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T able of Contents July/August 2018
Vol. 48 No. 7
6 President’s Letter:
Transparent Uncertainty OFFICERS
President
By Scott L. Furney, MD, President, MCMS
Scott L. Furney, MD
6 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for July/August
7 Feature: President-Elect
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
C hildhood Illiteracy — A Public Health Crisis
Secretary
By Kimberly Lewis, MD, Pediatric Resident, Carolinas Medical Center Babak Mokari, DO

8 Feature: Treasurer
Supporting Charlotte’s Gender Non-Conforming John R. Allbert, MD
and Transgender Youth and Their Families
Immediate Past-President
By Karen Graci, Manager, Healthcare Outreach Initiative, PFLAG Charlotte Stephen J. Ezzo, MD

9 Feature: BOARD MEMBERS
Improved Medicare Care for All Would Help Children Raymond E. Brown, PA
and Families Sarah M. Edwards, MD
E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
By Jessica Schorr Saxe, MD, Chair, Health Care Justice-NC Donald D. Fraser, MD
Vishal Goyal, MD, MPH
9 National Health & Wellness Observances
10 Mecklenburg County Parks by Region Jane S. Harrell, MD
11 New Members/Upcoming Meetings & Events Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
11 MECK-PAC
12 Feature: B. Lauren Paton, MD
Anna T. Schmelzer, MD
Working on Behalf of Kids: Child Health Committee
Rachel L. Storey, DO
By Sara Horstmann, MD, Chair, MCMS Child Health Committee Andrew I. Sumich, MD
G. Bernard Taylor, MD
13 Adolescent Well-Care: Surveillance and Screening
14 At the Hospitals EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS
16 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas
18 Advertising Acknowledgements Tracei Ball, MD, President-Elect
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