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DR. CHUCK EDWARDS Heart surgeon’s career found new life tending to dementia patients
RICK HOVIS
BY CRISTINA BOLLING
DR. CHUCK EDWARDS treated thousands of Charlotteans during his 30-year career as one of Charlotte’s preeminent cardiac surgeons. But when he developed a hand tremor in his early 60s, he faced a profound question: If he couldn’t perform surgery, who would he be?
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