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T able of Contents February 2019
Vol. 49 No. 2
5 President’s Letter: Change
OFFICERS
By Elizabeth B. Moran, President, MCMS
President
6 Member News Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
7 New Members
7 Upcoming Meetings President-Elect
7 2018 Fighting for Women With Fashion Sponsors John R. Allbert, MD
8 MedLink Free and Low-Cost Health Services Secretary/Treasurer
Babak Mokari, DO
in Mecklenburg County Immediate Past-President
10 At the Hospitals Scott L. Furney, MD
12 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas
12 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for February BOARD MEMBERS
12 National Health & Wellness Observances
14 Advertising Acknowledgements Raymond E. Brown, PA
Sarah M. Edwards, MD
1112 Harding Place, Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28204 E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
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meckmed@meckmed.org Jane S. Harrell, MD
Kate E. Long, MD
Copyright 2019 Mecklenburg County Medical Society B. Lauren Paton, MD
Mecklenburg Medicine is published 10 times per year by the Mecklenburg County Medical Society, 1112 Harding Place, suite Bennal M. Perkins, MD
100, Charlotte, NC 28204. Opinions expressed by authors are their own, and not necessarily those of Mecklenburg Medicine or Patricia K. Roddey, MD
the Mecklenburg County Medical Society. Mecklenburg Medicine reserves the right to edit all contributions for clarity and length, Anna T. Schmelzer, MD
as well as to reject any material submitted. Mecklenburg Medicine is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts. Andrew I. Sumich, MD
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Sandi D. Buchanan, Executive Director
Mecklenburg County Medical Society

Darlyne Menscer, MD
NCMS Delegate to the AMA

Meg Sullivan, MD, Medical Director
Mecklenburg County Health Department

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

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Executive Director
Sandi D. Buchanan
Finance & Membership Director
Stephanie D. Smith
Meetings & Special Events Coordinator

Jenny H. Otto

MECKLENBURG MEDICINE STAFF

Editor
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD

Managing Editor
Sandi D. Buchanan

Copy Editors
Lee McCracken
Stephanie Smith

Advertising
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mecklenburgmedicine@gmail.com

Editorial Board
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
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Jessica Schorr Saxe, MD

Graphic Design
Wade Baker

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