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Fatima Ali Fatima Ali, PharmD candidate, is with St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Jamaica, NY. Mital Jhaveri, PharmD, CACP, is a clinical anticoagulation pharmacist, and Sheila Sarnoski-Brocavich, MS, PharmD, BCGP, is director of pharmacy services with NYC Health+ Hospitals, Queens, Jamaica, NY.

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