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Table of Contents 5 President’s Letter: Tempus Fugit

OFFICERS

By Stephen J. Ezzo, MD

6 Member News 6 Upcoming Meetings & Events 8 Feature: Meet Your 2016 Board of Directors and Leadership 10 Feature: Fighting for Women With Fashion 2015 By Mary T. Crowder, MD

11 MMAE 11 Advertising Acknowledgements 12 At the Hospitals 12 National Health & Wellness Observances for January 2016 13 Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings 14 Independent Physicians of the Carolinas

President Stephen J. Ezzo, MD Secretary Elizabeth B. Moran, MD Treasurer Scott L. Furney, MD Immediate Past President Simon V. Ward III, MD

BOARD MEMBERS John R. Allbert, MD Maureen L. Beurskens, MD Raymond E. Brown, PA W. Frank Ingram III, MD Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH Scott S. Lindblom, MD Shivani P. Mehta, MD, MPH Robert L. Mittl, Jr., MD Babak Mokari, DO Cameron B. Simmons, Jr., MD Cheryl L. Walker-McGill, MD, MBA

EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS Sandi D. Buchanan, Executive Director Mecklenburg County Medical Society

Mimi Compton, President Mecklenburg Medical Alliance & Endowment Michelle Conner, DDS, President Charlotte Medical Dental & Pharmaceutical Society Docia E. Hickey, MD NCMS President Darlyne Menscer, MD NCMS Delegate to the AMA

On The Cover:

MCMS is excited to welcome Kathy Reichs back as the keynote speaker for its Annual Meeting at Myers Park Country Club on February 18 at 6 p.m. Dinner and speaker will be followed by a book signing, wine tasting and dessert pairing by an award-winning pastry chef. Music will be provided by pianist John Kan. Reich’s latest book will be available for purchase, but you can bring your own copies to be signed. For reservations and/or more information, email ssmith@meckmed.org. If you or your organization would like to sponsor this event, email sbuchanan@meckmed.org for sponsorship information.

Marcus G. Plescia, MD, Health Director Mecklenburg County Health Department Douglas R. Swanson, MD, FACEP, Medical Director Mecklenburg EMS Agency

EXECUTIVE STAFF Executive Director Sandi D. Buchanan

Finance & Membership Coordinator Stephanie D. Smith Meetings & Special Events Jenny H. Otto

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President’s Letter

Tempus Fugit By Stephen J. Ezzo, MD

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be” — Robert Browning

always have struggled with the concept of aging. Not so much in others, as in myself. I tend to revert to my usual coping mechanism when confronted with unpleasant things – I ignore them. With a little luck, they will go away. The signs certainly are there, though. My first step to the bucket is much less explosive. Despite advanced technology and computer graphics, my golf ball does not appear to travel as far (except, of course, when it is sailing majestically out of bounds), and at times I blank on a certain medication if I have not prescribed it in a while. So, aside such impediments are pushed, hopefully not to rear their annoying heads anytime soon. Call it the Peter Pan syndrome. But what truly confounds me is the dawning realization that I am part of the “old guard” in our medical community. I’m fairly certain I was a resident at Charlotte Memorial Hospital just the other day, with Dr. Valya Visser giving me her blessing and sending me into the real world. (I hope I have made you proud, Val. I miss you.) Okay, I’m older, but president of MCMS? Shouldn’t that position be reserved, like department chairs and committee heads, for the generation (or two) older than me? Though I have held a few chairmanships and leadership roles, I’m quite certain they were either a result of default or aberrancy. Still, here I am. To quote the Talking Heads, “You might ask yourself, ‘Well, how did I get here?’” Don’t get me wrong – I am honored and humbled to be president of your Medical Society, and I will do my best to represent all of you well. It is a wonderful organization with a dedicated staff, providing many opportunities for its members (more on that later). My executive team (Really? Mine?) includes the best and brightest colleagues, who time and again put aside their busy schedules to do the work their office requires of them. Yet, I cannot escape a tinge of bemusement. I believe one of the more taxing prospects of this role will be coming up with topics for my monthly article. How do I strike the balance wherein what I write is both pertinent and deserving of your attention? Not that I don’t enjoy writing – more on that much later – but rather, I fear coming up short when compared to my predecessors. To recap just the last few, there was Dr. Huff and her ability to get to the heart of a matter instantly, asking the relevant questions; Dr. Hall and his acerbic wit and cogent explanations of complex issues; and Dr. Ward, folksy as always, making associations that were simultaneously amusing and logical. I wonder if the only thing I have in common with them is the number of letters in our surnames. What I have decided – subject to change and whimsy of course – is to reflect on 30 years in medicine (or 50+ as the son of a physician) and lessons learned, opinions forged, passions uncovered. Some will be very personal, others more general in nature. I am not sure anyone needs to hear my thoughts on the ACA or EHR or insurance companies – and frankly, I do not think I can say anything better than what already has been said on these pages. I will, however, take this opportunity to revisit a common theme for the MCMS: advocacy.

