Dr. Austin is adjunct clinical assistant professor at LAC+USC Medical Center and Keck School of Medicine of USC in Los Angeles.

Dr. Kalantari (@akkalantari) is associate residency program director at Penn State Health and Milton S Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

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