Louisville Medicine Volume 62, Issue 4 | Page 26

Alliance News MICHELLE FEGER | GLMSA CO-PRESIDENT | [email protected] BE A PART OF THE GREATER LOUISVILLE MEDICAL SOCIETY ALLIANCE THIS YEAR H i, my name is Michelle Feger. I am co-president of the Greater Louisville Medical Society Alliance with Rhonda Rhodes for the 2014-2015 year. I am excited to serve with Rhonda this year, as we have many interesting and appealing opportunities planned. I have been married to Tim Feger, MD, for 27 years. Tim is an allergist with Family Allergy and Asthma. We have three daughters ranging from 24 to 18 years of age. I am an RN who started my nursing career at Kosair Children’s Hospital in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit many years ago. I continued working at the Visiting Nurse Association in pediatric home health and then in a physician’s office until I retired to raise my children. I became a member of the GLMSA about eight years ago. I love the social and service aspects of the Alliance, along with the comraderie of being with other amazing people who face the same issues and challenges I do during this ever-changing time in medicine. I look forward to the year ahead! Jenny Jacob worked hard last spring to update our dues statement to make it clear, concise, and easier to read. That really helped us get our dues mailing out for the upcoming year, which we did in early June. We’re getting ready to kick off our year with a busy September. First we will have our opening luncheon September 2nd at 11:30am at my house to outline our events/activities for the year. • 24 The next opportunity to get involved is the Walk to End Alzheimer’s on September 6th at the Great Lawn at Waterfront Park. Registration starts at 9 a.m. and the walk starts at 10 a.m. We LOUISVILLE MEDICINE (left) GLMSA members gather at the home of Michelle Feger to help with the 2014-2015 dues mailing. (right) GLMSA Co-presidents Michelle Feger and Rhonda Rhodes. will have a group walking that day. Rhonda and I have both been touched very closely by this disease. Rhonda’s mother passed away after a battle with Alzheimer’s and my mother is in the midst of her journey with Alzheimer’s now. • Next the Kentucky Medical Association Alliance annual meeting is September 14-16th at the Hyatt Regency, here in Louisville. • After that, the GLMS Foundation Scholarship Golf Tournament is September 22nd. Please consider putting a team together for this wonderful event. If you’re not a golfer, the awards reception that follows the tournament is fun to attend. For more information, go to glms.org and look under upcoming events. • Lastly, John and Rhonda Rhodes will host “Pumpkins and Politics,” a KPPAC Legislative Reception, on September 27th at their home. It will be a great opportunity to learn what’s going on in the upcoming legislative session. We would love for you to join us this year. Being a member will offer you the opportunity to build friendships, attend interesting meetings, volunteer for various service opportunities, and learn of legislative changes that are affecting medical families today. The dues statement is available online at www.glms.org under the membership tab. LM Note: Michelle Feger is the co-president of the GLMS Alliance with Rhonda Rhodes.