Justin Chan

Dr Justin Chan

School of Medicine

College of Health


Primary research interests include:

  • patient safety and quality improvement in surgery
  • minimising post operative pain in cardiac and thoracic surgery
  • decision making in surgery

Date Position Institution name
2019 - ongoing Clinical Fellow in Cardiovascular Surgery Toronto General Hospital
2018 - ongoing Senior Clinical Lecturer University of Adelaide

Date Institution name Country Title
University of Melbourne Australia BMedSci
University of Melbourne Australia MBBS
University of Melbourne Australia PGDipSA
University of Adelaide Australia MPhil (Surgery)
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Australia FRACS (Cardiothoracic)

Year Citation
2025 Chan, J. C., Geraci, T. C., & Chang, S. H. (2025). Implications for the Composite Allocation Score System for Organ Distribution in the United States: Implementing the System. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 37(3), 339-344.
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2025 Gupta, A. K., Zaka, A., Lombardo, A., Tsimiklis, J., Stretton, B., Kovoor, J. G., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2025). Perioperative aspirin and coronary artery bypass graft surgery: An updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Surgery United States, 180, 12 pages.
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2025 Nelson, N. C., Wong, K. K., Mahoney, I. J., Malik, T., Rudym, D., Lesko, M. B., . . . Natalini, J. G. (2025). Lung allograft dysbiosis associates with immune response and primary graft dysfunction. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 44(3), 422-434.
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2025 Kovoor, J. G., Stretton, B., Gupta, A. K., Beath, A., Jacob, M. O., Kefalianos, J. M., . . . Adelaide Score Advisory Group. (2025). The Adelaide Score: prospective implementation of an artificial intelligence system to improve hospital and cost efficiency. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 95(3), 342-349.
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2025 Zaka, A., Mustafiz, C., Mutahar, D., Sinhal, S., Gorcilov, J., Muston, B., . . . Bacchi, S. (2025). Machine-learning versus traditional methods for prediction of all-cause mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Open Heart, 12(1), 13 pages.
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2025 Gupta, A. K., Mustafiz, C., Mutahar, D., Zaka, A., Parvez, R., Mridha, N., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2025). Machine Learning vs Traditional Approaches to Predict All-Cause Mortality for Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 41(8), 1564-1583.
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2025 Singh, A., Ali, S. Z., Drozdowicz, K. A., Alam, A., Goldberg, R. I., Chan, J. C., . . . Kadosh, B. S. (2025). Spinal Cord Infarction as a Complication of VA-ECMO With Microaxial Flow Pump in Cardiogenic Shock. Jacc Case Reports, 30(7), 103378.
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2025 Lian, T., Lumsden, E., Pincus, J., Chan, J., & Rudd, M. (2025). Veno-venous ECMO intervention for respiratory failure after trauma from a motor vehicle collision. BMJ Case Reports, 18(1), e262986.
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2025 Geraci, T. C., Chan, J. C. Y., Niroomand, A., & Chang, S. H. (2025). Post Lung Transplant Primary Graft Dysfunction. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 37(2), 192-198.e1.
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2025 Chang, S. H., Grossi, E. A., Yongue, C., Chan, J. C. Y., Angel, L. F., & Geraci, T. C. (2025). Initial experience with fully robotic bilateral lung transplantation. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 170(4), e87-e91.
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2025 Stewart, D. E., Ruck, J. M., Massie, A. B., Segev, D. L., Lesko, M. B., Chan, J. C., . . . Natalini, J. G. (2025). Graft survival in single versus bilateral lung transplantation for emphysema. American Journal of Transplantation, 25(10), 2226-2238.
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2025 Chan, J. C. Y., Geraci, T. C., Angel, L. F., & Chang, S. H. (2025). Redo Lung Transplantation After Heart-lung Transplantation. Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports, 3(3), 780-783.
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2025 Kovoor, J. G., Glynatsis, J. M., Glynatsis, N. C., Perrotta, D., Chan, E., Daniell, T., . . . Gupta, A. K. (2025). Factors affecting acute aortic dissection mortality: A multicentre cohort study. Surgery in Practice and Science, 23, 10 pages.
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2025 Chan, J. C. Y., & Goldberg, R. I. (2025). Beyond Rejection: Long-Term Survival Following Heart Transplant. Journal of the American Heart Association, 14(19), 1-3.
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2024 Natalini, J. G., Wong, K. K., Nelson, N. C., Wu, B. G., Rudym, D., Lesko, M. B., . . . Segal, L. N. (2024). Longitudinal Lower Airway Microbial Signatures of Acute Cellular Rejection in Lung Transplantation. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 209(12), 1463-1476.
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2024 Cerezo, J., Cohen, R., Banco, D., Yongue, C., Hena, K., Bangalore, S., & Chan, J. C. Y. (2024). Use of Multimodal Imaging for Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma Mimicking as Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Jacc Case Reports, 29(21), 102658.
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2024 Chang, S. H., Geraci, T. C., Piper, G. L., Chan, J., James, L., Paone, D., . . . Angel, L. (2024). Outcomes of lung and heart-lung transplants utilizing donor after circulatory death with thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion. Jhlt Open, 4, 100058.
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2024 Teo, Y. H., Teo, Y. N., Yong, C. L., Chan, J., Tam, W. W., Koo, C. Y., & Lee, C. H. (2024). Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: 6-Year Follow-Up. Jacc Asia, 4(11), 879-881.
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2024 Daniel, J., Glynatsis, J. M., Kovoor, J. G., Stretton, B., Bacchi, S., Ovenden, C. D., . . . Gupta, A. K. (2024). Sensorineural hearing loss after cardiac surgery: a systematic review. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 94(4), 536-544.
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2024 Geraci, T. C., Chan, J., Angel, L., & Chang, S. H. (2024). Concurrent tracheobronchoplasty and bilateral lung transplant for obstructive lung disease. Jtcvs Techniques, 23, 182-183.
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2024 Hussain, S. T., Kumar, A., Chan, J., James, L., Smith, D., & Moazami, N. (2024). Anatomical considerations and surgical technique of porcine cardiac xenotransplantation. Jtcvs Techniques, 25, 104-110.
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2024 Babie, P. (2024). The importance of defining the international human
right to private property: Review of Property, Power and Human Rights: Lived Universalism in and through the Margins, L Dehaibi, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024, ISBN 9781035313907, 282 pp.. Australian Property Law Journal, 31(3), 217-220.

