GLMS BOARD OF GOVERNORS BOARD CHAIR & AMA ALTERNATE DELEGATE
Robert H . Couch , MD , MBA PRESIDENT & CHAIR , AMA ACADEMIC PHYSICIANS SECTION GOVERNING COUNCIL
John L . Roberts , MD PRESIDENT-ELECT & AMA ALTERNATE DELEGATE Robert Zaring , MD , MMM VICE PRESIDENT Wayne Tuckson , MD TREASURER & AMA DELEGATE Frank R . Burns , MD SECRETARY Monalisa Tailor , MD AT-LARGE John D . Kolter , MD AT-LARGE Eric Lydon , MD AT-LARGE Alexandra Maki , MD AT-LARGE Patricia Purcell , MD AT-LARGE Erica Sutton , MD AT-LARGE Brian Sosnin , DO KMA 5TH DISTRICT TRUSTEE Randy Schrodt Jr ., MD
AMA VICE SPEAKER AND DELEGATE Bruce Scott , MD
KMA 5TH DISTRICT ALTERNATE TRUSTEE Russell Williams , MD
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Toni M . Ganzel , MD , MBA DIRECTOR , LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS
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Millicent Evans
LOUISVILLE MEDICINE EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR Mary G . Barry , MD Elizabeth A . Amin , MD Waqar C . Aziz , MD Brian Ferguson , DO Arun K . Gadre , MD Stanley A . Gall , MD Larry P . Griffin , MD Jonathan E . Hodes , MD , MS Martin Huecker , MD Thomas James , III , MD Teresita Bacani-Oropilla , MD M . Saleem Seyal , MD Dave Langdon , Louisville Metro Department of Public Health & Wellness Robert H . Couch , MD , MBA , board chair John L . Roberts , MD , president Robert Zaring , MD , MMM , president-elect Bert Guinn , MBA , CAE , executive vice president / CEO Kate Williams , communications designer Aaron Burch , communications specialist
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5 BLESSED ARE YOU WHO HAVE NOT BEEN SUED John L . Roberts , MD
10 REFLECTIONS - I AM AN IMMIGRANT Teresita Bacani-Oropilla , MD
24 PHYSICIANS IN PRINT
27 DOCTORS ’ LOUNGE - BIGOTRY KILLS
Mary G . Barry , MD
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Ronald L . Levine , MD
29 DR . WHO ? - FEATURING SUSAN COVENTRY , MD Aaron Burch
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16 PUT THAT TUMOR ON A DIET Martin Huecker , MD
FEATURES
7 AIR POLLUTION IN JEFFERSON COUNTY Goetz H . Kloecker , MD , MBA
12 THE BEERSHEBA SPRINGS MEDICAL CLINIC Garrett Adams , MD , MPH
21 UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE USE OF A 2 DOSE SCHEDULE FOR HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS VACCINATION Stanley A Gall , MD
22 HOW MEDICINE HAS CHANGED ME : WE ARE THE INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE VACCINATION Cynthia Rigby , MD
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