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Contents | Spring 2015
FROMTHEEDITOR
Robert P. Granacher Jr., M.D.,
M.B.A., Editor-in-Chief, Kentucky
Doc Magazine
Pikeville Pediatrician to Population
Medicine ‘Doc’
by Rice C. Leach, M.D.
Frankfort Medical Community
by Lowell R. Quenemoen, M.D.
CLINICAL PERILS
Suicide in Physicians
by By Robert P. Granacher Jr., M.D., M.B.A.
Officers announced for Lexington Clinic’s 2015
board of directors
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PROFILE IN COMPASSION:
Serving needy children and their families:
Bill Underwood, MD
by John A. Patterson M.D., MSPH, FAAFP
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COVER STORY
Philip Hall, M.D.
Have Halothane, Will Travel
by Robert P. Granacher Jr., M.D., M.B.A.
Second Oldest but Never Second Best
by Thomas H. Waid, M.D.
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MAKING HISTORY
Alois Alzheimer:
The man who named a dread disease
by Frank Kourt, Staff Writer
BUSINESS SECTION
Signs of a Winning Stock
by J.E. Carpenter
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I am excited to announce that the
Lexington Medical Society has
assumed the focus and editorial
direction of Kentucky Doc magazine, beginning
with this Spring edition. We have the nucleus of a
new editorial board, which is composed entirely of
physicians. This undertaking is a work in progress, and
our current goals are to redesign the editorial thrust
and organization of Kentucky Doc magazine. In the
upcoming iterations, we will present a column authored
by the current LMS president, an advocacy column
focusing upon our profession, and, when appropriate,
reviewing legislation that may impact medical practice.
We also are planning a “hot topic” column for two
physicians to take contrasting sides of a medical issue
and debate the topic. Dr. Patterson will continue his
prior columns on physician health/wellbeing and
also highlight a compassionate physician in a separate
column. We are expanding our current audience of
Fayette County physicians to include those holding
medical and osteopathic licenses to practice within the
defined Central Kentucky area.
Our inaugural Spring issue brings the unique and
interesting lives of our physician colleagues to you with
LMS president Rice Leach, MD’s portrayal of
Pikeville pediatrician Steve Davis as a practitioner of
“population medicine”. Then Lowell Quenemoen, MD
profiles the Frankfort Regional Medical Center
while John Patterson, MD introduces us to the
professional experiences of pediatrician Bill
Underwood, MD. Bob Granacher, MD calls for the
physician community to address suicide risk in our
physicians and he also presents the international
missions of anesthesiologist Phil Hall, MD as he
travels to provide medical services to the war-torn
and underprivileged in Syria, Sudan and Guatemala.
Immediate LMS past-president Tom Waid, MD shares
the new strategic plan for the LMS. For our enjoyment,
the Sampler Publications staff reviews the life and times
of Alois Alzheimer, MD, the vagaries of the Tower of
London and the compelling features of Hilton Head
Island. Enjoy!
Robert P. Granacher Jr.,
M.D., M.B.A.
As a result of this new focus, we will report what
physicians are doing outside their workplace and also
feature those organizations or facilities providing
medical service within the Central Kentucky area. We
will present a science-based article featuring “clinical
perils.” Moreover, we later will include a resident/
medical student column with at least one issue yearly
devoted to students at the beginning of each medical
school year, and the remaining three quarterl 䁥