| Thomas Bruce Ferguson | Center for Epidemiology and Outcomes Research at the East Carolina Heart Institute, East Carolina University, North Carolina. William Griffin is an intern in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina. Wesley T. O'Neal is a resident in the Department of Internal Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, North Carolina. Stephen W. Davies is a resident in the Department of General Surgery at the University of Virginia Health System, College of Nursing, East Carolina University. Marysia Grzybowski is a cardiovascular epidemiologist and assistant professor in the Department of Public Health, East Carolina University. Linda C. Kindell is a nurse specialist and clinical database manager at the East Carolina Heart Institute, East Carolina University. Alan P. Kypson is chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the East Carolina Heart Institute, East Carolina University. Mark Bowling is associate chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vidant Medical Center, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University. Lada Alger is a clinical research coordinator at Eastern Virginia Medical School, East Carolina University. |