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doc • Summer 2015
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Contents | Summer 2015
FROMTHEEDITOR
Robert P. Granacher Jr., M.D.,
M.B.A., Editor-in-Chief, Kentucky
Doc Magazine
Welcome to the summer edition of
Kentucky Doc Magazine, the medical
magazine for physicians, edited and
written by physicians. Our cartoonist has started this
issue with a cartoon which is aligned with an interesting
pro-con contrast of “medical marijuana.” Danesh
Mazloomdoost, M.D. and Lowell Quenemoen, M.D.
debate the pros and cons of medical “weed”.
KMA Community Connector Program
by David Bensema, M.D.
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PROFILE
Winchester and the Clark Regional
Medical Center
by Lowell Quenemoen, M.D.
Ralph Alvarado, M.D., Citizen Legislator
by Robert F. Granacher Jr., M.D., M.B.A.
PHYSICIAN HEALTH & WELL BEING
Keeping Perspective on Life’s Priorities
by John A. Patterson, M.D., MSPH, FAAFP
PROFILE IN COMPASSION
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Compassion is What Sustains Me: Carol Cottrill
by John A. Patterson, M.D., MSPH, FAAFP
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The Heroin Bill and Public Health
by Rice C. Leach, M.D., President,
Lexington Medical Society
14
COMMUNITY NEWS
16
MAKING HISTORY
Robert Edwards and the first ‘test tube baby’
by Frank Kourt, Staff Writer
Medical Marijuana Debate
20
PROS
by Lowell Quenemoen, M.D.
22
CONS
by Danesh Mazloomdoost, M.D.
KMA president, David Bensema, M.D. shares with
us an overview of the KMA Community Connector
Program and discusses recent physician graduates of
this worthwhile KMA offering. He reveals how they
then are involved in their respective communities after
the physician completes the training sequence. Lowell
Quenemoen, M.D. highlights Winchester and the Clark
Regional Medical Center, describing the integration
of this medical center’s services into the Winchester
community, and the future plan to add a 45,000 square
foot service structure.
misunderstandings physicians may have when they
interpret this useful data derivation.
Please do not forget that LMS and Kentucky Doc have
underway their annual writing contest for practicing
physicians, residents, and medical students. Each of
three potential winners will received $1000.00. If you
plan to submit an essay, time is drawing near, as the
winners will be announced in the upcoming fall edition
of Kentucky Doc. Also, letters to the editor may be
submitted at [email protected]
or to Sampler Publications, 121 Prosperous Place, Suite
5B, Lexington, KY 40509.
Robert P. Granacher Jr.,
M.D., M.B.A.
Editor-in-Chief
Bob Granacher, M.D. portrays Ralph Alvarado, M.D.
as our featured physician this edition. This physicianstatesman, in his dual roles of internist-pediatrician
and Kentucky state senator, has