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T able of Contents February 2017
Vol. 47 No. 2
5 President’s Letter:
Elegy OFFICERS

By Stephen J. Ezzo, MD, President, MCMS President
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
6 Feature:
When Is Science Corrupted? President-Elect
Scott L. Furney, MD
By Gordon Hull, PhD, Director, Center for Professional and Applied Ethics,
UNC Charlotte Treasurer
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
7 Take Steps for Crohn’s & Colitis
7 National Health & Wellness Observances for February Secretary
8 Feature: Robert L. Mittl, Jr., MD
Immediate Past-President
Taking the Pulse of Medical Marriages Simon V. Ward III, MD

By Lee McCracken, Contributing Writer BOARD MEMBERS

9 Mecklenburg Medical Alliance & Endowment (MMAE) John R. Allbert, MD
10 Member News Maureen L. Beurskens, MD
10 New Members
10 Upcoming Meetings & Events Raymond E. Brown, PA
11 At the Hospitals May N. Doan, MD
13 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas
13 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for February Donald D. Fraser, MD
13 Advertising Acknowledgements W. Frank Ingram III, MD
14 Feature: Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
Shivani P. Mehta, MD, MPH
Fighting For Women With Fashion 2016
Babak Mokari, DO
By Mary T. Crowder, MD, Planning Committee Co-Chair B. Lauren Paton, MD
Rachel L. Storey, MD
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