A publication citation is one way to document a specific contribution within a professional history. The record below is indexed by the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed service and names Dana R. Towle among its authors.
Reconstructive surgery and medical aid
Medical aid for children of Latin America: reconstructive plastic surgery in developing countries
Thomas E. Geraghty, Dana R. Towle, and Karen D. Hendrix. Missouri Medicine. January–February 2003; 100(1):24–26. PubMed ID: 12664706.
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This page intentionally includes only the clearly identified record above. A shared author name is not enough to attribute unrelated work to the same person. For Dana Towle’s educational history, see Professional Background.