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NEW MEMBERS Member News

Harlee B. Palmer, PA-C Upcoming Meetings & Events
Carolina Medical Associates
7108 Pineville-Matthews Road NOVEMBER
Photo not Charlotte, NC 28226
available. Meetings are at the MCMS office unless otherwise noted.

704-542-2191 n Friday-Saturday, Nov. 4-5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wingate Physician Assistant Program, 2014 Sunday, Nov. 6, Noon-5 p.m.
MMAE Holiday House.
Lisa W. Rentz, MD 1870 Queens Road West
Emergency Medicine
Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medical Associates n Saturday, Nov. 5
1900 Randolph Road #900 NCSG Board meeting.
Charlotte, NC 28207 Umstead Hotel, Cary, N.C..
704-377-2424
Drexel University, 2003 n Tuesday, Nov. 8
MedLink meeting.
Save the Date! Mecklenburg County Health Department.
8:30 a.m.
MCMS Annual
Dinner Meeting n Tuesday, Nov. 15
January magazine deadline.
Thursday, January 19, 2017, 6-9 p.m. n Charlotte Country Club
n Wednesday, Nov.16
Keynote Speaker MMAE Board meeting.
10 a.m.
Francine Mary Netter
Author of “Medicine’s Michelangelo: n Thursday, Nov. 17
The Life & Art of Frank H. Netter, MD” CAMGMA meeting.
Myers Park Baptist Church Cornwell Center.
Wine, Dessert Pairing, Book Signing Noon.
and Networking to follow
n Thursday, Nov. 17
Register at www.meckmed.org Charlotte Medical Society membership meeting.
or call the MCMS office at 704-376-3688. Time and location TBD.

Trivia answer from page 5: n Friday, Nov. 18
Child Health Committee meeting.
The Bubonic Plague, or “Black Death.” 7:30 a.m.
Ring around the rosy – symptoms of plague included a ring-shaped, rosy red rash.
A pocket full of posies – posies were carried both to minimize the smells emanating n Monday, Nov. 21 (tentative)
from those suffering from plague, and in the hope that the flower, mixed with herbs, MCMS Executive Committee meeting.
could ward off the disease. 5:45 p.m.
Ashes, ashes – this refers to cremation of bodies, as well as the ashen appearance of
victims. (The original line was “A-tishoo, A-tishoo” which refers to the symptoms of n Thursday-Friday, Nov. 24-25
sneezing and coughing). MCMS office closed for Thanksgiving.
We all fall down! – unfortunately, this is what happened to most people with plague.
n Tuesday, Nov. 29
MCMS President’s Dinner/Board meeting.
Charlotte Country Club.
6 p.m.

DECEMBER
n Tuesday, Dec. 13

MedLink meeting.
Mecklenburg County Health Department.
8:30 a.m.
n Thursday, Dec. 15
CAMGMA Holiday Party.
Charlotte Country Club.
4-8 p.m.
n Thursday, Dec. 15
February magazine deadline.
n Friday-Monday, Dec . 23-26
MCMS office closed for Christmas.

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