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Table of Contents Nov./Dec. 2019
Vol. 49 No. 10
6 President’s Letter:
Originals OFFICERS

By Elizabeth B. Moran, MD, President, MCMS President
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
7 Member News
7 Upcoming Meetings and Events President-Elect
8 Member Mix and Mingle at Legion Brewing John R. Allbert, MD
Secretary/Treasurer
Sponsored by TowneBank Babak Mokari, DO
Immediate Past-President
8 David G. Welton, MD, Society Fall Luncheon Scott L. Furney, MD
9 2020 Membership Renewal Form
10 At the Hospitals BOARD MEMBERS
12 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas
13 National Health & Wellness Observances Hamza M. Beano, MD
November/December Raymond E. Brown, PA
13 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings Sarah M. Edwards, MD
for November/December E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
14 Advertising Acknowledgements
Jane S. Harrell, MD
1112 Harding Place, Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28204 Katherine K. Li, MD
704-376-3688 • FAX 704-376-3173 Kate E. Long, MD
meckmed@meckmed.org B. Lauren Paton, MD
Bennal M. Perkins, MD
Copyright 2019 Mecklenburg County Medical Society Patricia K. Roddey, MD
Anna T. Schmelzer, MD
Mecklenburg Medicine is published 10 times per year by the Mecklenburg County Medical Society, 1112 Harding Place, suite Andrew I. Sumich, MD
100, Charlotte, NC 28204. Opinions expressed by authors are their own, and not necessarily those of Mecklenburg Medicine or G. Bernard Taylor, MD
the Mecklenburg County Medical Society. Mecklenburg Medicine reserves the right to edit all contributions for clarity and length, Christine S. Wu, MD
as well as to reject any material submitted. Mecklenburg Medicine is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts.
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Ethridge at mecklenburgmedicine@gmail.com. Acceptance of advertising for this publication in no way constitutes Charlotte Medical Dental & Pharmaceutical Society
professional approval or endorsement of products or services advertised herein.
We welcome your comments and suggestions: Sandi D. Buchanan, Executive Director
Call 704-376-3688 or write Mecklenburg Medicine, c/o Mecklenburg County Medical Society, 1112 Harding Place, suite 100, Mecklenburg County Medical Society
Charlotte, NC 28204.
Darlyne Menscer, MD
NCMS Delegate to the AMA

Meg Sullivan, MD, Medical Director
Mecklenburg County Health Department

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
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD

Managing Editor
Sandi D. Buchanan

Copy Editors
Lee McCracken
Stephanie Smith

Advertising
Mark Ethridge
mecklenburgmedicine@gmail.com

Editorial Board
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
Jessica Schorr Saxe, MD

Graphic Design
Wade Baker

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