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Table of Contents January 2017
Vol. 47 No. 1
5 President’s Letter:
I Resolve OFFICERS

By Stephen J. Ezzo, MD, President, MCMS President
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
6 Mecklenburg Medical Alliance & Endowment (MMAE)
President-Elect
8 Feature: Scott L. Furney, MD
Meet Your 2017 MCMS Board of Directors
and Leadership Treasurer
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
10 Member News
Secretary
10 New Members Robert L. Mittl, Jr., MD
Immediate Past-President
10 Upcoming Meetings & Events Simon V. Ward III, MD

10 2016 Election Results BOARD MEMBERS

11 At the Hospitals John R. Allbert, MD
Maureen L. Beurskens, MD
11 National Health & Wellness Observances for January
Raymond E. Brown, PA
13 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas May N. Doan, MD

14 Advertising Acknowledgements Donald D. Fraser, MD
W. Frank Ingram III, MD
14 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for January Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
Shivani P. Mehta, MD, MPH
On the Cover:
Babak Mokari, DO
2017 MCMS Annual Meeting B. Lauren Paton, MD
Thursday, January 19, Charlotte Country Club, 6:00 p.m. Andrew I. Sumich, MD
Member & Guest $60 ea.; Non-Member & Guest $75 ea.; Resident/Fellow & Guest $25 ea.
RSVP online at www.meckmed.org or call the MCMS office at 704-376-3688. EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS
Deadline is Thursday, January 12.
Tracei Ball, MD, President-Elect
1112 Harding Place, #200, Charlotte, NC 28204 Charlotte Medical Dental & Pharmaceutical Society
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meckmed@meckmed.org Sandi D. Buchanan, Executive Director
Mecklenburg County Medical Society
Copyright 2017 Mecklenburg County Medical Society
Karen Chandler, President
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