Philadelphia Medicine Winter 2017-18x - 3

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Cadence Kim, MD, FACS
PRESIDENT

Max E. Mercado, MD
PRESIDENT ELECT

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Sexual Harassment - When The
Workplace Is Medical School

10

Pennsylvania Medical Society's
2017 House of Delegates Recap

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
Dane Scantling, DO
John Vasudevan, MD
Danielle Verghese
FIRST DISTRICT TRUSTEE

16 Angel Flight East
18 My Mom Has Alzheimer's...
22 The Menace of Menthol and
Flavored Tobacco in
Philadelphia

24 Current Events in Medical

Education: Narrative Medicine

26 What Physicians Need to Know
to Participate in the Medical
Marijuana Program

27 Wellness Corner
28 What Impact Will the Federal

Government's Declaration of a
Public Health Emergency Have
on the Opioid Crisis?

30 PAMED Legislative Update

Lynn Lucas-Fehm, MD, JD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mark C. Austerberry

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EDITOR

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Alan J. Miceli

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