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The Age of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography A Nephrologist’s Perspective

Daniel W. Ross Daniel W. Ross, MD, MPH, is an academic nephrologist at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra-Northwell in Long Island, New York. He has been using point-of-care ultrasonography to treat patients with kidney disease for the past five years.

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