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J. Brent Myers, MD

J. Brent Myers, MD

J. Brent Myers, MD, is director and medical director of the Wake County EMS System in Raleigh, N.C. He also serves as adjunct assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, N.C. Contact him at Brent.Myers@co.wake.nc.us.

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