GLMS FOUNDATION
4TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS
Aaron Burch
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our University of Louisville medical students were awarded $20,000 in scholarships thanks to the combined efforts
of the medical and business communities who gathered at
Hurstbourne Country Club on September 23. The GLMS Foundation’s fourth annual Scholarship Golf Tournament welcomed
more than 70 physicians and sponsors to the event to raise money
for promising young adults pursuing medicine. The all-tourney
sponsor was Stock Yards Bank & Trust.
their endless possibilities. “We are so proud of who our students
are, what they do and what they’ll become,” Dr. Ganzel said. “Our
future is bright with young people like these.”
The weather was cool and beautiful for 18 teams to enjoy a day
of golf. The event concluded with an awards reception and scholarship presentation where each of the four winners, selected on
excellent academic work and community engagement, received a
check for $5,000.
In the golf outing, teams of physicians and businesspeople followed a shamble format for the competition, in which all team
members tee off and then play out the hole at stroke play from the
location of the best ball. The championship team was sponsored
by Stock Yards bank and included Rick Tobe, Tony Simms, Ryan
Blas and Bart Brown.
“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 Denise Puthuff,
MD, GLMS Foundation Medical Missions Committee Chair. Golf
Committee Chair David R. Watkins, MD, explained the day’s purpose was to help maintain the pipeline of well-trained medical students to lead in health care.
In second place came a team sponsored by Dr. David Watkins
which included Dr. Watkins, Russell Williams, MD, Danny Watkins and Ron Daniel. Third place went to a second team sponsored
by Stock Yards Bank which included Bob Hecht, Chris Ochsner,
Ron Ferro and Patrick Schmidt. A special “Worst Putter Award”
– sponsored by Mary G. Barry, MD, in memory of her father, journalist Mike Barry – was given to Tony Simms.
This year’s medical student scholars were Andrea Breaux, Kelsey
Gregory, Virginia Haselden and Meagan Holtgrave. Three of the
recipient scholarships were funded by the GLMS Foundation and
the fourth was funded by Jewish Hospital and St. Mary’s Foundation Healthcare Horizons Award.
During the Scholarship Golf Tournament, players were treated
to brunch, luncheon baskets and a cocktail reception. There was
also a live auction and a raffle to raise money for the scholarship
fund.
Helping to present the awards, U of L School of Medicine Dean
Toni Ganzel, MD, praised the recipients for their hard work and
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Photos: (left) Mark Ihnen, MD, teeing off for a hole-in-one to win a car from Bob
Hook Chevrolet (middle top) Tommy Thompson, MD, Robert Caudill, MD, Mark
Ihnen, MD and Neil Patil, MD (middle bottom) Russ Williams, MD, David Watkins,
MD, Ron Daniel and Danny Watkins (right) Craig Deweese, MD
LOUISVILLE MEDICINE
Note: Aaron Burch is the communications specialist for the Greater
Louisville Medical Society.