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Jeffrey Goldberg, MD, AT-LARGE
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Rishi Kumar, MD, AT-LARGE
Melissa Platt, MD, AT-LARGE
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Sarah Moyer, MD, MPH, DIRECTOR, DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS
Toni M. Ganzel, MD, MBA, DEAN, UOFL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
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WEAR THE WHITE COAT 2019
13 THE COMPLEXITY OF ALCOHOL
BOURBON WHISKEY IN KENTUCKY: THE SOCIETAL IMPACT OF
AMERICA’S SPIRIT | Thomas S. Higgins, Jr., MD, MSPH
FOLLOWING THE TRAIL IN LOUISVILLE AND IN NAPA VALLEY | Tom
James, MD
ALCOHOL AND THE HEART - AN ENIGMATIC ASSOCIATION | M. Saleem
Seyal, MD, FACC, FACP
ALCOHOL, LIVER DISEASE AND TRANSPLANTATION | Christopher M.
Jones, MD, & Dylan Adamson, MD
ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT – THEN AND NOW | Karyn Hascal
ALCOHOL USE DISORDER: A YOUNG PSYCHIATRIST’S PERSPECTIVE |
Ali Farooqui, MD
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REFLECTIONS ON THE WHITE COAT AND THE CARE OF THE PATIENT |
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REFLECTIONS: IS THE SKY FALLING? | Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD
WE WELCOME YOU
GLMS ALLIANCE NEWS | Debi McDonald
DOCTORS’ LOUNGE
BECAUSE I SAID SO | Mary G. Barry, MD
CURBING THE ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE EPIDEMIC: RATIONALE FOR A
NICOTINE-LEVEL-BASED TAX | Gordon R. Tobin, MD
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