For those of you wanting to engage in the political process, or merely seeking to become more informed, the MCMS constantly is fielding requests from our legislators, both local and at the state level, to meet with members to discuss and learn about healthcare issues. If there is someone you would like to speak with, or a subject in particular in which sharing your expertise would be helpful, please let us know and we will assist you. This is an opportunity to go beyond your patients and effect positive change for your community. Having a bully pulpit can be a scary proposition ... especially for the readers.

In honor of outgoing MCMS President Sandy Ward, I will continue with monthly trivia questions, although this year’s will have a medical bent. See page 6 for the answer. Question: Who was Edward Jenner?

Mecklenburg County Medical Society

2016 Election Results Board of Directors Officers:

(one-year term)

President................................................. Stephen J. Ezzo, MD

Secretary........................................... Elizabeth B. Moran, MD Treasurer................................................. Scott L. Furney, MD Immediate Past-President................ Simon V. Ward III, MD Directors:

(two-year term)

Maureen L. Beurskens, MD; W. Frank Ingram III, MD; Shivani P. Mehta, MD, MPH; Babak Mokari, DO

The following directors, who were previously elected, also will serve on the Board in 2016: John R. Allbert, MD; Raymond E. Brown, PA, Physician Assistant Representative (appointed by the Board); Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH; Scott S. Lindblom, MD; Robert L. Mittl, Jr., MD; Cameron B. Simmons, MD, Resident Representative (appointed by the Board); Cheryl L. Walker-McGill, MD, MBA

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Member News

Docia E. Hickey, MD, Elected 162nd President Upcoming Meetings & Events JANUARY of the North Carolina Medical Society Meetings are at the MCMS office unless otherwise noted.

On Oct. 23, Docia E. Hickey, MD, was sworn in as the North Carolina Medical Society’s (NCMS) 162nd president at the Society’s Annual Meeting at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro. Dr. Hickey is a neonatologist, recently retired from Carolinas HealthCare System, where she spent the bulk of her career. She has been a member of the NCMS since 1980, and has been in leadership roles on a variety of NCMS committees and task forces over the years. As a member of the Society’s Board of Directors since 2005, her positions included vice speaker and speaker, and, most recently president-elect. She also has served as president of the Mecklenburg County Medical Society, the North Carolina Perinatal Association, as a member of the North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force and on the boards of a variety of nonDocia E. Hickey, MD profit organizations including the Holy Angels Foundation, which serves the needs of intellectually and developmentally disabled children and adults. Hickey earned her undergraduate degree form Emory University after which she returned to her native North Carolina to earn her medical degree at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University. Outside of her two years as a fellow in neonatology at Vanderbilt University, Hickey was an intern and resident and spent her career at Charlotte Memorial Hospital, now Carolinas HealthCare System. She also has been a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Outgoing NCMS President Robert E. Schaaf, MD, FACR, swore in Hickey and noted in his remarks: “With her years of leadership experience in organized medicine, her deep knowledge of the North Carolina Medical Society and her calm, yet firm, presence, Dr. Hickey will be a strong advocate for our profession during her tenure as NCMS president.”

