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Table of Contents October 2017
Vol. 47 No. 9
5 President’s Letter:
Sooner or Later OFFICERS

By Stephen J. Ezzo, MD, President, MCMS President
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
7 Feature:
Safe Alliance Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis President-Elect
Scott L. Furney, MD
Reference Sheet
8 Feature: Treasurer
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
Survivorship Clinic ... What Is It?
Secretary
By James B, Hall, MD, Levine Cancer Institute Robert L. Mittl, Jr., MD
Immediate Past-President
9 Member News Simon V. Ward III, MD
9 Upcoming Meetings & Events
9 New Members BOARD MEMBERS
9 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for October
9 National Health & Wellness Observances John R. Allbert, MD
Maureen L. Beurskens, MD
for October
10 Committee News: Raymond E. Brown, PA
May N. Doan, MD
Healthy Snacks Letter
Donald D. Fraser, MD
Child Health Committee W. Frank Ingram III, MD
Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
11 At the Hospitals Shivani P. Mehta, MD, MPH
12 Advertising Acknowledgements
13 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas Babak Mokari, DO
B. Lauren Paton, MD
On the Cover: Rachel L. Storey, MD
Andrew I. Sumich, MD
Support the Women Physicians Section’s efforts to raise money for the Safe
Alliance Clyde and Ethel Dickson Domestic Violence Shelter by attending the EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS
Fighting For Women With Fashion event on October 3 or by contributing at
www.SafeAlliance.org/Event-Pages/Fighting-For-Women-With-Fashion. Tracei Ball, MD, President-Elect
Charlotte Medical Dental & Pharmaceutical Society
1112 Harding Place, #200, Charlotte, NC 28204
704-376-3688 • FAX 704-376-3173 Sandi D. Buchanan, Executive Director
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