In this Issue
DEPARTMENTS
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THE BURNOUT PLAGUE
FEATURES
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WE NEED YOUR HELP TO
Robert A. Zaring, MD, MMM
SOLVE LOUISVILLE’S OPIOID
CRISIS
9 REFLECTIONS
Sarah Moyer, MD, MPH
WE DARE NOT TO DREAM
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THE LAST CHAPTER OF MY
Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD
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LIFE
WE WELCOME YOU
Timir Banerjee, MD
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THE CASE FOR MEDICAL
PHYSICIANS IN PRINT
CANNABIS
DOCTORS’ LOUNGE
CRISPY NOT CLASSIC
Don Stacy, MD
Mary G. Barry, MD
CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG:
MEDICAL CARE, NOT POLITICS
On the Cover
Larry Griffin, MD
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FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE
KEEP YOUR DIFFERENTIAL
16 S TORIES FROM NICARAGUA
BROAD
Patrick Barrett, MD
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DR. WHO?
FEATURING LEWIS HARGETT, MD
GLMS BOARD OF GOVERNORS
BOARD CHAIR & AMA ACADEMIC PHYSICIANS SECTION
GOVERNING COUNCIL John L. Roberts, MD
PRESIDENT & AMA DELEGATE Robert Zaring, MD, MMM
PRESIDENT-ELECT Wayne Tuckson, MD
VICE PRESIDENT & AMA DELEGATE Frank R. Burns, MD
SECRETARY Monalisa Tailor, MD
TREASURER Brian Sosnin, DO
AT-LARGE John D. Kolter, MD
AT-LARGE Patricia Purcell, MD
AT-LARGE Erica Sutton, MD
AT-LARGE Alexandra Maki, MD
AT-LARGE Paul McKee, MD
KMA 5TH DISTRICT TRUSTEE Randy Schrodt Jr., MD
KMA 5TH DISTRICT ALTERNATE TRUSTEE Russell Williams, MD
AMA VICE SPEAKER & DELEGATE Bruce Scott, MD
KMA ALTERNATE DELEGATE Robert Couch, MD, MBA
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 Joann Schulte, DO
THE HEALING PLACE PRESIDENT Karyn Hascal
GLMS ALLIANCE PRESIDENT Millicent Evans
Shanna Barton, MD
Courtney Nanney, CCE
Cynthia Rigby, MD
Denise Puthuff, MD
LOUISVILLE MEDICINE EDITORIAL BOARD
EDITOR Mary G. Barry, MD
Elizabeth A. Amin, MD
Waqar C. Aziz, MD
Deborah Ballard, MD, MPH
Brian Ferguson, DO
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
John L. Roberts, MD, board chair
Robert Zaring, MD, MMM, president
Wayne Tuckson, MD, president-elect
Bert Guinn, MBA, CAE, executive vice president/CEO
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