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From war's devastation: Advances in surgical care (Michael Weingarten presentation)

Panel: Lessons of war: Advances in medical science and technique (Health Journalism 2011)

Speaker: Michael S. Weingarten, M.D., MBA, FACS, professor of surgery, chief of vascular surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine

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Panel description: While the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have claimed thousands of American live, physician, nurses, and other health care providers treating wounded soldiers have learned much to advance medical science and treatment that will benefit future patients and improve trauma.