2023 Mecklenburg County Medical Society Board of Directors
Officers
President
Scott M. Paviol, MD
Paviol Dermatology
Dermatology
President-Elect
M. Faison Knox, MD
Avance Care SouthPark
Family Medicine
Secretary/Treasurer
Justin P. Favaro, MD, PhD
Oncology Specialists of Charlotte
Medical Oncology
Immediate Past President
Kate E. Long, MD
Healthgram
Family Medicine
Consulting Past President
Babak Mokari, DO
Healing Arts Medical
Family Medicine
Directors
Anthony J. Caprio, MD
Atrium Health CMC-Elizabeth Family Medicine
Geriatrics
Marc R. Carruth, MD
Carolina Skin Surgery Center
Dermatology
Kristine M. Crimmins, MD
Novant Health Hemby Children’s Hospital
Pediatrics
Reed Friend, MD
Levine Cancer Institute
Hematology, Medical Oncology
Freeman R. Jackson, Jr., MD
Providence Anesthesiology Associates
Anesthesiology
Christopher E. Lord, MD
Addiction Psychiatry
Physician Assistant Representative:
P. Susanne Miller, PA-C
Paviol Dermatology
Dermatology
Resident Representatives:
Preeya A. Patel, DO
Novant Health Family Medicine Residency Program
Family Medicine
Angela M. Baker, DO
Novant Health Family Medicine Residency Program
Family Medicine
Brandon W. Conner, MD
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Chirag K. Patel, MD
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Ex-Officio Board Members
To Be Determined
Executive Director, Mecklenburg County Medical Society
Bonnie Coyle Ronco, MD, MS
Medical Director, Health Department
Mecklenburg County Government
E. Rebecca Hayes, MD, FAAFP
NCMS Delegate to the AMA
Atrium Health CMC-Elizabeth Family Medicine
Family Medicine
Neema Hooker, MD
President, Charlotte Medical Dental & Pharmaceutical Association
Douglas R. Swanson, MD, FACEP
Medical Director, Mecklenburg EMS Agency
Emergency Medicine
Past Presidents
Kate E. Long, MD (2022)
Babak Mokari, DO (2021)
John R. Albert, MD (2020)
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD (2019)
Scott L. Furney, MD (2018)
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD (2016-17)
Simon V. Ward, III, MD (2015)
James B. Hall, MD (2014)
Janice E. Huff, MD (2013)
Maeve E. O’Connor, MD (2012)
Robert W. Schafermeyer, MD (2011)
Ophelia E. Garmon-Brown, MD (2010)
2023 Board of Directors
