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T able of Contents July/August 2019
Vol. 49 No. 7
5 President’s Letter:
Communication OFFICERS

By Elizabeth B. Moran, MD, President, MCMS President
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
6 Feature:
Where Did We Go Wrong? A Pediatric Perspective President-Elect
John R. Allbert, MD
By Sara E. Horstmann, MD, Chair, Child Health Committee Secretary/Treasurer
Babak Mokari, DO
7 Feature: Immediate Past-President
Community Spotlight: Building a Resilient Charlotte Scott L. Furney, MD

By Stefanie Reed, DO, FAAP BOARD MEMBERS

8 Feature: Raymond E. Brown, PA
How Immunotherapy is Transforming Cancer Sarah M. Edwards, MD
E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
T reatment Options for Patients
Jane S. Harrell, MD
By Justin Favaro, MD, PhD, Oncology Specialists of Charlotte, PA Kate E. Long, MD
B. Lauren Paton, MD
8 National Health & Wellness Observances Bennal M. Perkins, MD
Patricia K. Roddey, MD
9 Member News Anna T. Schmelzer, MD
Andrew I. Sumich, MD
9 New Members G. Bernard Taylor, MD
Christine S. Wu, MD
9 Upcoming Meetings and Events
EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS
10 At the Hospitals
Tracei D. Ball, MD, President
12 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas Charlotte Medical Dental & Pharmaceutical Society

13 Fighting for Women With Fashion Sandi D. Buchanan, Executive Director
Mecklenburg County Medical Society
14 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for July/August
Darlyne Menscer, MD
14 Advertising Acknowledgements NCMS Delegate to the AMA

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