Saba Syed, MD
Director of Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center.
Clinical Professor, UCLA.
Bioethics Committee Chair, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center.
Consultation-Liaison, Olive View Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Dr. Syed has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
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