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Table of Contents October 2018
Vol. 48 No. 9
5 President’s Letter:
The Arms Race OFFICERS
President
By Scott L. Furney, MD, President, MCMS
Scott L. Furney, MD
6 Feature:
Physician Burnout: Prevalence, Causes and Potential President-Elect
Solutions to Reclaim Joy and Meaning in Practice Elizabeth B. Moran, MD

By Dael Waxman, MD, Vice Chair of Professional Development, Secretary
Department of Family Medicine, Atrium Health Babak Mokari, DO

8 Feature: Treasurer
The Problem of Overdiagnosis John R. Allbert, MD

By Gordon Hull, Director, Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, Immediate Past-President
Associate Professor Philosophy and Public Policy, UNC Charlotte Stephen J. Ezzo, MD

9 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for October BOARD MEMBERS
10 Feature:
The Effects of Posture at Your Workstation Raymond E. Brown, PA
Sarah M. Edwards, MD
By Andrew Sumich, MD, and Graham Claytor, PT, MPT, SCS, CSCS, E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates Donald D. Fraser, MD
Vishal Goyal, MD, MPH
12 Congratulations to Practices
12 National Health & Wellness Observances Jane S. Harrell, MD
13 Member News Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
13 New Members
13 Upcoming Meetings & Events B. Lauren Paton, MD
14 At the Hospitals Anna T. Schmelzer, MD
16 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas
16 Advertising Acknowledgements Rachel L. Storey, DO
Andrew I. Sumich, MD
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