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Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
Middleton: Middleton's Allergy: Principles and Practice, 6th ed.
2003 Mosby, Inc.
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Alternative Medicine
Rakel : Ingegrative Medicine, 2nd ed.
20073 Saunders
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Anesthesiology & Pain Management
Miller : Miller's Anesthesia, 6th ed.
2005 Churchill Livingstone, Inc.
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Morgan : Clinical Anesthesiology, 4th ed.
2006 McGraw-Hill
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Biochemistry
Murray : Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry, 27th ed.
2006 McGraw-Hill
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Biostatistics
Dawson : Basic & Clinical Biostatistics, 4th ed.
2004 McGraw-Hill
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Bioterrorism & Bioterrorism Preparedness
Grey : The Bioterrorism sourcebook
2006 McGraw-Hill
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National Research Council : Reopening Public Facilities After a Biologic Attack : a decision making framework,
2005 National Academies Press
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Savitz : Quarantine Stations at Ports of Entry: Protecting the Public's Health:
2006 National Academies Press.

Cardiology
Crawford : Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Cardiology, 2nd ed.
2003 McGraw-Hill
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Goldberger : Clinical Electrocardiography: a simplified approach, 7th ed.
2006 Mosby
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Fuster : Hurst's The Heart, 12th. ed
2008 McGraw-Hill
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Mohrman : Cardiovascular Physiology, 6th ed.
2006 McGraw-Hill
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Park : Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners, 5th ed.
2008 Mosby
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Zipes : Braunwald's heart disease : A Textbook of cardiovascular medicine, 8th ed.
2007 W. B. Saunders Company
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Critical Care
Hall : Principles of Critical Care, 3rd ed.
2005 McGraw-Hill
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Dermatology
Habif : Clinical Dermatology, 4th ed.
2004 Mosby-Year Book, Inc.
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Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 6th ed.
2009 McGraw Hill
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Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 7th ed.
2007 McGraw-Hill
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Emergency Medicine
Auerbach : Wilderness Medicine, 5th ed.
2007 Mosby
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Ford : Clinical Toxicology, 1st ed.
2001 W.B. Saunders
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Keith : Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Emergency Medicine 6th ed.
2008 McGraw-Hill
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Knoop : Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 2nd ed.
2007 McGraw-Hill
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Marx : Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice , 6th ed.
2006 Mosby, Inc.
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Roberts : Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine, 4th ed.
2004 W. B. Saunders Company
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Tintinalli : Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 6th ed.
2004 McGraw Hill
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Gardner : Greenspan's Basic and Clinical Endocrinology, 8th ed.
2007 McGraw-Hill
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Larsen : Williams Textbook of Endocrinology, 11th ed.
2008 Elsevier
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Molina : Endocrine Physiology, 2nd ed.
2006 McGraw-Hill
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Epidemiology
Greenberg: Medical Epidemiology, 4th ed.
2005 McGraw-Hill
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Jhawar: Chronic Conditions of Californians: Findings from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey
2005 UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
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Lopez: Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors
2006 World Bank
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Ethics
Jonsen : Clinical Ethics- A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine ,6th ed.
2006 McGraw-Hill
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Family Medicine
AAFP : AAFP Conditions A to Z
2008 AAFP
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Ferri : Ferri's Clinical Advisor, 1st ed.
2008 Mosby, Inc.
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Gonzalez: Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care, 2008
2008 Lange
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Noble : Textbook of Primary Care Medicine, 3rd ed.
2001 Mosby, Inc.
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Rakel : Textbook of Family Medicine, 7th ed.
2007 W.B. Saunders
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South-Paul : Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Family Medicine, 2nd ed.
2008 McGraw-Hill
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Gastroenterology
Barrett : Gastrointestinal Physiology
2006 McGraw-Hill
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Feldman : Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management, 8th ed.
2006 Elsevier
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Geriatric Medicine
Duthie : Practice of Geriatrics, 4th ed.
2007 W. B. Saunders Company
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Health Policy
Bodenheimer : Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach, 5th ed.
2009 McGraw-Hill
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Hematology
Hoffman : Hematology Basic Principles and Practice, 4th ed.
2005 Churchill Livingstone
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Lichtman : Williams Hematology, 7th ed.
2006 McGraw-Hill
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Lichtman : Lichtman's Atlas of Hematology
2007 McGraw-Hill
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Histology
Junqueira : Basic Histology: Text and Atlas, 11th Edition
2005 McGraw-Hill
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Wilson : Histology Image Review
1997 McGraw-Hill
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Infectious Disease
Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-preventable Diseases, 10th ed.
2007 National Immunization Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Red Book 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 28th ed.
2006 American Academy of Pediatrics
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Cohen : Infectious Diseases, 2nd ed.
2004 Mosby
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Gershon : Krugman's Infectious Diseases of Children, 11th ed.
2004 Mosby
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Klausner : Current Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
2007 McGraw Hill
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Long : Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 3rd ed.
2008 Elsevier
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Mandell : Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed.
2005 Churchill Livingstone, Inc.
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Internal Medicine
Ferri : Practical Guide to the Care of the Medical Patient, 7th ed.
2007 Mosby
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Goldman : Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 23rd ed.
2007 W. B. Saunders Company
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Gomella : Clinician's Pocket Reference: The Scut Monkey, 11th ed.
2007 McGraw-Hill
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Kasper : Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th ed.
2008 McGraw Hill
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Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 18th ed.
2006 Merck
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McPhee : Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2009, 48th ed.
