1. Strategic Partnerships in Surgery: A Model for the US
Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, FACS 
Journal of the American College of Surgeons 
Volume 226, Issue 4, Pages (April 2018)
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2. Figure 1 Political polarization.
(Reprinted with permission from Pew Research.)
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3. Figure 2
Individual partnerships. (A) W Dean Warren, MD (reprinted courtesy of Emory University); (B) Asa Yancey, MD (reprinted courtesy of Emory University); (C) Arnold G Diethelm, MD (reprinted courtesy of University of Alabama at Birmingham); (D) Herschell Hamilton, MD (reprinted courtesy of University of Alabama at Birmingham); (E) LaSalle Leffall, Jr, MD (reprinted courtesy of the American College of Surgeons); (F) Walter Ballinger II, MD (reprinted courtesy of University of Washington in St Louis); (G) Edward Cornwell, MD; (H) Arthur Donovan, MD (reprinted courtesy of USC Digital Library/Annette Del Zoppo); (I) John Cameron, MD (reprinted courtesy of the American College of Surgeons) (J) Steven Stain, MD (reprinted courtesy of the American College of Surgeons); (K) James O'Neill, MD (reprinted courtesy of Vanderbilt University Medical Center); (L) LD Britt, MD (reprinted courtesy of the LD Britt, MD Scholarship Fund); (M) Walter Pories, MD (reprinted courtesy of Vidant Health).
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4. Figure 3 Homer G Phillips Hospital, established 1937.
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5. Figure 4
Intersocietal partnerships. SBAS, Society of Black Surgeons; SSA, Southern Surgical Association.
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