Meet our Doctors
Dr. Benbow joined Cabarrus Pediatric Clinic in 1976. He is a graduate of Davidson College and Duke University School of Medicine and completed his residency in Pediatrics at the University of Colorado in Denver. He is married, and he and his wife Katherine have 3 grown children. Mary is an educator living in Virginia, Charlie is an officer in the US Marine Corps, and Peter is a student at Davidson College. Dr. Benbow attends First Presbyterian Church, where he has served as a Boy Scout leader, a Deacon, an Elder, as well as a member of a medical mission team in Mexico. He is also active in various community committees and boards, is currently Chairman of Healthy Cabarrus and serves on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation. In his leisure time he enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking, canoeing, fly fishing, and traveling. Dr. Benbow was recently named one of the Best Doctor’s in America by Woodward and White. |
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Dr. Douglass joined Cabarrus Pediatric Clinic in 1999 after completing pediatric residency and medical school at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Dr. Douglass currently practices full-time general pediatrics with a special interest in international adoption medicine. He is board-certified in pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). He is a member of the AAP's Section on Adoption and Foster Care and is in frequent contact with other experts in adoption medicine across the country. Dr. Douglass' passionate interest in international pediatrics dates back to his first medical mission trip in 1999 to Ecuador. He has subsequently participated on medical trips to Peru and Haiti. In addition he has traveled in Guatemala and Russia. In the fall of 2002 the Douglasses were blessed to adopt the youngest of their three children from Siberian Russia. This experience spurred the formal launch of For the Children International Adoption Medical Services in 2003. Since then Dr. Douglass has had the privilege of reviewing hundreds of adoptee medical records and has been steadily adding dozens of adoptees to his clinical practice. Dr. Douglass has reviewed records from Russia, China, Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, Kyrgystan, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Republic of Georgia, Armenia, Poland, Guatemala, S. Korea, Vietnam, and Taiwan.You can read more about For the Children International Adoption Medical Services here. |
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 Laura J. Larrabee, M.D.Board Certified: Pediatrics Medical School: Bowman Gray School of Medicine Residency: Medical College of Georgia Dr. Larrabee joined Cabarrus Pediatric Clinic in 1987. She is a graduate of Bowman Gray School of Medicine (now Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center). She did her residency at the Medical College of Georgia, in Augusta, G.A. Dr. Larrabee grew up in rural upstate New York, but moved to the Concord area in 1978. She is married and has a son, as well as 2 grown stepchildren and 3 step grandchildren. She lives in the Odell community with her sister’s family and her father and stepmother being her immediate neighbors. Dr. Larrabee’s interests include taking care of her son, reading, and taking care of the family’s horses, dogs, cats and fish. She is a University of Kentucky fan by marriage and enjoys Panther’s football. Her professional interests in addition to general pediatrics include child sexual/physical abuse. |
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Dr. Mah, known by some as Dr. Hans, joined Cabarrus Pediatric Clinic in July 2002. He grew up in Ohio, went to school at Duke University, medical school at The University of Virginia, and trained at Brenner Children's Hospital at Wake Forest University before coming to Concord. Like others at our clinic (see Dr. O'Brien) he is a Duke basketball fan; but don't worry if you are a Tarheel fan; you'll still receive our best care. Dr. Mah enjoys his church life, playing guitar (but never took one guitar lesson), watching musicals, reading, traveling, working on his lawn (now that the drought is hopefully over), and 'exciting' nights playing Scrabble with his wife. His big news is that Dr. Mah and his wife welcomed the arrival of their first baby in October 2003. He now experiences the 'excitement' of sleepless nights, runny noses, and hours of crying (and of course the joys, laughs, and pride of being a parent, too). |
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 Board Certified: Pediatrics Medical School: Pennsylvania State University Residency: Case Western Reserve University and Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital |
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Dr. O'Brien joined Cabarrus Pediatrics in 1995. He is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He completed his residency and a year as chief resident in Pediatrics at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. |
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Dr. Porter Peterson will join Cabarrus Pediatric Clinic in July, 2008. She is a graduate of Davidson College and Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. She completed her residency and a year as chief resident in Pediatrics at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Dr. Peterson is a native of Concord and is so excited to be returning back home. In fact, you may recognize her by her maiden name, Porter Kelling. Dr. Peterson is married to a wonderful husband, Ben. They have one young son who provides tons of enjoyment for them everyday, but is growing up way too fast! In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, running and reading. She is a member of First Presbyterian Church and hopes to become involved more in the church and in community activities once she gets settled back into Concord life. Dr. Peterson could not have found a more perfect field to be in than Pediatrics as children are what have always brought her true happiness and make her so excited to go to work each day. She certainly looks forward to working with the many patients and parents that are a part of Cabarrus Pediatrics, as she was once a patient here herself! |
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Mandy joined Cabarrus Pediatric Clinic in the spring of 2006 as a pediatric nurse practitioner. Mandy came to us from Carolina Neurological in Charlotte where she had extensive experience in ADD/ADHD visits. She sees many of our ADD/ADHD patients and their families, working with them for the best possible solution to manage their symptoms. She is looking forward to getting to know our wonderful families in our community. |
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John M. Benbow, M.D.
David P. Douglass, M.D.
Hans S. Mah, M.D.
Stephen J. O’Brien, M.D.
Porter K. Peterson, M.D.
Mandy Bost, RN, CPNP
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