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The conflicts of interest reported by the Medical Editors for the last 12 months are as follows:
| Mark D. Walters, MD | Elsevier – Royalties UpToDate – Royalties |
| Mickey Karram, MD | Allergan – Consultant Astellas – Speakers Bureau Coloplast – Consultant Cynosure – Speakers Bureau and Consultant Emedsco – Financial Interest/Royalties Elsevier – Royalties Medtronic – Speakers Bureau and Consultant |
| Roger Dmochowski, MD | Allergan – Consultant Medtronic – Consultant |
| John B. Gebhart, MD | Allergan – Advisory Board Coloplast – Consultant Elsevier – Royalties UpToDate – Royalties |
| Karl Jallad, MD | None |
| Cara King, DO | None |
| James Dana Kondrup, MD, FACOG, ACGE | Ethicon Endosurgery – Speaker, Consultant Teleflex – Speaker Myriad genetics – Speaker Laparoscopic Innovations – Royalties |
| Arnulfo Martinez, MD | None |
| Catherine A. Matthews, MD | Boston Scientific – Grant Support and consultant Johnson & Johnson – Expert witness |
| Beri Ridgeway, MD | None |
| Peter Rosenblatt | Boston Scientific – Consultant, Advisory Board, Research Support, Expert Witness Coloplast – Consultant, Research Support Medtronic – Consultant Tepha – Consultant, Advisory Board Pelvalon – Consultant Solace – Consultant Ethicon – Expert Witness Bard – Expert witness |
| Carlos J. Sarsotti, MD | None |
| Erica Stockwell, DO, MBA, FACOG | Appled Medical – Paid Proctor |
| Sandip P. Vasavada, MD | Allergan – Scientific Consultant Boston Scientific – Scientific Consultant Medtronic – Scientific Consultant |
| Jianliu Wang, MD | None |
| James L. Whiteside, MD | None |