In Memoriam VIDYA SAGAR SETHI, MD December 1, 1937 - October 9, 2015 Ciudad Juarez-Mexico, 1986 Residency – University of Nebraska/ Creighton, 1990, Psychiatry Residency – UNC-Chapel Hill, 1991, Psychiatry

Friday, Jan. 1 n Friday, Jan. 15 New Year’s Day – MCMS office Child Health Committee meeting. closed. 7:30 a.m. n Tuesday, Jan. 12 n Monday, Jan. 18 MedLink meeting. MCMS Executive Committee meeting. Mecklenburg County Health Dept. 8:30 a.m. 5:45 p.m. n Tuesday, Jan. 12 n Wednesday, Jan. 20 Charlotte Dental Society meeting. MMAE Finance/Board meeting. Myers Park Country Club. 9 a.m./10 a.m 6 p.m. n Friday, Jan. 22 March magazine deadline. n Thursday, Jan. 14 CAMGMA meeting. Myers Park Baptist Church Cornwell Center. Noon. n

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Meet Your 2016 MCMS Board chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center and Senior Medical Director of Academic Operations. He remains clinically active, seeing both inpatients and outpatients at CMC.

Maureen L. Beurskens, MD Dr. Beurskens’ parents emigrated from the Netherlands Stephen J. Ezzo, MD, President with her three older Born in St. Petersburg, Fla., sisters. She was Dr. Ezzo graduated from St. born in Queens, Louis University N.Y. and spent School of Medicine. her high school He completed years attending his residency the American Community in pediatrics Simon V. Ward III, MD, Immediate School in Beirut, Lebanon. She at Carolinas Past-President Medical Center. He currently Born in New Orleans, Dr. Ward returned to the U.S. to attend is practicing at Novant Health graduated from Louisiana State Smith College and received Matthews Children’s Clinic and School of Medicine. her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts is a Physician Executive for He completed Medical School. She completed Novant Health. Ezzo has served his internship her residency in Massachusetts on the Matheson Foundation and residency and practiced obstetrics and Committee and served as a in obstetrics and gynecology for six years in delegate to the North Carolina gynecology at the Massachusetts before moving Medical Society. Charity Hospital of Louisiana. to Charlotte in 1992. She has Ward practices general OB/ three adult sons of whom she is Elizabeth B. Moran, MD, Secretary GYN with Novant Health very proud and loves practicing Dr. Moran is a native Charlottean, Rankin OB/GYN. medicine, gardening, reading who earned her undergraduate and traveling. Directors degree in biology from Duke W. Frank Ingram III, MD John R. Allbert, MD University. She Dr. Ingram was born at Born in Lubbock, Texas, then received her Presbyterian Hospital Dr. Allbert attended Texas medical degree and raised in Tech University from Wake Forest Charlotte. He and obtained his University School of Medicine attended medical degree and completed her residency Davidson College, at the University in obstetrics and gynecology graduating of Texas Medical at Carolinas Medical Center, with a degree Branch. He serving as the administrative in biology. He earned his completed his residency in chief her senior year. She is OB/GYN at Carolinas Medical medical degree at the Medical a Fellow of the American University of South Carolina Center and a fellowship in Congress of OB/GYN and has in Charleston, where he been in practice at Eastover OB/ maternal-fetal medicine at also completed a residency the University of Mississippi GYN Associates since 2008. in anatomic and clinical Medical Center. He now is pathology. Following residency a maternal-fetal medicine Scott L. Furney, MD, Treasurer training, Ingram completed consultant with Novant Health Born in Lake Orion, Mich., an additional year of training Maternal-Fetal Medicine Dr. Furney completed his in surgical pathology at Johns Associates. He is a past medical degree at president of the North Carolina Hopkins Hospital. Since 2008, the University of he has been a member of Obstetrics and Gynecology Michigan, where Presbyterian Pathology Group, Society and is the current he also completed serving as the medical director North Carolina Vice Chair his residency and of the hospital’s microbiology for the American Congress of chief resident year and anatomic pathology labs. in internal medicine. Furney is Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Officers

