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12-page Special Section
Program in Liberal Medical Education, Part II
Guest Editor Julianne Y. Ip, MD

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Part II – Brown University’s Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME): Medical Exchange Programs; Student Research
Julianne Y. Ip, MD

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Medical Exchange Programs

Traditional Chinese Medicine Program in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Anna Delamerced, PLME’16 AB Public Health, MD’20

As Far as the East is from the West: Exchange Experiences in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Stephanie Guang, PLME’16 AB Engineering and AB Public Health, MD’20

Understanding Patient Perspective
Caryn Cobb, PLME’15, AB Health and Human Biology, MD’19

At the Children’s Hospital in Hangzhou
Tammy Yu, PLME’16, SCB Biology, MD’20

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Student Research

Society and Infant Genital Reassignment Surgery:
Past, Present, and Future
Madeline Pesec, PLME’16 AB Public Health, MD’20

Role of Subventricular Zone Derived Neural Precursor Cells in the Therapy of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis
Soha Ghanian, PLME’17, MD’21

Radiographic Evaluation of the Carpometacarpal Joint
in Early Stage Osteoarthritis Severity and Joint Laxity
Stephanie Guang, PLME’16 AB Engineering and AB Public Health, MD’20; Trey Crisco, MD

CONTRIBUTION

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HIV Testing for At-Risk Adolescents at Rhode Island Hospital
Hyeon-Ju Ryoo, MD’17; Kristina Nazareth, MD; Philip A. Chan, MD; Steven E. Reinert, MS; Michael Koster, MD, FAAP

Case Report

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Delayed Diagnosis of Subdural Empyema in a Septic Child
Adam Janicki, MD; Geoffry Capraro, MD

EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY CPC

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Dyspnea and Chest Pain in a 45-Year-Old Woman
Jonathan Ameli, MD; William Binder, MD

PUBLIC HEALTH

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HEALTH BY NUMBERS
Rhode Island Violent Death Reporting System, 2004–2013
Yongwen Jiang, PhD; Beatriz Perez, MPH; Samara Viner-Brown, MS

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Vital Statistics
Roseann Giorgianni, Deputy State Registrar