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Carolina in Charleston, where       degrees in osteopathic medicine     musculoskeletal medicine in        both her undergraduate degree
he served as Chief Resident. He     from Ohio University. He            Winston-Salem, he returned                       in Biology and
later earned an MPH in health                                                                                            medical degree. She
policy and administration from                    completed a rotating                to Charlotte to                    is currently a second
the School of Public Health at                    internship at                       work at Carolina                   year family medicine
UNC-Chapel Hill, completed a                      Henry Ford Health                   Neurosurgery and                   resident at Carolinas
residency in general preventive                   System and family                   Spine Associates in                Medical Center, and
medicine and is Board-certified                   medicine residency                  2006, where he has
in public health and general                      at Carolinas                        worked since. Prior  starting July 2017 will be the
preventive medicine. Keener         Healthcare System. His work         to moving to North Carolina,       president of the CMC House Staff
serves as medical director with     experience spans from urgent        he completed undergraduate         Liaison Committee.
Mecklenburg County Public           care medicine at Carolinas          studies at Texas Christian
Health, where he is a career        Healthcare System and Kaiser        University followed by medical     Also serving on the Board as
public health physician.            Permanente in Northern              school at LSU School of            Ex-Officio Members
                                    California to academic              Medicine in New Orleans.
Shivani P. Mehta, MD, MPH           medicine at Touro University                                           Tracei Ball, MD
              Dr. Mehta             California. He founded Healing      Physician                          President-Elect, Charlotte Medical
              completed her         Arts Medical, an integrative        Assistant                          Dental and Pharmaceutical Society
              pediatric residency   medicine practice in Charlotte      Representative
              at Carolinas Medical  in 2014. Mokari is Board-                                              Sandi D. Buchanan
              Center in 2011        certified by the American           Raymond E. Brown, PA               MCMS Executive Director
              and is an attending   Board of Family Medicine and        As the first PA Board member,
                                    is a fellow in the Academy of       Brown brings a wealth of           Karen Chandler
physician at CHS’s safety net       Wilderness Medicine.                                                   President, Mecklenburg Medical
clinic, Myers Park Pediatrics,                                                        experience to the    Alliance & Endowment
where she also is faculty for       B. Lauren Paton, MD                               Board. He joined
pediatric residents and medical     Dr. Paton was born in Ottawa,                     Charlotte Eye Ear    Docia E. Hickey, MD
students. She trained at the                                                          Nose & Throat        NCMS Past-President
University of Michigan Medical                    Ontario  and earned                 Associates in 1993,
School and received her MPH at                    her undergraduate                   after practicing     Darlyne Menscer, MD
Harvard School of Public Health.                  degree in biology     general medicine for nine          NCMS Delegate to the AMA and
Mehta is involved in several                      from University of    years. Brown has specialized       Chair of the NCMS Committee on
CHS and community-affiliated                      Western Ontario.      in otolaryngology for the past     Medical Education
childhood obesity projects,                       She then received     13 years. He is a member of
including being an advisory         her medical degree from             the North Carolina Medical         Marcus Plescia, MD
team member of the Healthy          University of Cincinnati and        Society, president of Metrolina    Health Director, Mecklenburg
Weight Healthy Child Coalition      completed her residency in          Association of Physician           County Health Department
and the CHS Healthy Together        general surgery  at Carolinas       Assistants, vice-president of
campaign. She serves on the         Medical Center.  She is a           the North Carolina Academy         Douglas R. Swanson, MD,
MCMS Child Health Committee         Fellow of the American College      of Physician Assistants and a      FACEP
and is a faculty member of          of Surgeons and has been on         trustee for the North Carolina     Medical Director, Mecklenburg
the Carolinas Collaborative,        faculty with the Department of      Association of Physician           EMS Agency and member of the
a project within the pediatric      Surgery at Carolinas Medical        Assistants Endowment.              North Carolina EMS Advisory
residency programs in North         Center  since 2011.                                                    Council
and South Carolina to improve                                           Resident
advocacy training and address       Andrew I. Sumich, MD                Representative                     Mecklenburg County Medical
toxic stress.                       Dr. Sumich was born in                                                 Society Executive Staff
                                    Metairie, La. He moved to           May N. Doan, MD
Babak Mokari, DO                    Charlotte in 2002 for his           Dr. Doan is a native Charlottean   Sandi D. Buchanan
Dr. Mokari grew up in               residency in physical medicine      and attended the University of     Executive Director
Athens, Ohio. He received his       and rehabilitation at CMC.          North Carolina at Chapel Hill for
undergraduate and doctorate         Following a fellowship in                                              Stephanie D. Smith
                                    interventional spine and                                               Finance and Membership
                                                                                                           Coordinator

                                                                                                           Jenny H. Otto
                                                                                                           Meetings and Special Events
                                                                                                           Coordinator

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