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PRESIDENT
Max E. Mercado, MD
PRESIDENT ELECT
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Philadelphia's Dr. Luther Brady,
Radiation Oncology Pioneer...
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Three Faces of Addiction...
Daniel T. Dempsey, MD, MBA, FACS
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Natalia Ortiz, MD, FAPA, FAPM
SECRETARY
J. Q. Michael Yu, MD, FRCPC
TREASURER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michael DellaVecchia, MD, PhD, FACS
Enrique Hernandez, MD
Harvey B. Lefton, MD
Henry Lin, MD
Curtis T. Miyamoto, MD
Ricardo Morgenstern, MD
Anthony M. Padula, MD, FACS
Stephen R. Permut, MD, JD
Andrew B. Roberts, MD
Anthony Rosa, MD
Anamika Saha
Dane Scantling, DO
John Vasudevan, MD
FIRST DISTRICT TRUSTEE
Lynn Lucas-Fehm, MD, JD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mark C. Austerberry
The Winding Road
to Recovery...
22 Fighting Food Insecurity
in Modern America
24 AIM Academy - Helping Kids
with Learning Disabilities
Achieve
28 PAMED Singles Out Ten
Philadelphia Physicians
30 Chair of Women Physicians
Caucus Speaks to Students
at Thomas Jefferson, Sidney
Kimmel School of Medicine
32 PAMED's Annual House of
Delegates Conference
34 "Docs on Call"
35 PCMS Events
35 Wellness Corner
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EDITOR
Letter From the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Alan J. Miceli
PCMS & Community News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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