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DEPARTMENTS
5
IS THE NANNY STATE SO BAD?
FEATURES
7
KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT
Wayne B. Tuckson, MD
12
BOOK REVIEW
WEEKENDS AT BELLEVUE
NINE YEARS ON THE NIGHT SHIFT
AT THE PSYCH ER
M. Saleem Seyal, MD, FACC, FACP
THE WELL WOMAN VISIT
Nancy Newman, MD
29
REFLECTIONS
ABOUT FUNERALS
BREAST CANCER SUCCESS: DE-
ESCALATE TREATMENT FOR ALL?
NOT YET
Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD
30
PHYSICIANS IN PRINT
34
WE WELCOME YOU
36 DOCTORS’ LOUNGE
Beth Riley, MD, FACP
OVARIAN CANCER: IT IS A TIME FOR
HOPE
Lynn Parker, MD
CURRENT HYSTERECTOMY TRENDS
Lori Warren, MD, FACOG, FPMRS
THE DEMISE OF THE KENTUCKY
MEDICAL CONSPIRACIES
Mary G. Barry, MD
MATERNAL MORTALITY REVIEW
COMMITTEE
LETTER TO SEEMA VERMA
Gordon R. Tobin, MD
Stanley Gall, MD
DR. WHO
FEATURING SMITHA BULLOCK, MD
GLMS BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Rob Zaring, MD, MMM, MSHI BOARD CHAIR & AMA
ALTERNATE DELEGATE
Wayne Tuckson, MD, PRESIDENT
Frank Burns, MD, PRESIDENT-ELECT
Monalisa Tailor, MD, VICE PRESIDENT & KMA VICE SPEAKER
Brian Sosnin, DO, TREASURER
Valerie Briones-Pryor, MD, SECRETARY
Erica Sutton, MD, AT-LARGE
Alexandra Maki, MD, AT-LARGE
Jeffrey Goldberg, MD, AT-LARGE
Thomas Higgins, Jr., MD, AT-LARGE
Patricia Purcell, MD, AT-LARGE
Christopher Jones, MD, AT LARGE
Bruce Scott, MD, KMA PRESIDENT; AMA VICE SPEAKER &
DELEGATE
Bob Couch, MD, KMA SECRETARY/TREASURER & AMA
ALTERNATE DELEGATE
John Roberts, MD, KMA TRUSTEE
Eric Lydon, MD, KMA ALT. TRUSTEE
K. Thomas Reichard, MD, PRESIDENT, GLMS FOUNDATION
Sarah Moyer, MD, MPH, DIRECTOR, DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH
& WELLNESS
Toni M. Ganzel, MD, MBA, DEAN, UOFL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Karyn Hascal, President, THE HEALING PLACE
Debi McDonald, ALLIANCE PRESIDENT
10
CAN YOU DO MORE WITH LESS?
15
THE WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUE
Debi McDonald
Aaron Burch
Lori Caloia, MD
Zach Harris, MD
28
GLMS ALLIANCE NEWS
38
OF PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATES
HEPATITIS C SCREENING
RECOMMENDATIONS
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