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- ↑ "Licensing Overview". Texas Medical Board. 2022-09-01. Archived from the original on 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "Contact a State Medical Board". Federation of State Medical Boards . Archived from the original on 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ Texas Medical Board Biographies Archived 2011-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