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2023 Chan, J., Walters, G. D., Puri, P., & Jiang, S. H. (2023). Safety and efficacy of biological agents in the treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). BMC Rheumatology, 7(1).
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2023 Chan, J. C. Y., Man, H. S. J., Asghar, U. M., McRae, K., Zhao, Y., Donahoe, L. L., . . . de Perrot, M. (2023). Impact of sex on outcome after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 42(11), 1578-1586.
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2023 Moazami, N., Stern, J. M., Khalil, K., Kim, J. I., Narula, N., Mangiola, M., . . . Montgomery, R. A. (2023). Pig-to-human heart xenotransplantation in two recently deceased human recipients. Nature Medicine, 29(8), 1989-1997.
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2023 Marro, M., Leiva-Juárez, M. M., D’Ovidio, F., Chan, J., Van Raemdonck, D., Ceulemans, L. J., . . . Keshavjee, S. (2023). Lung Transplantation for Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia and Kartagener Syndrome: A Multicenter Study. Transplant International, 36, 10819.
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2023 Murshed, I., Gupta, A. K., Camilos, A. N., Sabab, A., Bacchi, S., Kovoor, J. G., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2023). Surgical interhospital transfer mortality: National analysis. British Journal of Surgery, 110(5), 591-598.
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2023 Jolly, S., Chu, M. K. W., Gupta, A. K., Mitchell, J., Kovoor, J. G., Stewart, S. K., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2023). Potentially avoidable mortality after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in Australia: an 8-year qualitative analysis.. ANZ J Surg, 93(7-8), 1825-1832.
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2023 Kennedy, N., Petrakis, N., Chan, J., & Jurisevic, C. (2023). Spontaneous pneumothorax rates following video-assisted thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis with or without resection of macroscopic bullous disease. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 93(10), 2402-2405.
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2023 Chang, S. H., Chan, J., & Patterson, G. A. (2023). History of Lung Transplantation. Clinics in Chest Medicine, 44(1), 1-13.
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2023 Chan, J. C. Y., Chaban, R., Chang, S. H., Angel, L. F., Montgomery, R. A., & Pierson, R. N. (2023). Future of Lung Transplantation: Xenotransplantation and Bioengineering Lungs. Clinics in Chest Medicine, 44(1), 201-214.
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2022 Gupta, A. K., Leslie, A., Hewitt, J. N., Kovoor, J. G., Ovenden, C. D., Edwards, S., . . . Worthington, M. G. (2022). Cardiac surgery on patients with COVID‐19: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 92(5), 1007-1014.
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2022 Gupta, A. K., Ovenden, C. D., Nathin, K., Aujayeb, N., Hewitt, J. N., Kovoor, J. G., . . . Wells, A. (2022). Geographical distribution of authorship for leading cardiothoracic surgery journals.. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 37(12), 4465-4473.
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2022 Gupta, A. K., Sabab, A., Goh, R., Ovenden, C. D., Kovoor, J. G., Ramponi, F., . . . Kleinig, T. J. (2022). Endovascular thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke after cardiac surgery.. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 37(12), 4562-4570.
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2022 Gupta, A. K., Kerr, L. D., Stretton, B., Kovoor, J. G., Ovenden, C. D., Hewitt, J. N., & Chan, J. C. Y. (2022). Trends in the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Literature: A Bibliometric Analysis in the COVID-19 Era. Journal of Extra Corporeal Technology, 54(1), 19-28.
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2022 Chang, S. H., Smith, D. E., Carillo, J. A., Sommer, P. M., Geraci, T. C., Williams, D., . . . Moazami, N. (2022). Efficacy of proning in acute respiratory distress syndrome on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Jtcvs Techniques, 16, 109-116.