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Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH Dr. Keener is a native of Denver, Colo., but spent most of his life in North Carolina. He graduated from Davidson College and Duke University Medical School, and then completed a residency in family medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, where he served as Chief Resident. He later earned an MPH in health policy and administration from the School of Public Health at UNCChapel Hill and completed a residency in preventive medicine. Keener is a career public health physician and serves as the medical director of the Mecklenburg County Health Department. He is boardcertified in general public health and preventive medicine. Scott S. Lindblom, MD Dr. Lindblom was born in Minneapolis, Minn. He graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin where he completed an internship and residency and served as chief resident. He then completed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Barnes/Jewish Hospital at Washington University. Lindblom has practiced at Carolinas HealthCare System since 1996 and currently practices with Pulmonary & Critical Care Consultants and Charlotte Medical Clinic. He is the Specialty Medical Director for CHS Adult Pulmonary and Critical Care.

rd of Directors and Leadership Shivani P. Mehta, MD, MPH Dr. Mehta completed her pediatric residency at Carolinas Medical Center in 2011 and is an attending physician at CHS’s safety net pediatric practice, Myers Park Pediatrics Clinic. She trained at University of Michigan Medical School and received her MPH at Harvard School of Public Health. Mehta currently is involved in several CHS and community affiliated childhood obesity projects. She leads the 5210 Clinic at Myers Park Pediatrics, a lifestyle management clinic, and is the physician champion of the clinic’s Obesity QI Project. In addition to being a Board member of MCMS, she serves on its Child Health Committee. She is an advisory team member and clinical subgroup co-chair of the Healthy Weight Healthy Child Coalition and their 5210 League and Healthy Together campaign. She has been involved with the Food Policy Council, Mecklenburg County Fruit and Vegetable Coalition and the ShapeNC Community Action Council. She also has consulted with Community Care Partners of Mecklenburg County on improving care coordination for children with chronic disease and higher acuity needs. Robert L. Mittl, Jr., MD Born in Illinois and raised in northern New Jersey, Dr. Mittl graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. After completing a residency in internal medicine

at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, he decided to pursue radiology and completed his radiology residency and neuroradiology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Mittl joined Charlotte Radiology in 1993 and practices as a neuroradiologist at CHS hospitals in the metro area. He is president of Charlotte Radiology. Babak Mokari, DO Dr. Mokari grew up in Athens, Ohio. He received his undergraduate and doctorate degree in osteopathic medicine from Ohio University. He completed a rotating internship at Henry Ford Health System and family medicine residency at CHS. His work experience spans from urgent care medicine at Carolinas HealthCare System and Kaiser Permanente in Northern California to academic medicine at Touro University California to Center for the Healing Arts, an integrative medicine practice in Charlotte. Mokari is boardcertified by the American Board of Family Medicine and is a fellow in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine. Cheryl L. Walker-McGill, MD, MBA Born in Kodiak, Alaska, Dr. Walker-McGill graduated from Duke University School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency in internal medicine and her fellowship in allergy-immunology at the Northwestern University School of Medicine. She received a master’s degree

in business from the University of Chicago. Previously, she served on the faculty at the Northwestern School of Medicine and currently serves on the faculty at the Wingate Graduate School of Business. Walker-McGill is a medical director at Daimler Trucks, North America, at the Mt. Holly and Gastonia facilities. She is chair of the Allergy Immunology Section of the National Medical Association and was president of the North Carolina Medical Board in 2015.

Physician Assistant Representative Raymond E. Brown, PA As the first PA Board member, Brown brings a wealth of experience to the Board. He joined Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates in 1993, after practicing general medicine for nine years. Brown has specialized in otolaryngology for the past 13 years. He is a member of the North Carolina Medical Society, president of Metrolina Association of Physician Assistants, vice-president of the North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants and a trustee for the North Carolina Association of Physician Assistants Endowment.

Resident Representative Cameron B. Simmons, Jr., MD Dr. Simmons currently is a second-year family medicine resident at Carolinas Medical Center. He is from Jeanerette,

La., and completed his undergraduate studies at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C. with a degree in biology. He earned his medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He is a member of the Carolinas Medical Center House Staff Liaison Committee.

