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Meet Your 2018 MCMS Board
Officers Kaiser Permanente in Northern Directors Medicine. He is board-certified in
California to academic medicine internal medicine and nephrology
Scott L. Furney, MD, President at Touro University California. He Sarah M. Edwards, MD and practices at Metrolina
founded Healing Arts Medical, Nephrology Associates.
Born in Lake Orion, Mich., Dr. an integrative medicine practice Dr. Edwards is a native of
Furney completed his medical in Charlotte in 2014. Mokari is Gatlinburg, Tenn., and has been Donald D. Fraser, MD
degree at the University of board-certified by the American
Board of Family Medicine and in Charlotte for a Dr. Fraser was born in Queens,
Michigan, where he is a fellow in the Academy of little over a year. She N.Y., but raised in Northern
also completed his Wilderness Medicine. attended the University
residency and chief of Tennessee and New Jersey. After
resident year in internal John R. Allbert, MD,Treasurer majored in exercise graduating from
medicine. Furney science and played basketball for Villanova University,
is chair of the Department of Born in Lubbock, Texas, Dr. the Lady Vols under legendary he earned his medical
Internal Medicine at Carolinas Allbert attended coach Pat Head Summit. She degree at New Jersey
Medical Center and Senior Texas Tech University attended medical school at Quillen Medical School. He completed
Medical Director of Academic and obtained his College of Medicine in Johnson his dermatology residency at
Operations. He remains clinically medical degree at the City, Tenn. While in medical UNC-Chapel Hill and moved
active, seeing both inpatients and University of Texas school, she was inducted into the to Charlotte to join the Nalle
outpatients at CMC. prestigious medical fraternity AOA Clinic. Fraser eventually went
Medical Branch. He completed and met her husband, Gaurav into solo practice, where he
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD, his residency in obstetrics and Bharti, MD. Edwards attended remained until recently joining
President-Elect gynecology at Carolinas Medical Wake Forest Baptist Medical Piedmont Plastic Surgery and
Center and a fellowship in Center for Emergency Medicine Dermatology. He is a past-
Dr. Moran is a native Charlottean maternal-fetal medicine at the residency and served as chief president of the North Carolina
who earned her undergraduate University of Mississippi Medical resident during her third year. Dermatology Association.
Center. He now is a maternal-fetal Edwards worked the next three
degree in biology medicine consultant with Novant years for Wake Forest as clinical Jane S. Harrell, MD
from Duke University. Health Maternal-Fetal Medicine faculty in multiple emergency
She then received Associates. He is a past-president departments in the state. She A North Carolina native,
her medical degree of the North Carolina Obstetrics moved with her family back to Dr. Harrell completed her
from Wake Forest and Gynecology Society and is Tennessee and worked part-time
University School of Medicine the current North Carolina Chair and taught first- and second-year undergraduate
and completed her residency for the American Congress of medical students at Quillen. Last degree at Davidson
in obstetrics and gynecology at Obstetrics and Gynecology. year, her husband joined Hunstad College and received
Carolinas Medical Center, serving Kortesis Bharti Cosmetic and her medical degree
as the administrative chief her Stephen J. Ezzo, MD, Immediate Plastic surgery in Charlotte. from Wake Forest
senior year. She is a Fellow of the Past-President Edwards has worked part-time for University School of Medicine.
American Congress of obstetrics MEMA in the Novant emergency She finished a residency in
and gynecology and has been Born in St. Petersburg, Fla., department in Matthews for the internal medicine and worked for
practicing in Charlotte since 2008. Dr. Ezzo graduated last year. She also is starting to Carolinas Medical Center for
from St. Louis practice wellness medicine at 13 years before starting
Babak Mokari, DO, Secretary University School Hunstad Kortesis Bharti Cosmetic H3 Healthcare.
of Medicine. He and Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Mokari grew up in Athens, completed his Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
Ohio. He received his E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
undergraduate and residency in pediatrics at Carolinas Dr. Keener is a native of Denver,
doctorate degrees in Medical Center. He currently Dr. Fisher attended Wake Forest Colo., but has lived most of his
osteopathic medicine is practicing at Novant Health University School of Medicine
from Ohio University. Matthews Children’s Clinic and is life in North Carolina.
a Physician Executive for Novant and completed his He graduated from
He completed a rotating internship Health. Ezzo has served on the residency at Carolinas Davidson College
at Henry Ford Health System Matheson Foundation Committee Medical Center. He and Duke University
and family medicine residency and as a delegate to the North also completed a Medical School, and
at Carolinas Healthcare System. Carolina Medical Society. fellowship at Wake then completed a residency in
His work experience spans Forest University School of family medicine at the Medical
from urgent care medicine at University of South Carolina in
Carolinas HealthCare System and Charleston, where he served as
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