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T able of Contents March 2019
Vol. 49 No. 3
5 President’s Letter:
A Place at the Table OFFICERS

By Elizabeth B. Moran, President, MCMS President
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
6 Feature:
Medic Partners With Atrium Health and President-Elect
John R. Allbert, MD
N ovant Health to Improve Cardiac Arrest Outcomes Secretary/Treasurer
Babak Mokari, DO
By Doug Swanson, MD, FACEP, FAEMS, and Immediate Past-President
Grace Nelson, Public Information Officer, Medic Scott L. Furney, MD

7 Member News/New Members BOARD MEMBERS
8 Upcoming Meetings and Events
9 Volunteering Made Easy With Physicians Reach Out Raymond E. Brown, PA
10 MedLink 7th Annual Community Health Forum Sarah M. Edwards, MD
10 Safe Alliance Launches Vital Hotline in Charlotte E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
11 At the Hospitals
13 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas Jane S. Harrell, MD
13 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for March Kate E. Long, MD
13 National Health & Wellness Observances B. Lauren Paton, MD
13 Advertising Acknowledgements Bennal M. Perkins, MD
Patricia K. Roddey, MD
On the Cover: Anna T. Schmelzer, MD
Andrew I. Sumich, MD
Stephen Ezzo, MD, outgoing MCMS president (2016-2017), passing the gavel to incoming G. Bernard Taylor, MD
2018 President, Scott Furney, MD. At the 2019 Annual Meeting on March 7, the gavel will Christine S. Wu, MD
be passed from Dr. Furney to Elizabeth Moran, MD, this year’s MCMS president.
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