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Table of Contents July/August 2017
Vol. 47 No. 7
4 President’s Letter:
The Art of Restraint OFFICERS
President
By Stephen J. Ezzo, MD, President, MCMS
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
5 Feature: President-Elect
I Heart Water Initiative
Scott L. Furney, MD
By Allison Nelson, MS, RD, LDN, Supervisor, Mecklenburg County Public Treasurer
Health
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
6 Healthy Charlotte Alliance Secretary
7 Committee News:
No School = No Learning Robert L. Mittl, Jr., MD
Striving For ‘No Missed Days of School’ This Year Immediate Past-President

By Courtney Brantley, MD, Pediatric Resident, Carolinas HealthCare Simon V. Ward III, MD
System’s Levine Children’s Hospital and MCMS Child Health
Committee Member BOARD MEMBERS
John R. Allbert, MD
8 Member News
8 Upcoming Meetings & Events Maureen L. Beurskens, MD
Raymond E. Brown, PA
8 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for July/August May N. Doan, MD
9 National Health & Wellness Observances Donald D. Fraser, MD
W. Frank Ingram III, MD
for July/August
9 Advertising Acknowledgements Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
10 At the Hospitals Shivani P. Mehta, MD, MPH
12 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas
Babak Mokari, DO
1112 Harding Place, #200, Charlotte, NC 28204 B. Lauren Paton, MD
704-376-3688 • FAX 704-376-3173 Rachel L. Storey, MD
meckmed@meckmed.org Andrew I. Sumich, MD

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Sandi D. Buchanan

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