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GREATER LOUISVILLE MEDICAL SOCIETY
VOL. 63 NO. 5 OCTOBER 2015
20 DOCTORS BALL 2015
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5 ONE VOICE
FEATURES
6 INTRODUCING BERT
12 REFLECTIONS
Lelan Woodmansee, CAE
Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD
MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE
Robert Couch, MD, MBA
- PEACE AND LOVE, TOO?
16 POEM REVIEW
M. Saleem Seyal, MD, FACC, FACP
FAREWELL AT LELAN
WOODMANSEE’S
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- GAUDEAMUS IGITUR
31 PHYSICIANS IN PRINT
33 ALLIANCE NEWS
Karin Sonnier
35 DOCTORS’ LOUNGE
14 HUNDREDS SAY
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26 MODERN TECHNOLOGY
AND THE CHANGING
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Venkat Ramakrishnan
Mary G. Barry, MD
28 LIVE AND LET DIE:
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DOCTORS
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36 FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE
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