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T able of Contents June 2018
Vol. 48 No. 6
5 President’s Letter:
A Love Story OFFICERS
President
By Scott L. Furney, MD, President, MCMS
Scott L. Furney, MD
5 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for June
6 Member News President-Elect
6 New Members Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
7 Upcoming Meetings & Events
8 Welton Society Spring Luncheon Secretary
8 Beat the Heat During the Dog Days of Summer Babak Mokari, DO
10 MedLink Forum
11 At the Hospitals Treasurer
13 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas John R. Allbert, MD
13 National Health & Wellness Observances for June
13 Advertising Acknowledgements Immediate Past-President
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
On the Cover:
BOARD MEMBERS
See page 8 for tips to beat the heat. Raymond E. Brown, PA
Sarah M. Edwards, MD
1112 Harding Place, #200, Charlotte, NC 28204 E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
704-376-3688 • FAX 704-376-3173 Donald D. Fraser, MD
meckmed@meckmed.org Vishal Goyal, MD, MPH

Copyright 2018 Mecklenburg County Medical Society Jane S. Harrell, MD
Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
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Sandi D. Buchanan, Executive Director
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NCMS Delegate to the AMA

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Mecklenburg EMS Agency

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MECKLENBURG MEDICINE STAFF
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Scott L. Furney, MD

Managing Editor
Sandi D. Buchanan

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