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<br /> <br /> <br /> 2013<br /> Focus on the Future<br /> Save the Date!<br /> April 29 – May 1, 2013 • J. W. Marriott Hotel • Washington, D.C.<br /> Visit www.asahq.org<br /> for more information.<br /> Volume 77, Number 2<br /> February 2013<br /> Editor<br /> N. Martin Giesecke, M.D., Chair<br /> Assistant Editors<br /> Michael S. Axley, M.D.<br /> Doris K. Cope, M.D., M.A.<br /> Susan G. Curling, M.D.<br /> John F. Dombrowski, M.D.<br /> Uday Jain, M.D., Ph.D.<br /> Girish P. Joshi, M.B.,B.S.,M.D.<br /> Angela Kendrick, M.D.<br /> W. Andrew Kofke, M.D., M.B.A.<br /> Vanston Masri, D.O.<br /> (Senior Residents' Review Co-Editor)<br /> Anna Weyand, M.D.<br /> (Junior Residents' Review Co-Editor)<br /> Vernon H. Ross, M.D.<br /> Mary Ann Vann, M.D.<br /> Editorial Staff<br /> Terri Navarrete<br /> Roxanne Pipitone<br /> Jamie Reid<br /> Roy A. 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