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Table of Contents September 2019
Vol. 49 No. 8
6 President’s Letter:
Progress, Not Perfection OFFICERS

By Elizabeth B. Moran, MD, President, MCMS President
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
7 Feature:
The Kids Are Not Alright President-Elect
John R. Allbert, MD
By Gordon Hull, Director, Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, Secretary/Treasurer
Associate Professor Philosophy and Public Policy, UNC Charlotte Babak Mokari, DO
Immediate Past-President
8 Feature: Scott L. Furney, MD
Charlotte Neurosurgeon Performs
New Outpatient Procedure BOARD MEMBERS
8 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for September
9 Member News/New Members Hamza M. Beano, MD
9 Upcoming Meetings and Events Raymond E. Brown, PA
10 At the Hospitals Sarah M. Edwards, MD
12 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
12 National Health & Wellness Observances
12 Advertising Acknowledgements Jane S. Harrell, MD
13 Keep the Beat Mecklenburg County, Katherine K. Li, MD
Download PulsePoint Respond Kate E. Long, MD
B. Lauren Paton, MD
On the Cover: Bennal M. Perkins, MD
Patricia K. Roddey, MD
The 9th Annual Fighting for Women With Fashion event is Tuesday, Oct. 1, 7 p.m., Mint Anna T. Schmelzer, MD
Museum Uptown at Levine Center for the Arts. Proceeds to benefit Safe Alliance’s mission to Andrew I. Sumich, MD
provide hope and healing to those impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault. The event G. Bernard Taylor, MD
is a proud partnership of the Mecklenburg County Medical Society Women Physicians Christine S. Wu, MD
Section and the Women Lawyers of Charlotte.
Purchase tickets and make donations online at www.safealliance.org/FightingForWomen. EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS

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Sandi D. Buchanan

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