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About Our Experts
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Wilderness Medicine Expert
Eric A. Weiss, M.D.
Medical Consultant and Founder
- Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Associate Director of Trauma, Stanford University Medical Center
- Past Member, Board of Directors, Wilderness Medical Society
- Author, 911 Wilderness Medicine
- Author, A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness & Travel Medicine
- Co-Author, A Comprehensive Guide to Marine Medicine
- Climber, kayaker, professional raft guide
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Marine Medicine Expert
Michael Jacobs, M.D.
Medical Consultant for the Marine Series
- MedSail Founder and Program Director: Safety at Sea and Medicine for Mariners Conferences
- Medical Director, Vineyard Medical Services, Martha's Vineyard, MA
- USCG Licensed Captain
- Co-Author, A Comprehensive Guide to Marine Medicine
- Author, Survival at Sea, Textbook of Wilderness Medicine
- Coastal and offshore racing and cruising sailor, kayaker
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Survival Expert
Doug Ritter
Consultant for the Pocket Survival Pak
- Publisher and Editor of Equipped to Survive
- Board Chairman and Executive Director of the Equipped to Survive Foundation
- Leading authority in the areas of survival and survival equipment and supplies
- Has personally interviewed nearly 120 survivors of aviation, marine, and wilderness survival episodes to gain insight into essential survival
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Outdoor and Survival Expert Expert
Christopher VanTilburg, M.D.
Medical Consultant and Contributor
- Mountain Rescue Volunteer
- Author of seven outdoor first aid and survival books
- Editor-in-Chief for Wilderness Medicine, the official magazine for Wilderness Medical Society
- Contributing Editor Backcountry Magazine
- Contributing Editor Columbia Gorge Magazine
- "Ask Doc Wild" Columnist National Geographic Adventure
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