Also serving on the Board as Ex-Officio Members Sandi D. Buchanan Executive Director Mecklenburg County Medical Society Mimi Compton President, Mecklenburg Medical Alliance & Endowment Michelle Conner, DDS President, Charlotte Medical Dental and Pharmaceutical Society Docia E. Hickey, MD NCMS President Darlyne Menscer, MD NCMS Delegate to the AMA Marcus Plescia, MD Health Director, Mecklenburg County Health Department Douglas R. Swanson, MD, FACEP Medical Director, Mecklenburg EMS Agency

Mecklenburg County Medical Society Executive Staff Sandi D. Buchanan Executive Director Stephanie D. Smith Finance and Membership Coordinator Jenny H. Otto Meetings and Special Events

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Fighting for Women With Fashion 2015 By Mary T. Crowder, MD Planning Committee Co-Chair

On October 6, members of the Women Physicians Section of the Mecklenburg County Medical Society (MCMS), along with members of the Charlotte Women Attorneys, hosted the fifth annual “Fighting for Women With Fashion” at the Foundation for the Carolinas in uptown Charlotte. More than 300 guests enjoyed delicious food by Best Impressions and wine from Common Market, along with this year’s addition of beer from Olde Mecklenburg Brewery. The 12 female models and eight male models were members of the MCMS or the Charlotte Bar. They graced the runway with fashions from Nordstrom and Kendra Scott, our new jewelry fashion partner this year. The silent auction, raffle and new addition of a wine pull, together with generous donations from 36 sponsors, four friends of the event and our patrons in attendance, raised $52,729.42 for Safe Alliance and the Clyde and Ethel Dickson Domestic Violence Shelter in Charlotte. To date, we have raised more than $180,000 to help build the shelter, establish an onsite medical clinic and provide other ongoing services to local victims. A big thank you to this year’s MCMS physician models: Laura Danile, MD; Erin Goshorn, MD; Monique May, MD; Leybelis Padilla, MD; Rhonda Patt, MD; Gena Walker, MD; Ricardo Caicedo, MD; Peter Capizzi, MD; Cary Fishburne, MD; Kevin Hsu, MD; and Bernard Taylor, MD. To all our sponsors, event patrons, in-kind sponsors and the staff of Safe Alliance, thank you for helping us host another very successful event. If you missed the event this year, look for us in October 2016 when we hope to raise even more money for this wonderful cause. We encourage you to be a sponsor, attend and even try “strutting your stuff” on the runway! It is truly a night of fun and fashion for a most worthy cause! 10 | January 2016 • Mecklenburg Medicine

MMAE

Dear Friends,

As we welcome a new year, I want to reflect on the projects MMAE has been instrumental in throughout our history. In 2002-2003, MMAE awarded the Mecklenburg County Medical Society a grant of $35,000 to study the medical needs of the poor and uninsured in Mecklenburg County. Using the information collected in the study, the Medical Society researched the best approach to meeting these needs and determined it would be better to see these patients in private offices, rather than in free-standing clinics. John Klimas, MD, chaired the Medical Society’s Physicians Reach Out (PRO) Committee. He and his committee recruited 1,600 physicians to participate, as well as Novant Health and Carolinas HealthCare System, to provide laboratory services, radiology and reduced hospital fees for PRO patients. Since its inception, MMAE has continued to award grants to PRO. Monies from MMAE have been used for everything from translation services to patient services, as well as patient education. In 2008, the administration of PRO moved from the Medical Society to Care Ring, which screens potential patients, serves as a referral service, provides patient education and raises financial support. To date, PRO has provided more than $100 million in healthcare services to the poor and uninsured. In a very direct way, MMAE has provided initial and continued support to the largest and one of the most successful safety net health programs in the state of North Carolina. Our January program, titled “UV Is Not Your Friend! Protect the Skin You’re In!” will have important information concerning the risks of developing skin cancer. Come learn how researchers in the Charlotte area are leading the fight against melanoma. The program will be January 14 at 9:30 a.m. at The Duke Mansion. To reserve your spot, go to mmaeonline.com. Make sure to put March 10 on your calendars for the next Community Health Classroom. The Classroom will be held once again at Myers Park Country Club. Our topic this year will be “Unlocking the Mysteries of Autism and Autism Spectrum.” Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks.

