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Edwin C. Jesudason, MBBChir, MA, FRCS(Paed), MD, Liverpool, England
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Ismail M. Khalil, MD, Beirut, Lebanon
Jonathan B. Koea, MBChB, MD, FRACS, Auckland, New Zealand
Antoon E. Lerut, MD, FRCS, Leuven, Belgium
Jacques Marescaux, MD, FRCS, Strasbourg, France
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Waltman Walters, MD, 1941-1942; 1946-1961
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