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T able of Contents September 2020
Vol. 50 No. 8
5 President’s Letter:
Finding Meaning in Life OFFICERS

By John R. Allbert, MD, President President
John R. Allbert, MD
6 Feature:
Covering Our Faces … to Protect Our Community President-Elect
Babak Mokari, DO
8 Feature:
Navigating a Pandemic From a Doctor’s Perspective Secretary/Treasurer
Kate E. Long, MD
B y Geoffrey Rose, MD, and Anthony Asher, MD
8 National Health & Wellness Observances, September Immediate Past-President
8 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for September Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
9 Member News
10 Current Medical Residents and Fellows BOARD MEMBERS
in Mecklenburg County Anthony J. Caprio, MD
12 New Members Marc R. Carruth, MD
12 Advertising Acknowledgements Vanessa B. Crerar, DO
13 MCMS Members Voted 2020 Top Doctors E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
by Charlotte Magazine Jane S. Harrell, MD
14 At the Hospitals Katherine Li, MD
16 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas B. Lauren Paton, MD
Bennal M. Perkins, MD
1112 Harding Place, Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28204 Patricia K. Roddey, MD
704-376-3688 • FAX 704-376-3173 Anna T. Schmelzer, MD
meckmed@meckmed.org Andrew I. Sumich, MD
G. Bernard Taylor, MD
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Sandi D. Buchanan

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