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T able of Contents February 2018
Vol. 48 No. 2
6 President’s Letter:
Medice, cura te ipsum: Physician Heal Thyself OFFICERS
President
By Scott L. Furney, MD, President
Scott L. Furney, MD
6 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for February
7 Feature: President-Elect
MedLink of Mecklenburg Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
9 Feature:
MedLink of Mecklenburg Chart of Free Clinics Secretary
10 Member News Babak Mokari, DO
10 New Members
10 Upcoming Meetings & Events Treasurer
10 Introducing the MCMS Administrative Staff John R. Allbert, MD
12 At the Hospitals
14 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas Immediate Past-President
14 National Health & Wellness Observances Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
for February
14 Advertising Acknowledgements BOARD MEMBERS
Raymond E. Brown, PA
1112 Harding Place, #200, Charlotte, NC 28204 Sarah M. Edwards, MD
704-376-3688 • FAX 704-376-3173 E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
meckmed@meckmed.org Donald D. Fraser, MD
Vishal Goyal, MD, MPH
Copyright 2018 Mecklenburg County Medical Society
Jane S. Harrell, MD
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Sandi D. Buchanan, Executive Director
Mecklenburg County Medical Society

Darlyne Menscer, MD
NCMS Delegate to the AMA

Douglas R. Swanson, MD, FACEP, Medical Director
Mecklenburg EMS Agency

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Jenny H. Otto

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Scott L. Furney, MD

Managing Editor
Sandi D. Buchanan

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