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NEW MEMBERS                                                                           Member News

            Sarjoo M. Bhagia, MD                                   Christopher K. Kessler, MD
            Orthopedic Surgery                                     Emergency Medicine
            OrthoCarolina Spine Center                             EMP of Mecklenburg and Iredell County
            2001 Randolph Road, Charlotte, NC 28207                101 East W.T. Harris Blvd. #3109, Charlotte, NC 28262
            704-323-2225                                           330-445-4361, Ext. 1102
            University of Pune, 1989                               Indiana University, 2008

            Joshua C. Counihan, MD                                 Matthew J. McGirt, MD
            Obstetrics and Gynecology                              Neurological Surgery
            Eastover OB/GYN Associates                             Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates
            1025 Morehead Medical Drive #450, Charlotte, NC 28204  225 Baldwin Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204
            704-446-7800                                           704-376-1605
            Florida State University, 2011                         Duke University, 2003

            Brian M. Curtin, MD                                    Robert W. Miller, MD
            Orthopedic Surgery                                     Radiology
            OrthoCarolina Hip & Knee Center                        Gaston Radiology
            2001 Vail Ave. #200A, Charlotte, NC 28207              620 Summit Crossing Place #106, Gastonia, NC 28054
            704-323-2564                                           704-761-7730
            Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2005         Hahnemann University, 1988

            James E. Hill, PA-C                                    Michael D. Paloski, DO
            EMP of Mecklenburg and Iredell County                  Orthopedic Surgery
            101 East W.T. Harris Blvd. #3109, Charlotte, NC 28262  OrthoCarolina Pediatric Orthopedic Center
            330-445-4361, Ext. 1102                                1915 Randolph Road, Charlotte, NC 28207
            Duke University Physician Assistant Program            704-323-2543
                                                                   Ohio University, 2006
            Joy L. Hopkins, PA-C
            Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates               Steven D. Thies, MD
            225 Baldwin Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204                  General Surgery
            704-376-1605                                           Surgical Specialists of Charlotte
            Duquesne University, 2002                              10512 Park Road #101, Charlotte, NC 28210
                                                                   704-364-8100
            Lauren S. Jones, PA-C                                  University of Missouri, 1992
            Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates
            225 Baldwin Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204                  Leslie A. Ware, PA-C
            704-376-1605                                           Mount Holly Family Practice
            Jefferson College, 2012                                305 W. Catawba Ave., Mount Holly, NC 28120
                                                                   704-822-6200
                                                                   University of Nebraska, 1999

The Smith Arthritis Fund Committee                                                   Trivia answer from page 6:
Is Accepting Grant Applications                                                      Skier’s thumb was once known
                                                                                     as gamekeeper’s thumb.
The Smith Arthritis Fund was established in 1979 when Carolyn Kirkpatrick Smith      The twisting motion Scottish
donated $41,500 for arthritis research. This fund is administered through the        gamekeepers would make
Mecklenburg County Medical Society and is designed to support research projects      as they snapped the necks
as they relate to the needs of patients suffering from rheumatologic diseases. Each  of various vermin caused a
year the Committee awards about $1,000 per grant. There are no rigid restrictions.   repeated stress on the ulnar
The Smith Arthritis Fund Committee of the Mecklenburg County Medical Society is      collateral ligament. While
accepting grant applications from interested physicians through the end of June.     essentially the same injury,
Please contact the Medical Society office at 704-376-3688 for more information.      gamekeeper’s thumb is from
                                                                                     repetitive valgus force on the
                                                                                     abducted MCP joint, while
                                                                                     skier’s thumb is an acute
                                                                                     tearing/avulsion of the ligament.

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