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NCMB welcomes three new Board Members
The North Carolina Medical Board is pleased to welcome three new Board Members: two physicians and one Public Member. Terms are for three years and run from Nov. 1, 2024, until Oct. 31, 2027.
Earic R. Bonner, MD, MBA
A native of North Carolina, Dr. Bonner is Chief Medical Officer at OIC of Rocky Mount and also sees patients at ECU Health Internal Medicine in Edenton. His practice focuses on improving health literacy in his community and eliminating racial health disparities. Dr. Bonner also continues to teach students and residents from North Carolina’s medical, nursing, and physician assistant schools. Dr. Bonner has previously served as the ECU Health medical director for ambulatory quality and patient safety, as the regional medical director for the ECU Health practices in Bertie, Chowan, and Perquimans counties, and as director of continuing medical education for ECU Health Chowan Hospital. Prior to those roles, he was hospitalist medical director and chief of medicine for ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Dr. Bonner earned his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, and completed his internal medicine residency at Vidant Medical Center/Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Dr. Bonner also earned a Master of Business Administration from the East Carolina University School of Business. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Anthony R. Plunkett, MD
Dr. Anthony R. Plunkett is Chief of Acute Pain Service and Chief of Anesthesia for the U.S. Army Reserves, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg. He also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery at the Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Plunkett earned his medical degree from Albany Medical College in Albany, New York. He completed residency training in anesthesiology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, where he also completed a fellowship in Acute Pain Medicine. Dr. Plunkett is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and has served as an Oral Board Examiner for that organization.
Vicki A. Harry
Vicki Harry is a wife, mother, grandmother, small business owner and former teacher. Born and raised in Maryland, Harry attended Towson State University, earning a degree in Community Health Education, and then taught Health Education and coached basketball at a public middle school. In 1997 Harry and her family moved to North Carolina, where she continued her teaching career with Wake Christian Academy in Raleigh, teaching Chemistry, Yearbook, Math, Bible, and History. She also coached basketball for four years and went on to become the school's Director of Development. In 2013, Harry opened a business, "Thanks a Latte Coffee and Gift Boutique", in Holly Springs, which later opened a second location in Angier. Harry and her husband, Paul, live in Willow Spring. They have three married children and ten grandchildren ranging in ages 9-3, all living in Wake County.
Earic R. Bonner, MD, MBA
A native of North Carolina, Dr. Bonner is Chief Medical Officer at OIC of Rocky Mount and also sees patients at ECU Health Internal Medicine in Edenton. His practice focuses on improving health literacy in his community and eliminating racial health disparities. Dr. Bonner also continues to teach students and residents from North Carolina’s medical, nursing, and physician assistant schools. Dr. Bonner has previously served as the ECU Health medical director for ambulatory quality and patient safety, as the regional medical director for the ECU Health practices in Bertie, Chowan, and Perquimans counties, and as director of continuing medical education for ECU Health Chowan Hospital. Prior to those roles, he was hospitalist medical director and chief of medicine for ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Dr. Bonner earned his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, and completed his internal medicine residency at Vidant Medical Center/Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Dr. Bonner also earned a Master of Business Administration from the East Carolina University School of Business. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Anthony R. Plunkett, MD
Dr. Anthony R. Plunkett is Chief of Acute Pain Service and Chief of Anesthesia for the U.S. Army Reserves, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg. He also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery at the Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Plunkett earned his medical degree from Albany Medical College in Albany, New York. He completed residency training in anesthesiology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, where he also completed a fellowship in Acute Pain Medicine. Dr. Plunkett is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and has served as an Oral Board Examiner for that organization.
Vicki A. Harry
Vicki Harry is a wife, mother, grandmother, small business owner and former teacher. Born and raised in Maryland, Harry attended Towson State University, earning a degree in Community Health Education, and then taught Health Education and coached basketball at a public middle school. In 1997 Harry and her family moved to North Carolina, where she continued her teaching career with Wake Christian Academy in Raleigh, teaching Chemistry, Yearbook, Math, Bible, and History. She also coached basketball for four years and went on to become the school's Director of Development. In 2013, Harry opened a business, "Thanks a Latte Coffee and Gift Boutique", in Holly Springs, which later opened a second location in Angier. Harry and her husband, Paul, live in Willow Spring. They have three married children and ten grandchildren ranging in ages 9-3, all living in Wake County.