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DEPARTMENTS
5
ECHI ETEKA FEATURES
8
TRADITIONS
6
GLMS ALLIANCE NEWS 11
60 YEARS OF THE GLMS
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WEAR THE WHITE COAT 2018
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BREAKING THE MOLD
Wayne B. Tuckson, MD
Melissa Platt, MD
FOUNDATION
Debi McDonald
REFLECTIONS
KEEP THEM FLYING
Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD
I NNOVATION DEFINES PLASTIC
SURGERY
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PHYSICIANS IN PRINT
30
WE WELCOME YOU
32 DOCTORS’ LOUNGE
Jerry O’Daniel, MD
THE WORLD’S FIRST SUCCESSFUL
HAND TRANSPLANT AT 20 YEARS
Gordon R. Tobin, MD; Christina
Kaufman, PhD; Christopher Jones, MD
DRIVEN TO EXTINCTION
Mary G. Barry, MD
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THE EVER-EVOLVING FIELD OF
DR. WHO
FEATURING ELAINE WOERNER, MD
Aaron Burch
BREAST CANCER RECONSTRUCTION
Brad Wilhelmi, MD
REFLECTIONS ON BURN CARE
Joshua Choo, MD
PATIENTS BENEFIT GREATLY FROM
AN ERA OF ENORMOUS PROGRESS
IN PLASTIC SURGERY
Gordon Tobin, 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
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Mary G. Barry, MD EDITOR
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& Wellness
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