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Table of Contents March 2017
Vol. 47 No. 3
5 President’s Letter:
Brave New World OFFICERS

By Stephen J. Ezzo, MD, President, MCMS President
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
6 Feature:
20 Years Later, Procedure Developed By President-Elect
Charlotte Neurosurgeon Still Helping Patients Scott L. Furney, MD
Recover More Quickly
Treasurer
8 Mecklenburg Medical Alliance & Endowment (MMAE) Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
8 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for March
8 National Health & Wellness Observances for March Secretary
10 Feature: Robert L. Mittl, Jr., MD
Immediate Past-President
MCMS Annual Meeting Simon V. Ward III, MD
13 Member News
13 New Members BOARD MEMBERS
13 Upcoming Meetings & Events
14 At the Hospitals John R. Allbert, MD
16 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas Maureen L. Beurskens, MD
16 Advertising Acknowledgements
17 MedLink 5th Annual Community Forum: Raymond E. Brown, PA
May N. Doan, MD
Reducing Unnecessary ER Visits
Donald D. Fraser, MD
1112 Harding Place, #200, Charlotte, NC 28204 W. Frank Ingram III, MD
704-376-3688 • FAX 704-376-3173 Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
meckmed@meckmed.org Shivani P. Mehta, MD, MPH

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