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2022 Chan, J. C. Y., & Chang, S. H. (2022). Commentary: Another tool for the chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension toolbox. Jtcvs Open, 10, 73-74.
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2022 Lewis, T. C., Lesko, M., Rudym, D., Lonze, B. E., Mangiola, M., Natalini, J. G., . . . Angel, L. F. (2022). One-year immunologic outcomes of lung transplantation utilizing hepatitis C-viremic donors. Clinical Transplantation, 36(8), e14749.
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2021 Chan, J. C. Y., Waddell, T. K., Yasufuku, K., Keshavjee, S., & Donahoe, L. L. (2021). Maintaining technical proficiency in senior surgical fellows during the COVID-19 pandemic through virtual teaching. Jtcvs Open, 8, 679-687.
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2020 Nolan, G. S., Dunne, J. A., Kiely, A. L., Pritchard Jones, R. O., Gardiner, M., Jain, A., . . . Pinder, R. (2020). The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on skin cancer surgery in the United Kingdom: a national, multi-centre, prospective cohort study and survey of Plastic Surgeons. British Journal of Surgery, 107(12), e598-e600.
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2020 Tran, M., Surman, T., Worthington, M., & Chan, J. (2020). Successful treatment of iatrogenic pulmonary artery stenosis with percutaneous balloon angioplasty. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 90(1-2), 178-180.
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2020 Chan, J. C. Y., Gupta, A. K., Stewart, S. K., McCulloch, G. A. J., Babidge, W. J., Worthington, M. G., & Maddern, G. J. (2020). Mortality in Australian cardiothoracic surgery: findings from a national audit.. Ann Thorac Surg, 109(6), 1880-1888.
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2020 Vo, T., Chan, J. C. Y., & Worthington, M. (2020). How to do whole lung lavage for treatment of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 90(5), 877-878.
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2019 Heitmann, P. T., Chan, J. C. Y., McDonald, M. J., & Worthington, M. G. (2019). Video-assisted thorascopic lobectomy for pulmonary arteriovenous malformations to prevent cerebral abscess. ANZ journal of surgery, 89(10), 466-467.
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2019 Chan, J. C. Y., Gupta, A. K., Babidge, W. J., Worthington, M. G., & Maddern, G. J. (2019). Technical factors affecting cardiac surgical mortality in Australia. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, 27(6), 443-451.
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2019 Chan, J. C. Y., Gupta, A. K., Stewart, S., Babidge, W., McCulloch, G., Worthington, M. G., & Maddern, G. J. (2019). "Nobody told me": communication issues affecting Australian cardiothoracic surgery patients. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 108(6), 1801-1806.
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2019 Verma, S., Chan, J., Chew, C., & Schultz, C. (2019). PET-SUV Max and Upstaging of Lung Cancer. Heart Lung and Circulation, 28(3), 436-442.
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2019 Surman, T. L., Stuklis, R. G., & Chan, J. C. (2019). Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Long QT Syndrome. Literature Review and Case Study. Heart Lung and Circulation, 28(3), 486-494.
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2019 Reddi, B. A., Johnston, S. D., Bart, S., Chan, J. C., & Finnis, M. (2019). Abnormal pulmonary function tests are associated with prolonged ventilation and risk of complications following elective cardiac surgery.. Anaesthesia and intensive care, 47(6), 310057X19877188.
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2018 Tran, M. D., Varzaly, J. A., Chan, J. C. Y., Caplash, Y., & Worthington, M. G. (2018). Novel Sternal Reconstruction with Custom Three-Dimensional–Printed Titanium PoreStar Prosthesis. Innovations Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, 13(4), 309-311.
