GLMS BOARD OF GOVERNORS
BOARD CHAIR James Patrick Murphy, MD, MMM
PRESIDENT AND AMA DELEGATE
Bruce A. Scott, MD
PRESIDENT-ELECT Robert H. Couch, MD, MBA
VICE PRESIDENT Heather L. Harmon, MD
TREASURER John L. Roberts, MD
SECRETARY Tracy L. Ragland, MD
AT-LARGE Frank R. Burns, MD
AT-LARGE John D. Kolter, MD
AT-LARGE Jeffrey L. Reynolds, MD
AT-LARGE Neal J. Richmond, MD
AT-LARGE Wayne Tuckson, MD
AT-LARGE Regi Varghese, MD
AMA ALTERNATE DELEGATE
Robert A. Zaring, MD, MMM
KMA 5TH DISTRICT TRUSTEE
Randy Schrodt Jr., MD
KMA 5TH DISTRICT ALTERNATE TRUSTEE
David R. Watkins, MD
GLMS FOUNDATION PRESIDENT
K. Thomas Reichard, MD
DEAN, U OF L SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Toni M. Ganzel, MD, MBA
DIRECTOR, LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS
LaQuandra S. Nesbitt, MD, MPH
THE HEALING PLACE PRESIDENT Karyn Hascal
GLMS ALLIANCE CO-PRESIDENTS
Michelle Feger & Rhonda Rhodes
LOUISVILLE
GREATER LOUISVILLE MEDICAL SOCIETY
MEDICINE
VOL. 62 NO. 5 OCTOBER 2014
18 THE ETHICAL,
HUMANISTIC, AND
SCIENTIFIC SPECTRUM
OF AUTISM
Thomas James III, MD
LOUISVILLE MEDICINE EDITORIAL BOARD
EDITOR Mary G. Barry, MD
Elizabeth A. Amin, MD
Waqar C. Aziz, MD
Deborah Ann Ballard, MD, MPH
R. Caleb Buege, MD
Arun K. Gadre, MD
Stanley A. Gall, MD
Larry P. Griffin, MD
Jonathan E. Hodes, MD, MS
Martin Huecker, MD
Thomas James, III, MD
Sarah Khayat
Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD
Tracy L. Ragland, MD
Ben Rogers, MD
M. Saleem Seyal, MD
Dave Langdon, Louisville Metro Department of
Public Hea