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T able of Contents April 2020
Vol. 50 No. 4
5 President’s Letter:
Taking Chances OFFICERS

By John R. Allbert, MD, President President
John R. Allbert, MD
6 Feature:
Two Mobile Food Pharmacies to Begin President-Elect
Serving Charlotte’s Communities in Need Babak Mokari, DO
7 Member News
7 New Members Secretary/Treasurer
7 Upcoming Meetings and Events Kate E. Long, MD
8 Feature:
My Genetically Modified Life Immediate Past-President
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
By Robyn L. Stacy-Humphries, MD
BOARD MEMBERS
9 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for April-May
9 National Health & Wellness Observances for April Hamza Beano, MD
10 Feature: Anthony J. Caprio, MD
Happy 50th Birthday, Earth Day! Marc R. Carruth, MD
11 At the Hospitals E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
13 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas
14 Advertising Acknowledgements Jane S. Harrell, MD
Katherine Li, MD
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meckmed@meckmed.org Patricia K. Roddey, MD
Anna T. Schmelzer, MD
Copyright 2020 Mecklenburg County Medical Society Andrew I. Sumich, MD
G. Bernard Taylor, MD
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