Dr. Hughes is a third-year resident in emergency medicine at the Mount Sinai Hospital and Elmhurst Hospital Center.

Dr. Khatri is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Dr. Love is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Dr. Shastry is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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