120. The Practice Manager: Jessica Mendelsohn, MD

<p><em>The CME experience for this </em><em>Podcast</em><em> is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and unlock credits & more: </em><a href= "https://earnc.me/AMa441" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em>https://earnc.me/AMa441</em></a></p> <p>Dr. Mendelsohn grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She completed her undergraduate studies at Virginia Tech (Go Hokies!) and attended Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia, where she earned her M.D. She moved to Charlotte, NC to complete her residency in Family Medicine. Upon residency completion, she was Board Certified in Family Medicine and practiced full-time in Charlotte until 2014.</p> <p>While practicing in Charlotte, Dr. Mendelsohn was very involved in physician leadership, both as medical director of her practice and throughout the hospital system, serving on various committees. She graduated from the McColl School of Business Physician Leadership Institute in 2012 with 30 of her physician colleagues. Also in 2012, she was<br /> voted by her peers as one of Charlotte’s “Top Doctors” in the May edition of Charlotte Magazine.</p> <p>After the birth of her first son,Charlie in 2013, Dr. Mendelsohn decided to pursue hospice work with Hospice and Community Care in Rock Hill, SC while continuing to assist family medicine practices throughout the Charlotte area. Her hospice experience led her to become medical director of an advance care planning initiative, helping doctors and the communities they serve to better understand the importance of discussing future healthcare wishes and goals of care.</p> <p>Dr. Mendelsohn had her second son, Henry, in 2017. A year later, she started recognizing the need for improved primary care in her community and decided to re-enter the practice of family medicine in a new, independent way.</p> <p><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/187244/group-therapy-brings-people-together-2021-08-27-16-16-32-utc.jpg" alt="" width="347" height="116" /></p> <p style="text