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Connection through cardiothoracic surgery subspecialty collaboration: Strategies for Early Faculty Peer Network
Madonna E Lee1,2, Gavitt A Woodard3, Roland Assi2
1Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
JTCVS Open
|January 2, 2023
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