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MAJ Morgan A. Torris-Hedlund, PhD, MPA, RN, FAWM Prolonged Field Care
396th Combat Support Hospital & Linfield College LTC Jamie Riesberg, MD
Vincent A. Tullos, MD, FACEP, FAAEM 10th Special Forces Group (A)
Medical Director, LPSO SRT SOFsono Ultrasound
LTC Christopher A. VanFosson, PhD, MHA, RN Katarzyna (Kasia) Hampton, MD
US Army Institute of Surgical Research U.S. Army Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
Piper Wall, DVM, PhD
UnityPoint Health Iowa Methodist Medical Center Unconventional Medicine
Steve Weinman, MSc, RN, CEN, TCRN, TR-C, EMT SGM (Ret) Michael R. Hetzler, NRP
Somerset County Office of Emergency Management - EMS Bureau Independent Consulting
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Canine Medicine Alex Merkle, DSc, PA-C, NREMT-P
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Human Performance Optimization PRODUCTION MANAGER/GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Patricia Deuster, PhD, MPH Rosanne Schloss
Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences rosanne.schloss@JSOMonline.org
Infectious Diseases JSOM ABCS NEWSLETTER EDITOR
COL Mark Burnett, MD Sophia Rodriguez
Tripler Army Medical Center
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MAJ (Ret) Joseph Knapik, ScD, FACSM ADVERTISING DIGITAL/SOCIAL MEDIA
US Army Institute of Environmental Medicine and Sophia Rodriguez
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine sophia.rodriguez@JSOMonline.org
NATO SOCM Research WEBSITE AND SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER
SGM (Ret) Michael R. Hetzler, NRP MSgt (Ret) Scott Graverson, MBA, PhD
Independent Consulting webmaster@JSOMonline.org subscriptions@JSOMonline.org
Preventive Medicine
COL Jennifer Caci, MS
XVIII ABN Corps

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