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Frederick Holmes, MD

Professor, Department of the History and Philosophy of Medicine
Hashinger Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Medicine Department - The Influenza Epidemic

Grace Holmes, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and of Preventive Medicine, Emerita, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Laboratory Medicine - Gas Gangrene

Anthony L. Kovac, MD

Kasumi Arakawa Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Anesthesia Aspects of Base Hospital #28

Mani M. Mani, MD

Emeritus Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Kansas University Medical Center
Reconstructive/Restorative/Plastic Surgery in the First World War

Norman L. Martin, MD

Emeritus Professor of Radiology, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Radiology at Base Hospital #28 in France During WW1

Moya Peterson, RN, PhD, APRN, FNP-C

Assistant Professor, University of Kansas School of Nursing
The Nurses of Base Hospital #28

George Thompson, MA, MFA

Adjunct Associate Professor, Historian, History and Philosophy of Medicine
The University of Kansas Medical Center
American military operations and casualties in 1917 and 1918
Introduction to the US Army’s system for medical treatment and evacuation
Medical treatment and evacuation at the regimental level