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Stemming the Tide: The
Imperative to Act Amid the
Vaping Epidemic
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Pennsylvania Medical Society
House of Delegates Approves
PCMS Safe Injection Site
Resolution
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Backers of a Philadelphia Safe
Injection Site Win First Court
Test
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Opinion... The Public Health
Side of Fracking
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
James Cristol, MD
PRESIDENT
Max E. Mercado, MD
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Anthony Rosa, MD
SECRETARY
J Q Michael Yu, MD, FRCPC
TREASURER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Enrique Hernandez, MD
Harvey B. Lefton, MD
Curtis Miyamoto, MD
Anthony M. Padula, MD, FACS
Stephen R. Permut, MD, JD
Andrew Roberts, MD
John Vasudevan, MD
David A. Sass, MD, FACP
Ricardo Morgenstern, MD
Robert Kucejko, MD
Ashley Garcia
FIRST DISTRICT TRUSTEE
Lynn Lucas-Fehm, MD, JD
PA Medical Society,
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20 Pennsylvania Begins Its
Transition to a State-Based
Exchange
22 Philadelphia Makes Strides
managing work/life
balance
Against Lead Poisoning
32 If Your're Thinking About
24 HBV PreVNTT: The Latest effort
Retirement, Here are a few
Things to Consider
to try to Combat Hepatitis B in
Philadelphia
34 A Physician Wedding -
26 Cure and Epilepsy
27 Member News:
Surviving and Thriving in
its Midst
Enrique Hernandez, MD,
FACOG, FACS, FCPP
28 No More Tuesdays
at Hahnemann
President-Elect
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Michael A. DellaVecchia, MD, PhD, FACS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mark C. Austerberry
EDITOR
Alan J. Miceli
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