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Table of Contents March 2018
Vol. 48 No. 3
6 President’s Letter:
Docere — “To Teach” OFFICERS
President
By Scott L. Furney, MD, President, MCMS
Scott L. Furney, MD
7 Member News
7 Women Physicians Section Meet and Mingle President-Elect
8 New Members Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
9 Upcoming Meetings & Events
9 2018 President’s Award Secretary
9 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for March Babak Mokari, DO
10 Feature:
2018 MCMS Annual Meeting, Treasurer
featuring Karen Garloch John R. Allbert, MD
12 Feature:
Should You Compete With a Non-Compete Immediate Past-President
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
By John R. Allbert, MD and John Buric, Esq.
BOARD MEMBERS
12 National Health & Wellness Observances, March Raymond E. Brown, PA
13 Feature: Sarah M. Edwards, MD
Diabetes and Welfare E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
Donald D. Fraser, MD
By Gordon Hull, Director, Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, Vishal Goyal, MD, MPH
Associate Professor Philosophy and Public Policy, UNC Charlotte
Jane S. Harrell, MD
14 At the Hospitals Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
16 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas
16 Advertising Acknowledgements B. Lauren Paton, MD
Anna T. Schmelzer, MD
On the Cover:
Rachel L. Storey, DO
Women Physicians Meet and Mingle — for more information, see page 7. Andrew I. Sumich, MD
G. Bernard Taylor, MD
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