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About the Author

F. Charles Brunicardi, MD

DeBakey/Bard Professor and Chairman

Michael E. DeBakey, Department of Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas Timothy R. Billiar, MD

George Vance Foster

Professor and Chairman of Surgery

Department of Surgery

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
David L. Dunn, MD, PhD

Jay Phillips Professor and Chairman

Department of Surgery

University of Minnesota Medical School

Minneapolis, Minnesota John G. Hunter, MD

Professor and Chairman

Department of Surgery

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, Oregon Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD

Head, Division of Surgery

Professor and Chairman

Department of Surgical Oncology

Senator A.M. Aiken, Jr. Distinguished Chair

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas