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T able of Contents June 2019
Vol. 49 No. 6
5 President’s Letter:
One Day Away OFFICERS

By Elizabeth B. Moran, President, MCMS President
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
6 Feature:
Discover All That Park and Recreation Has to Offer President-Elect
John R. Allbert, MD
8 Member News Secretary/Treasurer
9 New Members Babak Mokari, DO
9 Upcoming Meetings and Events Immediate Past-President
10 At the Hospitals Scott L. Furney, MD
10 National Health & Wellness Observances
12 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas BOARD MEMBERS
12 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for June
13 Feature: Raymond E. Brown, PA
Sarah M. Edwards, MD
Support Your Local Farmers Markets E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
14 Advertising Acknowledgements
Jane S. Harrell, MD
1112 Harding Place, Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28204 Kate E. Long, MD
704-376-3688 • FAX 704-376-3173 B. Lauren Paton, MD
meckmed@meckmed.org Bennal M. Perkins, MD
Patricia K. Roddey, MD
Copyright 2019 Mecklenburg County Medical Society Anna T. Schmelzer, MD
Mecklenburg Medicine is published 10 times per year by the Mecklenburg County Medical Society, 1112 Harding Place, suite Andrew I. Sumich, MD
100, Charlotte, NC 28204. Opinions expressed by authors are their own, and not necessarily those of Mecklenburg Medicine or G. Bernard Taylor, MD
the Mecklenburg County Medical Society. Mecklenburg Medicine reserves the right to edit all contributions for clarity and length, Christine S. Wu, MD
as well as to reject any material submitted. Mecklenburg Medicine is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts.
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Ethridge at mecklenburgmedicine@gmail.com. Acceptance of advertising for this publication in no way constitutes Charlotte Medical Dental & Pharmaceutical Society
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We welcome your comments and suggestions: Sandi D. Buchanan, Executive Director
Call 704-376-3688 or write Mecklenburg Medicine, c/o Mecklenburg County Medical Society, 1112 Harding Place, suite 100, Mecklenburg County Medical Society
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Darlyne Menscer, MD
NCMS Delegate to the AMA

Meg Sullivan, MD, Medical Director
Mecklenburg County Health Department

Douglas R. Swanson, MD, FACEP
Medical Director, Mecklenburg EMS Agency

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Executive Director
Sandi D. Buchanan
Finance & Membership Director
Stephanie D. Smith
Meetings & Special Events Coordinator

Jenny H. Otto

MECKLENBURG MEDICINE STAFF

Editor
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD

Managing Editor
Sandi D. Buchanan

Copy Editors
Lee McCracken
Stephanie Smith

Advertising
Mark Ethridge
mecklenburgmedicine@gmail.com

Editorial Board
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
N. Neil Howell, MD
Jessica Schorr Saxe, MD

Graphic Design
Wade Baker

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