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Mark Kosta, RN, ADN, MSAOM

Mark Kosta has been in the medical profession since 1977; first as a corpsman in the United States Navy, then as an LPN, and now as an registered nurse (RN). He has worked in a wide variety of positions in the medical community, including risk management, continuous quality improvement, and director of personnel of a 120-bed facility. He is a recent graduate (MSAOM) of the Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture University. As of 2020, he was working three 12-hour shifts a week in a 24-bed surgical ICU treating active COVID-19 patients.

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