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Author Biography

Sylvia McKean MD Director, Hospitalist Service Brigham and Women's Hospital Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Dr. McKean is one of the pioneers in hospital medicine, and is very influential within the Society of Hospital Medicine.