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WINTER 2018

Hypertension:
Treat or not to treat,
that is the question

OFFICERS 2018
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
David A. McKeighan
Executive Director
Rosemary McNeal
Administrative Assistant
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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
Chester County and their patients in
order to preserve the doctor-patient

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

a Part of Teen
12 "Be
Health Week"

Features
11 Medical Women Gather
for International Meeting
this March in Philadelphia
16 Community Volunteers in
Medicine Seeks Volunteers
22 Occupational Medicine and
Opiates: Doing our part

26 Dealing with Post Traumatic
Stress
30 The Chester County
ACES COALITION
34 Tuberculosis: A Case of
Missed Opportunities

24 Negotiating Physician Contracts

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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