DECEMBER
JANUARY
4th Annual Scholarship Golf Outing funded four U of L medical
students who received $5,000 in scholarships each. Linda Gleis,
MD, Chair of the Scholarship Committee said, “These scholarship
awards make a huge difference in their lives and also show support of the community towards their efforts and hopefully instill
the same giving spirit as they become practicing physicians.” On
Sept. 23, 2014, more than 70 physicians and sponsors attended
the event to raise money and encourage young adults to continue
the pursuit of medicine. “This is a wonderful opportunity for the
medical community and the community at large to come together
for something great, supporting our physicians of the future,” said
GLMS Foundation Medical Missions Committee Chair Denise
Puthuff, MD.
OUR DOCTORS EDUCATED THE
COMMUNITY
While physicians are tasked every day with improving the health of
their patients, GLMS members have gone above and beyond once
again this year to give local leaders the opportunity to experience life
as a physician, and to share the big picture with their communities.
One of GLMS’s most acclaimed events is the annual Wear the
White Coat program in which community leaders are paired with
Louisville physicians to shadow for a day. The fourth annual WWC
event kicked of October 15, 2014, where 24 physicians met their
pairings at the Kentucky Science Center. Volunteer participants
including local business leaders, city representatives and journalists
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all took part, and when the pairs reconvened, the lucky participants
expressed sincere gratitude for being able to wear the white coat
even just for a day.
“The empathy, the care, the ability to connect with patients in a
minute, I don’t know how Dr. (Tina) Yuan does that,” said Scott
Williamson, PhD, Professor at Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary. “Whatever the forces are that take Tina’s time away from
patients, they’re criminal.”
The GLMS Bioethics Committee, chaired by Morris Weiss, MD,
also made headway in community health by visiting public events
and signing residents up for living wills. Committee member Ed
Wunsch, EdD, visited the “Men’s Health: A Family Affair” event at
the African-American Heritage Center and gave out information to
families about the importance of planning for when family members
cannot make decisions for themselves.
Several fundraising 5K’s were held in relation to the health care
community. Both The Healing Place and Doctors & Lawyers for
Kids saw great turnout at their 5K events from physicians and
Louisville residents alike. The GLMS continues to support both of
these organizations and the wonderful work they do.
The GLMS Foundation works throughout the year to improve
health care in disadvantaged areas locally, regionally and internationally. Close to home, the Foundation collaborates with numerous charitable partners including Supplies Over Seas, the Family
Community Clinic and many more.