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T able of Contents September 2017
Vol. 47 No. 8
5 President’s Letter:
Let Us Now Praise Women Physicians OFFICERS
President
By Stephen J. Ezzo, MD, President, MCMS
Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
7 Feature: President-Elect
MCMS Women Physicians Section Update
Scott L. Furney, MD
By Elizabeth B. Moran, MD Treasurer

7 Fighting For Women With Fashion Invitation Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
8 Feature: Secretary

Carolinas HealthCare System and Novant Health Robert L. Mittl, Jr., MD
Have Embarked On A First-Of-Its-Kind Initiative Immediate Past-President

Improving Access to Health Care in Charlotte’s Underserved Neighborhoods Simon V. Ward III, MD

8 National Health & Wellness Observances BOARD MEMBERS
for September John R. Allbert, MD

9 Member News Maureen L. Beurskens, MD
9 Upcoming Meetings & Events Raymond E. Brown, PA
9 New Members May N. Doan, MD
10 At the Hospitals Donald D. Fraser, MD
12 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas W. Frank Ingram III, MD
13 Healthy Charlotte Alliance
14 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
14 Advertising Acknowledgements Shivani P. Mehta, MD, MPH

On the Cover: Babak Mokari, DO
B. Lauren Paton, MD
September 7 is the AMA-WPA Women in Medicine Month. This year’s Rachel L. Storey, MD
theme is “Women in Medicine: Born to Lead.” Andrew I. Sumich, MD

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