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OFFICERS 2018

SPRING 2018

Robotic-Assisted
General Surgery

President
Mian A. Jan, M.D., FACC, MD

President-Elect
Bruce A. Colley, DO

Vice President
David E. Bobman, MD

Secretary

Mahmoud K. Effat, MD

Past President
Winslow Murdoch, MD

Board Members
Brian Abaluck, MD
Heidar K. Jahromi, MD
John P. Maher, MD
Charles P. McClure, MD
Valerie G. Vilbert, DO

In Every Issue
6 President's Message
24 The Art of Chester County

David A. McKeighan

in Florida:
16 Tragedy
Tips for talking
to children about
school shootings

Executive Director
Rosemary McNeal
Administrative Assistant
CCMS Headquarters
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Chester County Medicine is a publication
of the Chester County Medical Society
(CCMS). The Chester County Medical
Society's mission has evolved to
represent and serve all physicians of

Features
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30 Medical Tourism

Direct Primary Care

18 Emergency Preparedness

is a Team Effort -

Don't Panic, Get Prepared!

34 Quarterly Legislative Update

28 Friendship is Powerful Medicine

39 CCMS Out and About

38 CCMS Clam Bake

Chester County and their patients in
order to preserve the doctor-patient
relationship, maintain safe and quality
care, advance the practice of medicine
and enhance the role of medicine and
health care within the community, Chester
County and Pennsylvania.
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