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Aug 2018
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Thyroid Disease: Behind The Knife Medica...

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast
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Our last medical student and intern survival guide episode. I am sure this won't be the last you will hear of Dr. Georgoff and Dr. Nikolian on Behind The Knife. 

Thanks to Dr. Patrick Georgoff and Dr. Vahagn Nikolian for their production of this episode.

You can contact them at:

Georgoff@med.umich.edu

Vnikolia@med.umich.edu

or on Twitter 

@georgoff

@VNikolian

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