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Table of Contents May 2017
Vol. 47 No. 5
5 President’s Letter:
Me and You and an EHR Named “System Error” OFFICERS
President
By Stephen J. Ezzo, MD, President, MCMS
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
7 Feature: President-Elect
A Mother’s Story: Caring for My Transgender Child
Scott L. Furney, MD
By Connie Norris, PFLAG Treasurer

8 Mecklenburg Medical Alliance & Endowment (MMAE) Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
8 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for May and June Secretary
8 National Health & Wellness Observances for May
9 Feature: Robert L. Mittl, Jr., MD
Immediate Past-President
Support Your Local Farmers Markets
10 Member News Simon V. Ward III, MD
10 New Members
10 Upcoming Meetings & Events BOARD MEMBERS
11 At the Hospitals John R. Allbert, MD
13 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas
13 Advertising Acknowledgements Maureen L. Beurskens, MD
Raymond E. Brown, PA
1112 Harding Place, #200, Charlotte, NC 28204 May N. Doan, MD
704-376-3688 • FAX 704-376-3173 Donald D. Fraser, MD
meckmed@meckmed.org W. Frank Ingram III, MD

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Shivani P. Mehta, MD, MPH
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