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Dr. Aslanian is an associate professor of medicine and director of advanced endoscopy fellowship; Dr. Jamidar is a professor of medicine, and director or endoscopy; both are in the section of digestive diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. Dr. Ahmed is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. The authors disclose no conflicts of interest.