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T able of Contents Nov./Dec. 2017
Vol. 47 No. 10
5 President’s Letter:
Saying Goodbye OFFICERS

By Stephen J. Ezzo, MD, President, MCMS President
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
6 Member News
6 In Memoriam President-Elect
6 Congratulations to Practices Scott L. Furney, MD
7 Current Medical Residents and Fellows
Treasurer
in Mecklenburg County Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
8 MCMS Membership
Secretary
By Elizabeth B. Moran, MD Robert L. Mittl, Jr., MD
Immediate Past-President
8 Upcoming Meetings & Events Simon V. Ward III, MD
8 New Members
9 Physician Membership Application BOARD MEMBERS
10 Physician Assistant Membership Application
11 At the Hospitals John R. Allbert, MD
13 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas Maureen L. Beurskens, MD
13 Advertising Acknowledgements
14 National Health & Wellness Observances Raymond E. Brown, PA
for November-December May N. Doan, MD
14 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for
Donald D. Fraser, MD
November-December W. Frank Ingram III, MD
Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
On the Cover: Shivani P. Mehta, MD, MPH

Karen Garloch was the medical writer at the Charlotte Observer from 1987 to 2017. She was Babak Mokari, DO
part of a team of reporters and editors who were finalists for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Local B. Lauren Paton, MD
Reporting for the series “Prognosis: Profits.” Register online at www.meckmed.org. Rachel L. Storey, MD
Andrew I. Sumich, MD
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