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  • 1Wendy Wakefield, RN, BSN, CRNP, MSN, is currently a nurse practitioner at Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, in the Life after Weight Loss Program. Her 27 years of experience include burn care, wound care, and plastic surgery. J. Peter Rubin, MD, is Chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, UPMC Endowed Professor of Plastic Surgery, and Professor of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA. Jeffrey A. Gusenoff, MD, is the Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Co-Director of the Life After Weight Loss Program; Co-Director of BodyChangers; and Director, Post-Bariatric Body Contouring Fellowship, UPMC Department of Plastic Surgery.

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