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2015-2016 MMAE President

MMAE Grant Applications The 2016 Grants and Disbursements Committee of the Mecklenburg Medical Alliance and Endowment (MMAE) began accepting grant applications on January 1. The applications can be accessed through the MMAE website, mmaeonline.com. The application process, including the rules and guidelines for submitting a grant request, can be found on the website. A hard copy of the application must be on file with the Grants and Disbursements Committee by February 28. Grants will be presented at our annual meeting on May 24. Contact Gina Clegg, vice president of Grants and Disbursements, at gclegg50@gmail.com with any questions. Advertising Acknowledgements The following patrons made Mecklenburg Medicine possible.

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At the Hospitals

Novant Health to Launch Family Medicine Residency Novant Health will launch its first family medicine residency program – the third in the Charlotte region – in July 2016, when six medical school graduates begin training. The program has received accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the American Osteopathic Association. Mark Higdon, DO, is the residency program director. For more information about the residency program, visit NovantHealth. org/fmresidency.

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Charlotte’s First Non-Hospital Based Birth Center Opens Charlotte’s first freestanding birth center, a collaboration between Baby & Co. and Novant Health, opened at 131 Providence Road, a few blocks from Presbyterian Medical Center. Staffed by certified nurse midwives, the center has three labor and delivery rooms that feature a home-like setting complete with soaking tub for water births. Chris Morris, MD, of Novant Health n

Clinic Provides Counseling and Vaccinations for Global Travelers Novant Health Infectious Disease Specialists in Charlotte now provides travel medicine services and is uniquely prepared to deal with travel to Latin and South America, Southeast Asia and Africa, where typhoid, malaria, yellow fever and other diseases are encountered. The clinic’s providers, William Harley, MD, Michael Blocker, MD, and Carmen Tichindelean, MD, have extensive backgrounds in travel medicine. Appointments are available Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and can be made by calling 704-316-5330. n

Novant Health Opens Neurosurgery Clinic in Charlotte Novant Health Neurosurgery Specialists recently opened at 2801 Randolph Road staffed by Eric Eskioglu, MD, who is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. Eskioglu brings a vast amount of experience including a fellowship in endovascular/vascular n

New Orthopedic Hospital Breaks Ground Novant Health recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for its $60-million renovation and addition to its Charlotte Orthopedic Hospital at Caswell and Randolph roads. The project will be in two phases. The first phase, to be completed by November 2017, includes a three-story 89,000-square-foot tower with 32 inpatient beds, rehabilitation facilities and seven operating rooms. The second phase, to be completed by November 2018, will include renovating 85,000 square-feet of existing space to create an outpatient surgery center and support departments such as surgery prep and recovery, sterile processing and family waiting rooms. n

neurosurgery at the University of Florida, an assistant professorship in neurological surgery at Vanderbilt University and experience as a practicing physician with Lee Memorial Health System in Florida. Dr. Eric Eskioglu, MD Eskioglu can be reached at 704-316-3070. Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Receives National Recognition for Surgical Patient Care The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) has recognized Presbyterian Medical Center as one of 52 ACS NSQIP participating hospitals that have achieved meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care. n

Campbell Elected Vice Chair of 2016 North Carolina Board of Nursing Pat Campbell, vice president of Women’s Services for the Greater Charlotte Market, has been elected Vice Chair of the North Carolina Board of Nursing for 2016. The Vice Chair position oversees the Licensure Hearing committee, as well as the Pat Campbell Board of Governance. n

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At the Hospitals

Drug that Counteracts OpioidRelated Overdoses Is Now Available at Walgreens Naloxone is a drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. Until recently, Naloxone has been hard to get in Mecklenburg County, but now the Walgreens at 8538 N. Tryon St. in Charlotte will carry the medication over the counter. This new offering is available thanks to the partnership between Walgreens and Carolinas HealthCare System. Working together, they’ve set up this first-in-the-state Naloxone program to provide an effective resource for opioid users. North Carolina has been one of the early adopters of Naloxone use as a harm-reduction tactic in the South. According to an article in N.C. Health News, “At least 792 people in North Carolina unintentionally overdosed from opioids in 2012, a number that has decreased since a peak death toll of 836 in 2008. Naloxone advocates say distribution of the medication has played a part in that decrease, along with efforts to educate doctors on better prescription habits for opiates and efforts to educate people in the community about naloxone.”

