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T able of Contents July/August 2016
Vol. 46 No. 7
5 President’s Letter:
Wherever You Are, That’s Home OFFICERS

By Stephen J. Ezzo, MD, President, MCMS President
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
6 Feature:
Having Both Too Much, and Too Little, Free Speech Secretary
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
By Gordon Hull, PhD, Director, Center for Professional and Applied Ethics
UNC Charlotte Treasurer
Scott L. Furney, MD
7 Feature: Immediate Past President
Clean Air Prescription Essential Simon V. Ward III, MD
for Summertime Health
BOARD MEMBERS
By Laura Wenzel, MSW, Manager, Medical Advocates for Healthy Air
John R. Allbert, MD
7 Advertising Acknowledgements Maureen L. Beurskens, MD
8 MMAE
8 Health Assessments Law for Public School Raymond E. Brown, PA
W. Frank Ingram III, MD
Students Updated Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
8 National Health & Wellness Observances, July/August Scott S. Lindblom, MD
9 Member News Shivani P. Mehta, MD, MPH
9 New Members Robert L. Mittl, Jr., MD
9 In Memoriam
9 Upcoming Meetings & Events Babak Mokari, DO
9 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings Cameron B. Simmons, Jr., MD
10 Feature: Cheryl L. Walker-McGill, MD, MBA

100 Years: National Park Service Celebration EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS

By Lee McCracken, Contributing Writer Sandi D. Buchanan, Executive Director
Mecklenburg County Medical Society
11 At the Hospitals
13 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas Karen Chandler, President
Mecklenburg Medical Alliance & Endowment
1112 Harding Place, #200, Charlotte, NC 28204
704-376-3688 • FAX 704-376-3173 Michelle Conner, DDS, President
meckmed@meckmed.org Charlotte Medical Dental & Pharmaceutical Society

Copyright 2016 Mecklenburg County Medical Society Docia E. Hickey, MD
NCMS President
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