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2016 Jennings, S., Vahaviolos, J., Chan, J., Worthington, M. G., & Stuklis, R. G. (2016). Prevention of Sternal Wound Infections by use of a Surgical Incision Management System: First Reported Australian Case Series. Heart Lung and Circulation, 25(1), 89-93.
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2015 Jennings, S., Stuklis, R. G., Chan, J., & Kearney, D. (2015). Successful Giant Thymic Cyst Removal: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Heart Lung and Circulation, 24(7), e89-e92.
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2012 Chaudhuri, K., Storey, E., Lee, G. A., Bailey, M., Chan, J., Rosenfeldt, F. L., . . . Marasco, S. F. (2012). Carbon dioxide insufflation in open-chamber cardiac surgery: A double-blind, randomized clinical trial of neurocognitive effects. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 144(3), 646-6e1.
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2012 Chan, J., Kumar, J., Cheng, A., Yap, C. H., & Zhang, X. B. (2012). Right atrial mass associated with a dialysis catheter. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 27(3), 362.
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2012 Chan, J., Rosenfeldt, F., Chaudhuri, K., & Marasco, S. (2012). Cardiac Surgery in Patients with a History of Malignancy: Increased Complication Rate but Similar Mortality. Heart Lung and Circulation, 21(5), 255-259.
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2010 Marasco, S. F., Pilcher, D., Oto, T., Chang, W., Griffiths, A., Pellegrino, V., . . . Bailey, M. (2010). Aprotinin in lung transplantation is associated with an increased incidence of primary graft dysfunction. European Journal of Cardio Thoracic Surgery, 37(2), 420-425.
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2007 Burns, A. T., Connelly, K. A., La Gerche, A., Mooney, D. J., Chan, J., MacIsaac, A. I., & Prior, D. L. (2007). Effect of heart rate on tissue Doppler measures of diastolic function. Echocardiography, 24(7), 697-701.
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2005 Chan, J. C. Y., Saranasuriya, C., & Waxman, B. P. (2005). Bezoar causing small bowel obstruction after repeated activated charcoal administration. Medical Journal of Australia, 183(10), 537.
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Year Citation
2011 Marasco, S. F., Lim, H. K., Chaudhuri, K., Chan, J., & Lin, E. (2011). Primary graft dysfunction in lung transplantation. In Lung Transplantation: Therapies, Complications and Outcomes (pp. 1-41).
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Year Citation
2025 Dorsey, M., Phillips, K., James, L., Kelley, E., Duff, E., Lewis, T., . . . Smith, D. (2025). Decreased bleeding and thrombotic complications on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support following an updated anticoagulation protocol. In Jtcvs Open Vol. 23 (pp. 199-209). Elsevier BV.
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2023 Wadowski, B. J., Wang, S., Angel, L. F., Geraci, T. C., Chan, J. C. Y., & Chang, S. H. (2023). Prolonged Ischemia Increases Complications Among High- and Low-Volume Centers in Lung Transplantation. In Annals of Thoracic Surgery Vol. 116 (pp. 374-381). Netherlands: Elsevier BV.
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2022 de Perrot, M., Donahoe, L., McRae, K., Thenganatt, J., Moric, J., Chan, J., . . . Granton, J. (2022). Outcome after pulmonary endarterectomy for segmental chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. In Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Vol. 164 (pp. 696-707.e4). United States: Elsevier BV.
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2019 Chan, J., Gupta, A., Kiermeier, A., worthington, M., & Maddern, G. (2019). Impact of TAVI on Valve Prosthesis Selection in Australia. In Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Volume 73, Issue 9 Supplement 1 Vol. 73 (pp. 1985). New Orleans, USA: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.
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