FEATURES
4 REMEMBERING THE JOURNEY Valerie F . Briones-Pryor , MD , MHA ,
SFHM , FACP
33 LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION RECAP Kathryn Vance
34 TRENDS IN CATARACT RESEARCH
Kathryn Vance
35 REFLECTIONS : TRAVEL ? WHEN ? Teresita Bacani-Oropilla , MD
36 LET FREEDOM RING ( UNTIL MARCH 10TH ) John David Kolter , MD
38 DR . WHO : SAMUEL POLLOCK , MD Kathryn Vance
42 PHYSICIANS IN PRINT
IN THIS ISSUE
DEPARTMENTS
Travels Around the World
6 A RESTORATIVE JOURNEY INTO NATURE Stacey Waring , MD
9 TRAVEL DESTINATION : MEDICAL MUSEUM Vasudeva Iyer , MD
11 MEDICAL MISSION TRIPS Ashima K . Gupta , MD
13 MEDICAL VOLUNTEER Timir Banerjee , MD
16 TRAVELING THROUGH THE WORLD AND THROUGH LIFE David Dageforde , MD
19 AROUND THE WORLD , AROUND THE LAKE Cindy Rigby , MD
22 MEDICAL MISSIONS : TRAVEL VENTURES THAT BRING EXCEPTIONAL REWARDS
Gordon R . Tobin , MD & Elisabeth P . Tobin , PhD
26 THE STORY OF JP ’ S STORY John F . Rice , MD , FACR , Christine B . L . Adams , MD & Bill Smock ,
MD , FACEP
29 STAGNATION TO INNOVATION Andrew Willett , Mohammad Haq & Joseph Holland
GLMS BOARD OF GOVERNORS Brian Sosnin , DO , BOARD CHAIR Valerie Briones-Pryor , MD , PRESIDENT Patricia Purcell , MD , MBA , PRESIDENT-ELECT Lewis Hargett , MD , VICE PRESIDENT & NMA REGION 3 TRUSTEE Thomas Higgins , Jr ., MD , TREASURER Aneeta Bhatia , MD , SECRETARY Rejith Paily , MD , AT-LARGE John D . Kolter , MD , AT-LARGE Christopher Jones , MD , AT-LARGE Lesley Kellie , DO , AT-LARGE Bruce Scott , MD , AMA SPEAKER & DELEGATE John Roberts , MD , KMA TRUSTEE , AMA DELEGATE & FOUNDATION CHAIR Monalisa Tailor , MD , KMA PRESIDENT Eric Lydon , MD , KMA ALTERNATE TRUSTEE Toni M . Ganzel , MD , MBA , DEAN , UOFL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Jeffrey Howard , MD , INTERIM DIRECTOR , DEPT . OF PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS Karyn Hascal , PRESIDENT , THE HEALING PLACE Debi McDonald , ALLIANCE PRESIDENT Kenneth Anderson , MD , BAPTIST HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE Steven Hester , MD , NORTON HEALTHCARE REPRESENTATIVE Jason Smith , MD , UOFL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE Charles Oberst , MD , SENIOR PHYSICIAN CHAIR Patrick Padgett , KMA EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
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