Maureen Murphy Named 2016 Family Physician of the Year The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has given its highest honor to a family physician whose journey into medicine was anything but typical. Maureen E. Murphy, MD, of Cabarrus Family Medicine, began her career in journalism and public relations, but was named the AAFP’s national 2016 Family Physician of the Year. The award honors one outstanding American family physician who provides patients with compassionate, comprehensive care, and serves as a role model in his or her community and to other health professionals. She accepted the award during the AAFP’s annual meeting, the Family Medicine Experience. Murphy began her career as a television reporter in Joplin, Mo., in the early 1970s, and later became a public relations professional

in the Kansas City area. She re-enrolled in college to complete the necessary science courses, took the Medical College Admission Test and was accepted at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Determined to become a family physician, Murphy graduated in 1985 with her medical degree and an award for Outstanding Student in Family Practice. It was her acceptance into the Duke University Family Medicine Residency Program that brought her to North Carolina, where she has remained since completing residency in 1988. Murphy is board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and has the AAFP Degree of Fellow, an earned degree awarded to family physicians for distinguished service and continuing medical education. Carolinas HealthCare System Recognized Among Most Connected Hospitals in the Nation Carolinas HealthCare System has received recognition for two hospitals, Carolinas Medical Center and Carolinas HealthCare System Lincoln, by U.S. News and World Report as being among a leading group of hospitals and healthcare systems recognized for excellence in the quality of care they provide being driven by the innovative use of technology. The System recently unveiled OpenNotes on its patient portal, MyCarolinas. Patients can view their doctor’s notes and radiology reports online. Another benefit keeping patients connected is the MyCarolinas Tracker app. Patients can store and track all their data from FitBit or Runkeeper on the app and on a dashboard on MyCarolinas. In addition to the recognition from U.S. News & World Report, nine Carolinas HealthCare System hospitals and 230 practices have achieved HIMSS Stage 7 this year, the highest level of electronic medical record adoption.

Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon Helps RESTORE Central America Joseph R. Hsu, MD, orthopedic trauma surgeon at Carolinas Medical Center, is helping bring hospitals in Central America sustainable surgical capabilities through the organization, RESTORE

(Reconstructive Surgery and Transmission of Operative Resources). Dr. Hsu founded and is director of RESTORE, which aims to enhance the resource-limited Central American hospital in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, through a combination of education and volunteer efforts. RESTORE began in 2011 as part of philanthropic “medical readiness missions” that were carried out by the United States Army at Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa. Hsu’s inspiration for developing RESTORE stemmed from his experiences in helping injured civilians during his deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan in 2006, and from mission trips to Hospital Escuela. Hospital Escuela, a community hospital and trauma center, has about 15,000 trauma admissions each year. Over the past three years, with support from Carolinas HealthCare System’s International Medical Outreach Program, RESTORE has evolved to include a focus on limb reconstruction work, which is one of Hsu’s areas of surgical expertise. He received training for reconstruction techniques in Italy and Russia, using the “Ilizarov method” of bone regeneration to lengthen or reshape bone and soft tissue. For more information about RESTORE, visit http://heineman.org/restore-central-america/.

Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings Charlotte AHEC is part of the N.C. Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program and Carolinas HealthCare System.

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1/16 Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement Course for Physicians 2/6 Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute Cardiovascular Symposium 2016 2/19-20 Utilization of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2016 Online DOT Medical Examiners Course Online Social Media: Risks & Benefits for Physicians Online Prevention and Management of Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Online Motor Vehicle Crash Victims For more information or to register for these courses, call 704-512-6523 or visit www.charlotteahec.org.