2009 McGraw Hill
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Piccini : Osler Medical Handbook, 2nd ed.
2006 Johns Hopkins
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Rakel : Conn's Current Therapy, 60th ed.
2008 Elsevier
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Medical Coding
ICD-9-CM – Volumes 1, 2 and 3
2009 US Public Health Service
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Ingenix CPT with RVUs
2009 Ingenix
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Microbiology
Brooks : Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology, 24th ed.
2007 McGraw-Hill
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Sherris Medical Microbiology, 4th ed.
2004 McGraw Hill
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Levinson : Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 10th ed
2006 McGraw-Hill
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Nephrology
Brenner : Brenner & Rector's The Kidney, 8th ed.
2007 Elsevier
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Eaton : Vander's Renal Physiology, 7th ed.
2009 McGraw-Hill
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Neurology
Simon : Clinical Neurology, 7th ed.
2009 McGraw-Hill
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Goetz : Textbook of Clinical Neurology, 3rd ed.
2007 W. B. Saunders Company
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Ropper : Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 9th ed.
2009 McGraw-Hill
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Waxman : Clinical Neuroanatomy, 25th ed.
2003 McGraw-Hill
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Schorge : Williams Gynecology
2008 McGraw-Hill
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Cunningham : Williams Obstetrics, 22nd ed
2005 McGraw-Hill
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DeCherney : Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology, 10th ed.
2007 McGraw-Hill
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Gabbe : Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies, 5th ed.
2007 Churchill Livingstone, Inc.
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Katz : Comprehensive Gynecology, 5th ed.
2008 Mosby, Inc.
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Oncology
Abeloff : Clinical Oncology, 3rd ed.
2004 Churchill Livingstone, Inc.
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Ophthalmology
Riordan-Eva : Vaughan & Asbury's General Ophthalmology, 17th ed.
2007, McGraw-Hill
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Yanoff : Ophthalmology, 2nd ed.
2004 Mosby International Ltd.
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Orthopedic Surgery
Browner : Skeletal Trauma: Basic Science, Management, and Reconstruction, 3rd ed.
2003 Elsevier
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Canale : Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics, 11th ed.
2007 Mosby, Inc.
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DeLee : DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, 2nd ed.
2003 Elsevier
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Green : Skeletal Trauma in Children, 3rd ed.
2003 Elsevier
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Skinner : Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Orthopedics, 4th ed.
2006 McGraw-Hill
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Otolaryngology
Cummings : Otolaryngology : Head & Neck Surgery, 4th ed.
2005 Mosby, Inc.
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Lalwani : Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
2004 McGraw-Hill
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Pathology
Chandrasoma : Concise Pathology, 3rd ed.
1998 Appleton-Lange
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Kumar : Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 7th ed.
2005 W. B. Saunders Company
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McPherson : Henry’s Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, 21sted.
2006 Elsevier
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Patient Education
The CareNotes System
2006
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Pediatrics
Kliegman : Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed.
2007 Elsevier
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Hay : Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment, 19th ed.
2008 McGraw-Hill
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Johns Hopkins : Harriet Lane Handbook, 17th ed.
2005 Mosby, Inc.
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Pharmacology
Burnton : Goodman and Gilman's Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 11th ed.
2006 McGraw-Hill
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Katzung : Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 11th ed.
2009 McGraw-Hill
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Martindale – The Complete Drug Reference
2006 Micromedex
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USP DI For the Health Care Professional, 25th ed.
2005 Micromedex

USP Advice For the Patient, 25th ed.
2005 Micromedex
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Frontera : Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1st ed.
2002 Hanley and Belfus
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Physiology & Pathophysiology (see also under specific body systems, e.g. endocrinology)
McPhee : Pathophysiology of Disease: an Introduction to Clinical Medicine, 5th ed.
2006 McGraw-Hill
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Ganong : Review of Medical Physiology, 22nd ed.
2005 McGraw-Hill
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Poisoning & Drug Overdose
Olson : Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 5th ed.
2007 McGraw-Hill
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Psychiatry
Ebert : Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Psychiatry , 2nd ed.
2008 McGraw-Hill
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Jacobson : Psychiatric Secrets, 2nd ed.
2001 Hanley & Belfus
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Moore & Jefferson : Handbook of Medical Psychiatry, 2nd ed.
2004 Mosby
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Public Health
Wallace : Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15th ed.
2008 McGraw-Hill
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Pulmonary Medicine
Hanley : Current diagnosis & treatment in pulmonary medicine
2003 McGraw-Hill
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Mason : Murray & Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, 4th ed.
2005 Saunders
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Radiology
Chen : Basic Radiology
2004 McGraw-Hill
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Adam : Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology, 5th ed.
2008 Churchhill Livingstone
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Mettler : Essentials of Radiology, 2nd ed.
2005 Elsevier
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Reference
United States Government Manual, 2006-07
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Rheumatology
Harris : Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology, 7th ed.
2005 Elsevier
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Imboden : Current Rheumatology Diagnosis & Treatment, 2nd ed.
2007 McGraw-Hill
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Surgery
Brunicardi : Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, 8th ed.
2005 McGraw-Hill
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Doherty : Current Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment, 12th ed.
2006 McGraw-Hill
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Khatri : Operative Surgery Manual, 1st ed.
2003 Elsevier
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Townsend : Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 18th ed.
2007 W. B. Saunders Company
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Urology
Tanagho : Smith's General Urology, 17th ed.
2008 McGraw-Hill
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Wein : Campbell-Walsh Urology, 9th ed.
2007 W. B. Saunders Company
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