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Save the Date!
ANNUAL MEETING In an effort to assist MCMS members who want to volunteer in our area, we are
n n March 7 n n partnering with Physicians Reach Out (PRO), a nonprofit 501(C)3 the Medical Society
founded. Wewillbesendingoutanemailwiththeshortformneededtoregisterasa
The speaker for the 2019 MCMSAnnual Meeting will be
John M. Barry. He is an award-winning and best-selling volunteer. You will then have the ability to volunteer whenever you would like.
author, whose books also have involved him in policy-making. Physicians Reach Out provides primary, specialty and dental care to eligible uninsured
residents in Mecklenburg County. All providers are volunteers who see PRO patients in
The NationalAcademies of Science theirownoffices. Patientshaveaccesstoacasemanagementteamofsocialworkers
named his 2004 book, “The Great
Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest andnursecase managerswhoprovidewraparoundservices.
Pandemic in History,” a study of the PRO also partners with NC MedAssist to ensure patients have access
1918 pandemic, the year’s outstanding
book on science or medicine. The to prescription medication.
Society ofAmerican Historians named
his earlier book, “Rising Tide: The Great Providers Needed:
Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It
ChangedAmerica,” the year’s best book PrimaryCarePhysicians n Urologist n Neurologist n Dermatologist
ofAmerican history, and in 2005 the New York Public Library Rheumatologist n Ophthalmologist n ENT n Dentist
named “Rising Tide” one of the 50 best books — whether
poetry, fiction, or non-fiction — in the preceding 50 years. Complete the form on Page 7 and return by fax to Care Ring at 704-943-3739.
Barry is the only non-scientist ever to give the National
Academies of Sciences Abel Wolman Distinguished Lecture, CHARLOTTE AHEC COURSE OFFERINGS
and he was the only non-scientist on a federal government
Infectious Disease Board of Experts. His articles have Charlotte AHEC is part of the N.C. Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program
appeared in the scientific journals Nature and Journal of and Carolinas HealthCare System.
Infectious Disease, and in such lay publications as The
New York Times, Time and The Washington Post. Barry JANUARY 2019
has been a guest on every broadcast network in the United Continuing Medical Education (CME)
States, including such shows as NBC’s “Meet the Press” and
NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Webinar: Project ECHO: Sickle Cell
A member of the original team which began the planning Online: Breaking the Cycle: Opioid Epidemic - Alternatives to Opioids in Primary Care
of “non-pharmaceutical interventions,” he advised the Bush Online: Breaking the Cycle: Opioid Epidemic - Chronic Pain and Safe Opioid
and Obama administrations on influenza preparedness
and response. After Hurricane Katrina, the Louisiana Prescribing Best Practices
congressional delegation asked him to chair a bipartisan Online: Breaking the Cycle: Opioid Epidemic - Considerations of
working group on flood protection, and he served on both
the levee board protecting metropolitan New Orleans and Co-Morbid Mood and Anxiety in Chronic Pain
the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Online: Breaking the Cycle: Opioid Epidemic - Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
which is responsible for the state’s hurricane protection. Online: Breaking the Cycle: Opioid Epidemic - Pain Management in the Cancer Patient
Barry has worked with the private sector and with state, Online: Breaking the Cycle: Opioid Epidemic - Responsible Pain Management
federal, United Nations and World Health Organization
officials on influenza, water-related disasters and risk in the Emergency Department
communication. A member of numerous advisory boards, Online: CHS Approach to Sepsis and Infected Patients Requiring Hospitalization
Barry is Distinguished Scholar at Tulane University’s Online: Heart Failure Patient Education for Primary Care Providers
Bywater Institute and adjunct faculty at the Tulane University Online: High-Risk Medications in the Elderly
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Online: Introduction to HCCs for Practice Managers and Physicians
Online: Medical Genomics 101
Online: Protecting Your Patients From Air Pollution
Online: The Role of the PCP in the Management of Pediatric Obesity (5-2-1-0 Principles)
For more information or to register for these courses, call 704-512-6523
or visit www.charlotteahec.org.
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