Alliance News
Ilene Bosscher, MA, MDiv, LMFT, LPCC
GLMSA President
[email protected]
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he winds of change have swept swiftly over the Bluegrass
State of Kentucky in 2013. This past year the Greater Louisville Medical Society Alliance has shown its commitment to
broadening our perspective, our membership, and our activities to
encompass those of the actual population of this medical community.
The GLMS Alliance President Ilene Bosscher, MDiv, MA. for 20132014 and the Men in the Alliance Men’s Activity Chairman Brian
Briscoe, MD, have held three new activities with men and couples
in mind. Bosscher explains their purpose in creating these specific
activities. “Since the 1970’s the composition of medical school classes
has been fifty percent gender equal and yet our GLMS Alliance has
maintained the traditional model of male physician and female
spouse. This perspective is not inclusive enough any longer to serve
the actual medical community in the year 2013 and beyond. The
need for this change has been long overdue. The short-range target
of the Men’s Activity Committee will be to develop activities that
offer fellowship and that would appeal to both genders of physicians and spouses of the Greater Louisville Medical Community.
Long-term goals are still being considered as well as a five-year plan,
but more outreach events and possibly a medical mission trip are
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to listen and respond.”
The GLMS Alliance for the first time in our history has five men
on the Executive Committee with the most senior male member
being the GLMS Alliance Vice President C. Dean Furman, JD.
Furman explains the unique purpose of the Alliance to potential
male members this way. “Not everyone understands what it is like
to be married to a person involved in an ever-changing profession like medicine, and that -- just being there -- is really what the
Alliance is all about. From the good times to the stressful times,
medical professionals and the spouses who share this lifestyle are
in a unique situation. Yet, this unique situation that we as a group
share is the commonality that binds all Alliance members. In other
words, we “get it” and can be another outlet for you and your family to maximize the benefits that life in the medical profession can
bring. We, in the Alliance understand the importance of balancing
time commitments, however, this is one commitment that you
completely control as a member of the Alliance, and you can be as
active as you want!”
Brian Briscoe, MD who has the dual role of physician and spouse
of a physician, chairs the Men’s Activities Committee. Dr. Briscoe and
his fellow male Executive Committee Members; Furman, Richard
Tobe, Alphonso Nichols, III, MD, Robert Hilgers, MD, and Current Greater Louisville Medical Society President James Patrick
Murphy, MD, MMM, make up the Men’s Activities Committee, as
well as ex-officio member Bosscher. Briscoe envisioned the men’s
activities as events that are totally fun, inclusive of both genders, and
offer a chance to get away from weekday activities. This first year of
men’s activities committee planned three events, two of which are
events they are partnering with other medical organizations that
have already established events. Their Kick-off event was really
better described as a tee-off event because they were taking part
in the Greater Louisville Medical Society Foundation’s 3rd Annual
Scholarship Golf Event. This event’s proceeds went to benefit the
Medical Scholarship Fund, which provided scholarships to four individuals who were honored at the awards ceremony after the event
at the country club. The second event took place November 9th, in
Owenton, Kentucky, at Elk Creek Lodge, which is a skeet shooting
and wine tasting place. And for the last event in March, the Men
in the Alliance welcomed the AMA Alliance Regional Meeting to
Louisville, and attended the Bourbon Tasting and Distillery Tour on
Saturday afternoon after the meeting concluded. Future events may
include a health fair that is focused on men’s health and wellness,
as well as a poker club and an investment club. We consider this
first year of reaching out to men and couples as a success and look
forward to refining this branch of GLMSA in the future. LM
Note: Contact Ilene Bosscher at [email protected] or
(502) 552-7319. To contact the Me