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H. Randolph Bailey, MD, FACS
Colon and Rectal Surgery
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Teri Coha, APN, CWOCN
Pediatric Surgery
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Janice C. Colwell, RN, MS, CWOCN, FAAN
Ostomy Care Services
University of Chicago Medicine
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John Easly
Patient Advocate
Ostomy Support Group of DuPage County
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Kathleen G. Lawrence, MSN, RN, CWOCN
Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN®)
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Ann Lowry, MD, FACS
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Fairview Southdale Hospital
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Mike McGee, MD, FACS
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Rogel Cancer Center / University of Michigan Health
Ann Arbor, MI
Marletta Reynolds, MD, FACS
Pediatric Surgery
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
David Rudzin
United Ostomy Associations of America, Inc.
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Nicolette Zuecca, MPA, CAE
Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN®)
Mt. Laurel, NJ
Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Lenworth Jacobs Jr., MD, MPH, FACS
Jessica Burgess, MD, FACS
David Tom Cooke, MD, FACS
Jeffrey Farma, MD, FACS
Nancy Gantt, MD, FACS
Richard Shemin, MD, FACS
John H. Stewart IV, MD, FACS
Cynthia Talley, MD, FACS
Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD (Hon), FACS, FRCS (Eng,Ed), Hon FRCS (I,Glasg, Eng)
