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Table of Contents January 2018
Vol. 48 No. 1
6 President’s Letter:
To Unite, Serve and Represent OFFICERS
President
By Scott L. Furney, MD, President, MCMS
Scott L. Furney, MD
6 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for January
7 Feature: President-Elect
North Carolina Hospitals Offer Breath Elizabeth B. Moran, MD

of Fresh Air, Literally Secretary
Babak Mokari, DO
By Stephanie Carson, N.C. Public News Service
Treasurer
8 Feature: John R. Allbert, MD
HPV Vaccine: Why or Why Not?
Immediate Past-President
By James B. Hall, MD Stephen J. Ezzo, MD

9 Feature: BOARD MEMBERS
The Importance of Addressing Mental Health: Raymond E. Brown, PA
A Teen’s Perspective Sarah M. Edwards, MD
E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
By Rachel Musa, Member of the Teen Advisory Board, Donald D. Fraser, MD
Teen Health Connection Vishal Goyal, MD, MPH

10 2018 MCMS Board of Directors and Leadership Jane S. Harrell, MD
12 Member News Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
12 New Members
14 Upcoming Meetings & Events B. Lauren Paton, MD
14 MCMS Election Results Anna T. Schmelzer, MD
14 National Health & Wellness Observances, January
14 Advertising Acknowledgements Rachel L. Storey, DO
15 At the Hospitals Andrew I. Sumich, MD
17 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas G. Bernard Taylor, MD

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