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Table of Contents October 2016
Vol. 46 No. 9
5 President’s Letter:
A Day in the Life OFFICERS

By Stephen J. Ezzo, MD, President, MCMS President
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
6 Feature:
Celebrating Our Physician Assistants! Secretary
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
7 Feature:
Caregiver to Chemo Patient — Treasurer
Gaining a New Perspective Scott L. Furney, MD
Immediate Past President
By Lee McCracken, Contributing Writer Simon V. Ward III, MD

8 MMAE BOARD MEMBERS
8 Congratulations to Practices
9 Member News John R. Allbert, MD
9 New Members Maureen L. Beurskens, MD
9 Upcoming Meetings & Events
10 At the Hospitals Raymond E. Brown, PA
12 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas W. Frank Ingram III, MD
12 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for October Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
13 National Health & Wellness Observances for October Scott S. Lindblom, MD
13 Advertising Acknowledgements Shivani P. Mehta, MD, MPH
Robert L. Mittl, Jr., MD
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704-376-3688 • FAX 704-376-3173 Babak Mokari, DO
meckmed@meckmed.org Cameron B. Simmons, Jr., MD
Cheryl L. Walker-McGill, MD, MBA
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Mecklenburg County Health Department

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Mecklenburg EMS Agency

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Executive Director
Sandi D. Buchanan
Finance & Membership Coordinator
Stephanie D. Smith
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Editor
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD

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Sandi D. Buchanan

Copy Editors
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