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Queens Road West Home Selected for MMAE’s

2016 HOLIDAY HOUSE

Home for the Holidays Will Open for Public Tours

Mecklenburg Medical Alliance & Endowment (MMAE) has selected the historic Queens Road West home of Robert and Dr. Elizabeth Rostan, as its 2016 Holiday House. Some
of Charlotte’s finest interior designers, florists, landscape designers and home décor retailers will decorate the home for the holidays, and it will be open for tours November 4-6.

The stately Georgian/Colonial home at 1870 Queens Road West was built in 1951 by James Castanas, an immigrant from Greece who founded the
Epicurean Restaurant. Before it closed in the 1990s, the Epicurean was known as one of the oldest restaurants in Charlotte, having operated continuously for five decades.

One of the elements Castanas had installed in select rooms was ornate Greek key plaster molding. It remains today and is a key feature in the living and dining rooms.

In 1956, Castanas sold the house to Bill Berkely, MD, and his family who lived there for 40 years. Dr. Berkely was one of the founders of Charlotte Plastic Surgery.

In 2006, Robert and Dr. Elizabeth Rostan purchased the home and oversaw extensive remodeling and expansion. Today, the home is 5,100 square feet and features
four bedrooms and five and a half baths. It was recognized with the Myers Park Homeowner’s Association Preservation Award in 2009.

The 2016 Holiday House will open for public tours November 4-5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and November 6 from noon to 5 p.m.
Tickets will be available beginning October 1 at all Blacklion locations and online at MMAEonline.com.

All Holiday House proceeds directly fund annual community health grants through the MMAE Endowment. In May, MMAE distributed $69,000 to
11 Charlotte-Mecklenburg agencies including Care Ring, Hospitality House, N.C. MedAssist and The Relatives. For a complete list of grant recipients and additional information

about the showhouse, visit mmaeonline.com. Find MMAE on Twitter @meckmedalliance, and on Facebook at facebook.com/mmaeonline.

MMAERecipientofJohnstonAward Congratulations!

The Board of Directors of Teen Health Connection These practices paid MCMS dues for eligible physicians in their
selected the Mecklenburg Medical Alliance & Endowment practice. Thank you for your continued support of the Medical Society.
as the 2016 recipient of the Dr. John G. Johnston Award
for Excellence in Adolescent Medicine and Health. The Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates
selection was based on a heartfelt nomination submitted by Carolina Surgical Clinic of Charlotte
Sandy DuPuy and Gail Fernandez. The Medical Alliance is Charlotte Gastroenterology & Hepatology
proud to receive this prestigious award. Twenty-five years Charlotte Radiology
ago, MMAE was instrumental in the foundation of Teen Children’s Urology of the Carolinas
Health Connection. Eastover OB/GYN Associates – Arboretum
Eastover OB/GYN Associates – Main
The Dr. John G. Johnston Award for Excellence Greenman Eye Associates
in Medicine and Health is named for Teen Health Mecklenburg Heart Specialists
Connection’s founding medical director and Charlotte Mecklenburg Radiology Associates
pediatrician, John G. Johnston, MD. Dr. Johnston is known Novant Health Dilworth Pediatrics
for his efforts to empower every adolescent to be healthy, Novant Health Mintview OB/GYN
safe and successful. As a physician, he is admired and Oncology Specialists of Charlotte
respected by peers and was loved by patients and staff. Presbyterian Pathology Group
Johnston exemplifies what it means to be a physician who Urology Specialists of the Carolinas
takes joy in offering his best effort no matter his patients’
backgrounds, problems or financial means. Trivia answer from page 5:
In 18th-century Italy there was a significant epidemic. At that time, it was believed
The Johnston Award honors individuals and the movement of stars and planets influenced one’s life, so the word “influentia”
organizations that have demonstrated sustained and was applied to this illness. Eventually the word was anglicized to influenza.
significant impact on adolescents in the Charlotte
community. The Medical Alliance was honored at the 25th
Anniversary Celebration, “Stand Up and Get Down for
Teens,” held September 24.

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