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
GLMS FOUNDATION PRESIDENT K . Thomas Reichard , MD
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Toni M . Ganzel , MD , MBA DIRECTOR , LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS
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Millicent Evans
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5 CURLING & KENTUCKY POLITICS John L . Roberts , MD
12 REFLECTIONS - A SONG IN ONE ' S HEART Teresita Bacani-Oropilla , MD
20 BOOK REVIEW - HILBILLY ELEGY Elizabeth A . Amin , MD
23 PHYSICIANS IN PRINT
26 DOCTORS ’ LOUNGE - PRESSURE COOKING
Mary G . Barry , MD
- DECOMMISIONING A NOBLE MEDICAL MONUMENT Gordon Tobin , MD
36 DR . WHO ? - FEATURING CARMEL PERSON , MD Aaron Burch
MEDICINE
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16 WEARING THE WHITE COAT Councilman Stuart Benson
FEATURES
6 AMA - HIGH REPRESENTATION , LOW MEMBERSHIP Bert Guinn , MBA , CAE
8 ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES , HOOKAH AND LOUISVILLE ’ S SMOKE-FREE ORDINANCE Sarah Moyer , MD , MPH & Judah Skolnick , MD
14 EXPANDING CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING IN A THAI MEDICAL ACADEMY Thomas Ems
24 I WILL TEACH THEM MY ART : SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE FUTURE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION Michael Burk , MD
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