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About the Author
Dr. Carl Bianco, M.D. is an Emergency Physician practicing at Dorchester General Hospital in Cambridge, MD,
located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Dr. Bianco attended Medical school at Georgetown University School of Medicine and
he received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University majoring in nursing and pre-med.
He Completed an internship and residency in Emergency Medicine at Akron City Hospital in Akron, Ohio.

