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Table of Contents May 2018
Vol. 48 No. 5
6 President’s Letter:
Patient Satisfaction: Is the ‘Customer’ Always Right? OFFICERS
President
By Scott L. Furney, MD, President, MCMS
Scott L. Furney, MD
6 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings for May
7 MedLink News: President-Elect
Elizabeth B. Moran, MD
• Community Blood Center of the Carolinas
• Volunteer Opportunities – NC MedAssist, Care Ring Secretary
8 National Health & Wellness Observances for May Babak Mokari, DO
9 Feature:
S upport Your Local Farmers Markets! Treasurer
10 Feature: John R. Allbert, MD
W omen Physicians Section Meet and Mingle
Immediate Past-President
at Roosters SouthPark Stephen J. Ezzo, MD
13 Member News
13 New Members BOARD MEMBERS
13 In Memoriam Raymond E. Brown, PA
13 Upcoming Meetings & Events Sarah M. Edwards, MD
14 At the Hospitals E. Carl Fisher, Jr., MD
16 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas Donald D. Fraser, MD
16 Advertising Acknowledgements Vishal Goyal, MD, MPH
On the Cover: Jane S. Harrell, MD
Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
Support your local farmers markets. See list on page 9.
B. Lauren Paton, MD
1112 Harding Place, #200, Charlotte, NC 28204 Anna T. Schmelzer, MD
704-376-3688 • FAX 704-376-3173
meckmed@meckmed.org Rachel L. Storey, DO
Andrew I. Sumich, MD
Copyright 2018 Mecklenburg County Medical Society G. Bernard Taylor, MD
Mecklenburg Medicine is published 10 times per year by the Mecklenburg County Medical Society, 1112 Harding Place, Suite EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS
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MECKLENBURG MEDICINE STAFF
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