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Meet Your 2019 MCMS Board
Officers Babak Mokari, DO, Medicine in Johnson City, Tenn. a residency in internal medicine
Secretary/Treasurer While in medical school, she and worked for Carolinas
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD, President was inducted into the prestigious Medical Center 13 years before
Dr. Mokari grew up inAthens, Ohio. medical fraternity AOA and met starting H3 Healthcare.
Dr. Moran is a native Charlottean He received his undergraduate and her husband, Gaurav Bharti,
and daughter of Jane Box, MD, MD. Edwards completed her Kate E. Long, MD
doctorate degrees in emergency medicine residency
and MCMS Past- osteopathic medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Dr. Long is a North Carolina native.
President, Patrick Box, from Ohio University. Center and served as chief resident
MD. After graduating He completed a rotating during her third year. She worked She received her undergraduate
from Charlotte Country internship at Henry Ford the next three years at Wake Forest
Day School, she earned Health System and family medicine as clinical faculty in multiple and medical degrees at the
her undergraduate degree in biology residency at Carolinas Medical emergency departments in the
from Duke University and her Center. His work experience state. She moved with her family University of North
medical degree from Wake Forest spans from urgent care medicine back to Tennessee and worked part
University School of Medicine. at Atrium Health and Kaiser time and taught first- and second- Carolina-Chapel Hill.
She completed her residency Permanente in Northern California year medical students at Quillen.
in obstetrics and gynecology at to academic medicine at Touro In 2017, her husband joined After completing
Carolinas Medical Center, serving University California. In 2014, he Hunstad Kortesis Bharti Cosmetic
as the chief resident her senior founded Healing Arts Medical, an and Plastic surgery and she her family medicine
year. She is a Fellow of the integrative medicine practice in worked part-time for Mid-Atlantic
American Congress of Obstetrics Charlotte. Mokari is board-certified Emergency Medical Associates in residency at Carolinas
and Gynecology and has been by the American Board of Family the Novant emergency department
practicing in Charlotte since Medicine and is a Fellow in the in Matthews. Edwards also is Medical Center, she joined a
2008. In addition to spending time Academy of Wilderness Medicine. practicing wellness medicine at
with her husband and two young Hunstad Kortesis Bharti Cosmetic practice with Piedmont Physicians
daughters, her latest adventure Scott L. Furney, MD, Immediate and Plastic Surgery.
was starting her independent Past-President Group in Atlanta. In 2014, she
practice, Premier Gynecology, E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
which began welcoming patients Born in Lake Orion, Mich., Dr. Fisher is a native Charlottean. returned to Charlotte to work
in September 2018. Dr. Furney completed his He attended Rhodes College and
with Novant Health. In 2016,
medical degree at then attended the Wake
the University of Forest University she opened a direct primary
Michigan, where he School of Medicine
also completed his and completed his care practice in partnership with
residency and chief residency at Carolinas
resident year in internal medicine. Medical Center. He also Wellness Coalition of America,
Furney is chair of the Department completed a fellowship at Wake
of Internal Medicine at Carolinas Forest University School of where she provides care to local
Medical Center and senior Medicine. He is board-certified in
medical director of Academic internal medicine and nephrology small businesses.
Operations. He remains clinically and practices at Metrolina
John R. Allbert, MD, President-Elect active, seeing both inpatients and Nephrology Associates. B. Lauren Paton, MD
outpatients at CMC.
Born in Lubbock, Texas, Dr. Jane S. Harrell, MD Dr. Paton was born in Ottawa,
Directors A North Carolina native, Ontario, and earned her
Allbert attended Texas Tech Dr. Harrell completed her undergraduate degree in biology
Sarah M. Edwards, MD
University and obtained his undergraduate degree from the University
Dr. Edwards is a native of at Davidson College of Western Ontario.
medical degree at the and received her She received her
Gatlinburg, Tenn. She attended medical degree from medical degree from
University of Texas Wake Forest University the University of
the University of School of Medicine. She finished Cincinnati and completed her
Medical Branch. residency in general surgery at
Tennessee and majored Carolinas Medical Center. She is
He completed his a Fellow of theAmerican College
in exercise science of Surgeons and has been on
residency in obstetrics faculty with the Department of
and played basketball Surgery at Carolinas Medical
and gynecology at Carolinas Center since 2011.
for the Lady Vols
Medical Center and a fellowship
under legendary coach Pat Head
in maternal-fetal medicine at the
Summit. She attended medical
University of Mississippi Medical Bennal M. Perkins, MD
school at Quillen College of
Center. He now is a consultant Dr. Perkins was born in St.
Paul, Minn. She completed
with Novant Health Maternal- her undergraduate degree at
Fetal Medicine Associates. He George Washington
University with a
is a past-president of the N.C. bachelor of science
degree in biological
Obstetrics and Gynecology sciences. She received
her medical degree at Rutgers
Society and is the current state University Robert Wood Johnson
chair for the American Congress
of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Allbert recently was elected to
the Society of Maternal-Fetal
Medicine Board of Directors.
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