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T able of Contents April 2016
Vol. 46 No. 4
5 President’s Letter:
Saving Lives OFFICERS
By Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
President
6 Feature: Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
Physician Burnout: Don’t Let Fatigue
Lead to Failure Secretary
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
By Lee McCracken
Treasurer
7 Feature: Scott L. Furney, MD
Wily Old Pathogen Up to New Tricks: Immediate Past President
Ocular Syphilis Simon V. Ward III, MD

By Laura H. Bachmann, MD, MPH and Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH BOARD MEMBERS

8 Member News John R. Allbert, MD
Maureen L. Beurskens, MD
8 National Health & Wellness Observances for April 2016
Raymond E. Brown, PA
8 Upcoming Meetings & Events W. Frank Ingram III, MD
Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
9 MCMS Annual Meeting Scott S. Lindblom, MD
Shivani P. Mehta, MD, MPH
10 MMAE Robert L. Mittl, Jr., MD

10 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings Babak Mokari, DO
Cameron B. Simmons, Jr., MD
11 At the Hospitals Cheryl L. Walker-McGill, MD, MBA

13 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS

13 Advertising Acknowledgements Sandi D. Buchanan, Executive Director
Mecklenburg County Medical Society
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704-376-3688 • FAX 704-376-3173 Mimi Compton, President
meckmed@meckmed.org Mecklenburg Medical Alliance & Endowment

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Charlotte Medical Dental & Pharmaceutical Society
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