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T able of Contents Nov./Dec. 2018
Vol. 48 No. 10
5 President’s Letter:
Practicing Gratitude OFFICERS
President
By Scott L. Furney, MD, President, MCMS
Scott L. Furney, MD
6 Current Residents and Fellows —
Voting Members of MCMS President-Elect
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
8 Member News
8 New Members Secretary
8 Upcoming Meetings & Events Babak Mokari, DO
8 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings
Treasurer
for November/December John R. Allbert, MD
8 National Health & Wellness Observances
9 Feature: Immediate Past-President
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
Mecklenburg County Medical Society ...
Celebrating 115 Years of Service BOARD MEMBERS
10 At the Hospitals
12 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas Raymond E. Brown, PA
12 Advertising Acknowledgements Sarah M. Edwards, MD
E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
1112 Harding Place, #200, Charlotte, NC 28204 Donald D. Fraser, MD
704-376-3688 • FAX 704-376-3173 Vishal Goyal, MD, MPH
meckmed@meckmed.org
Jane S. Harrell, MD
Copyright 2018 Mecklenburg County Medical Society Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH

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Sandi D. Buchanan, Executive Director
Mecklenburg County Medical Society

Darlyne Menscer, MD
NCMS Delegate to the AMA

Meg Sullivan, MD, Medical Director
Mecklenburg County Health Department

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Mecklenburg EMS Agency

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