD Alberto M. Maldonado, MD Ramin Malekan, MD Richard H. Maley Jr., MD Sunil P. Malhotra, MD Mark A. Malias, MD Chris E. Malone, MD Dustin J. Manchester, MD Frank Manetta, MD Abeel A. Mangi, MD Patrick T. 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Mettler, MD Michael F. Meurer, MD Dan M. Meyer, MD Cary H. Meyers, MD Eriberto Michel, MD Carmelo A. Milano, MD Ronald H. Miles, MD Rita C. Milewski, MD, PhD Daniel L. Miller, MD James E. Miller, MD Kevin B. Miller, MD Steven D. Miller, MD Jeffrey C. Milliken, MD Kenji Minakata, MD, PhD Mohi O. Mitiek, MD Brian A. Mitzman, MD, MS Nader Moazami, MD Khaja Moinuddeen, MD

Ezequiel J. Molina, MD Joseph M. Monfre, MD Jiyong Moon, MD Troy Moritz, DO Michael G. Moront, MD Cullen D. Morris, MD Christopher R. Morse, MD Xavier R. Mousset, MD Anthony B. Mozer, MD, MBA Karol Mudy, MD Dale K. Mueller, MD Jason Leonard Muesse, MD Eugenio Mulero-Portela, MD Timothy W. Mullett, MD Charles R. Mulligan, MD Michael Mulligan, MD Michael Mulvihill, MD Daniel E. Mumme, MD Seemal Mumtaz, MBBS Charan Mungara, MD Eric Munoz, MD Ashok Muralidaran, MD Takashi Murashita, MD Stephen C. Myers, MD Richard J. Myung, MD Farhan Nadeem, MD Sepehre Naficy, MD, FACS, FACC Kelly K. Nagasawa, MD Cesar Nahas, MD Sashelin Naidoo, MD Chikashi Nakai, MD Brian T. Nam, MD Vincent J. Nardy, DO Amrit P. Nayar, MD James H. Neel, MD David W. Nelson, MD Jennifer S. Nelson, MD Hassan W. Nemeh, MD R. Brent New, MD Roxanne V. Newman, MD Andrew Nguyen, MD Anh Nguyen, MD, PhD Dao M. Nguyen, MD Duc Q. Nguyen, MD Hoang Chau T. Nguyen, MD Tom C. Nguyen, MD Tuan Nguyen-Duy, MD Patricia A. 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Jane L. Schwabe, MD Thomas A. Schwann, MD Charles F. Schwartz, MD Gary S. Schwartz, MD Steven S. Scott, MD David Scoville, MD, PhD John F. Seccombe, MD Romualdo J. Segurola Jr., MD Frank W. Sellke, MD Derek R. Serna-Gallegos, MD Rosemarie Orene Serrone, MD Elliot L. Servais, MD Lynn Seto, MD William F. Seward Andrew Wesley Shaffer, MD Bilal M. Shafi, MD Aamir S. Shah, MD Ashish S. Shah, MD Salil G. Shah, MD Kapil Sharma, MD Subhadra Shashidharan, MBBS Fawwaz R. Shaw, MD Ahmad Y. Sheikh, MD Prem S. Shekar, MD Ryan C. Shelstad, MD William Shely, MD Kimberly Shemanski, MD K. Robert Shen, MD Paul M. Shen, MD Shepard Exposition Services Barry B. Sheppard, MD David D. Shersher, MD John T. Sherwood, MD Norihisa Shigemura, MD Terry Shih, MD Yong T. Shin, MD Yuji Shiraishi, MD Jason A. Shofnos, MD Joseph B. Shrager, MD Bassam Shukrallah, MD Christian C. Shults, MD Michael P. Siegenthaler, MD Smita Sihag, MD Ricardo A. Siller, MD Marc C. Silver, MD Scott C. Silvestry, MD Charles Simpson Sinan A. Simsir, MD Raymond L. Singer, MD Saket Singh, MD Pranava Sinha, MD John H. Sirak, MD Franjo Siric, MD Mini L. Sivadasan, MD Lynne A. Skaryak, MD Mariusz Sledz, MD Nicholas G. Smedira, MD Peter Smit, MD Robert L. Smith II, MD J. Michael Smith, MD Maurice Smith, MD Charles H. Smith, MD Deane E. Smith, MD William B. Smith, DO Iva A. Smolens, MD Ernesto R. Soltero, MD Jonathan Somers, MD Vikram Sood, MD Rachel Spallone, MD Rona Spector, MD Philip J. Spencer, MD David Spielvogel, MD Stephen M. Spindel, MD Danielle Denise Spragan, MD, MPH David J. Spurlock, MD Su Stacey, MD Ashley Stading, MD Sandra L. Starnes, MD Andrea M. Steely, MD William Stein, MD Michael Frederick Steinberg, MD David R. Stern, MD David I. Sternberg, MD Randy M. Stevens, MD William S. Stevens, MD Allan S. Stewart, MD Robert D. Stewart, MD Shelby J. Stewart, MD Brendon M. Stiles, MD Sasha A. Still, MD Christopher D. Stone, MD Matthew L. Stone, MD, PhD John H. Storey, MD Chadwick W. 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