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Daniel Edgar is an emer-
gency department staff
nurse at Wellspan Good Sa-
maritan Hospital in Leba-
non. He is also employed
as a member of the disaster
strike team with Response
Systems International
based in Wisconsin. He is
an active volunteer with
the Lancaster Medical Re-
serve Corps. Dan started
his medical career in the
Army as a combat lifesaver
in the Persian Gulf War.
He is a graduate of East-
ern Mennonite University
and Excelsior College. He
currently attends Widener
University’s Family Nurse
Practitioner program at
the Harrisburg Campus.
He and his lovely wife,
Heather, live in Myerstown
with their cat, Skunky.
You may contact him at
[email protected].