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Independent Physicians of the Carolinas

Independent Physicians of the Carolinas is a nonprofit 501(c)(6) membership organization whose mission is to create public awareness of medical doctors not employed by a network or hospital system and to provide educational programs and resources to physician members and their administration. Visit us at IndependentPhysicians.org. David Draughn, MD, at Vein Specialists of the Carolinas currently is working through the process to meet the standards of excellence required by the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). These are standards that hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers must meet and are similar to the more familiar JCAHO regulations. The process is expected to be completed in the next six David Draughn, MD months. This will make Vein Specialists of the Carolinas the only specialized vein practice to achieve this distinction. Both the Charlotte and Gastonia offices will be undergoing construction. Charlotte will be first, with renovations to the front office and the clinical area. The surgical suite will be redesigned specifically to meet the accreditation standards. This is targeted for completion in the next three months. In Gastonia, this will include expansion and relocation to accommodate their growth in that area, with a completion date of August 2016. Asthma & Allergy Specialists, PA, announces the opening of SleepWell Kids, a division of the practice. Under the leadership of medical directors William Ashe, MD, and Hugh Black, MD, this newly designed pediatric sleep lab will be William Ashe, MD Hugh Black, MD available at 8045 Providence Road in south Charlotte. For more information, call 980-213-2161 or visit www.sleepwellkids.com. Gina Duncan, MD, has joined Eastover Psychological & Psychiatric Group. Duncan earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Hampton University in Virginia and her medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. She completed her general psychiatry residency at Harvard at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/McLean Hospital Adult Psychiatry Residency Program in Boston. In her final year of residency, she served as Chief Resident of Psychotherapy in the MGH outpatient clinic and received the MGH Ann Alonso Award for Psychotherapy. She also was a recipient of the APA/ SAMHSA Minority Fellowship and developed a church-based mental health promotion project called Abundant Life Through Applied Resilience (A.L.T.A.R.)™. Prior to joining Eastover Psychological

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& Psychiatric Group, Duncan served as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and the Associate Dean for Admissions for the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University (GRU) in Augusta. While at GRU, she also served as the psychiatrist for Project GREAT (Georgia Recovery-Based Educational Approach to Treatment) and has authored a chapter on Shared Decision-Making in mental health care. Duncan is board-certified in general psychiatry. She is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and serves as a blogger on the APA’s Healthy Minds website. Duncan’s clinical focus is on the use of medication management and psychotherapy in the treatment of adult mood and anxiety disorders, as well as OCD and ADHD. Her other areas of special interest include the intersection of spirituality and psychiatry, disparities in health and achievement that disproportionately affect underserved communities, strength-based approaches to building resilience and faith, and community-based approaches to addressing disparities in mental health. For additional information, visit eastoverpsych.com. Charlotte Gastroenterology & Hepatology (CGH) is pleased to announce that Sanjib Mohanty, MD, and Jason Wilson, MD, have been appointed as clinical directors of the CGH Research Division. Both physicians have participated in CGH’s research studies as sub-investigators since joining the practice and are excited Sanjib Mohanty, MD Jason Wilson, MD about the opportunities of their new role. The division recently has added two new studies for Hepatitis C and iron deficiency anemia. Mohanty and Wilson look forward to the alternative treatment options that are provided to their patients through these studies. CGH is excited to offer patients with Crohn’s disease a new online tool to help manage the disease. The practice was one of 13 in the country chosen to participate in the national rollout of Project Sonar. Participating patients are pinged monthly with a series of questions about their symptoms and overall health. Scores derived from their answers are reported to their CGH physician and further care may be recommended to avoid complications or hospitalization. During the pilot program in Illinois, patients participating in Project Sonar saw their hospitalization rates drop by more than 50 percent. CGH staff members enthusiastically participated in World Pancreatic Cancer Day by wearing purple to work on November 13. Clinical and administrative staff got creative with wigs, tutus, clothing and makeup to spread awareness about one of the nation’s deadliest cancers. The latest edition of the Independent Physicians of the Carolinas Physician Directory & Medical Resource Guide has been distributed to medical professionals and the public. If your office would like copies on hand for the clinicians, support staff and administration, as well as copies in your patient waiting areas, please send Sherie Bradshaw, board member, an email at sherie@ip-carolinas.org to request copies.

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