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Table of Contents March 2020
Vol. 50 No. 3
5 President’s Letter:
What Is Your Net Worth? OFFICERS

By John R. Allbert, MD, President President
John R. Allbert, MD
6 Member News
6 New Members President-Elect
7 Upcoming Meetings & Events Babak Mokari, DO
7 Tips for Submitting Articles to
Mecklenburg Medicine Magazine Secretary/Treasurer
By Mark Ethridge, Author and MCMS Consultant Kate E. Long, MD
8 2020 MCMS Annual Celebration Dinner
9 2020 NC Breathe Immediate Past-President
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
Clean Air Carolina and MAHA (Medical Advocates for Healthy Air)
BOARD MEMBERS
10 National Health & Wellness Observances for March
11 Feature: Hamza Beano, MD
A Right to Bacteria? Anthony J. Caprio, MD
Marc R. Carruth, MD
By Gordon Hull, Director, Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
Associate Professor Philosophy and Public Policy, UNC Charlotte
Jane S. Harrell, MD
11 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for March Katherine Li, MD
12 At the Hospitals B. Lauren Paton, MD
14 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas Bennal M. Perkins, MD
14 Advertising Acknowledgements Patricia K. Roddey, MD
Anna T. Schmelzer, MD
1112 Harding Place, Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28204 Andrew I. Sumich, MD
704-376-3688 • FAX 704-376-3173 G. Bernard Taylor, MD
meckmed@meckmed.org Christine S. Wu, MD

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Mecklenburg Medicine is published 10 times per year by the Mecklenburg County Medical Society, 1112 Harding Place, suite Tracei D. Ball, MD, President
100, Charlotte, NC 28204. Opinions expressed by authors are their own, and not necessarily those of Mecklenburg Medicine or Charlotte Medical Dental & Pharmaceutical Society
the Mecklenburg County Medical Society. Mecklenburg Medicine reserves the right to edit all contributions for clarity and length,
as well as to reject any material submitted. Mecklenburg Medicine is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts. Sandi D. Buchanan, Executive Director
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Ethridge at mecklenburgmedicine@gmail.com. Acceptance of advertising for this publication in no way constitutes NCMS Delegate to the AMA
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Meg Sullivan, MD, Medical Director
We welcome your comments and suggestions: Mecklenburg County Health Department
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Charlotte, NC 28204. 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
John R. Allbert, MD

Managing Editor
Sandi D. Buchanan

Copy Editors
Lee McCracken
Stephanie Smith

Advertising
Mark Ethridge
mecklenburgmedicine@gmail.com

Editorial Board
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
Scott L. Furney, MD
Darlene Menscer, MD
Jessica Schorr Saxe, MD

Graphic Design
Wade Baker

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