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d of Directors and Leadership
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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