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Outside the clinic walls , Dr . Mugavin is busy . A woman from his high school circle of friends , Brooke , left town to attend the University of Kentucky for college , but the two reunited when she returned , and they married soon after . Brooke is the Vice President of Operations / Chief Transition Officer for Confluent Health and was recently named a 2021 Business First Forty Under 40 honoree . They have two children , Ben , 5 , ( named after Dr . Mugavin ’ s favorite historical figure , Benjamin Franklin – the creator of bifocals , of course ) and Charlotte , 3 . He currently serves alongside an old medical school classmate as Ben ’ s soccer coach and accompanies his son to taekwondo . Proudly , they ’ re both green belts . Charlotte is a dancing queen and while Dad doesn ’ t participate , he is an excellent chauffeur .
When not cheering on his littlest athletes , they love to travel as well as cook and grill out . Sometimes , he even likes to take it to the next level and put his barbecue skills to the test . “ Each year I ’ m in the EGGFest at Brownsboro Hardware & Paint . There ’ s this national enthusiast event for Big Green Egg grills and , for example , you can enter the beef or pork divisions and cook up your favorite barbecue . We got sixth last year with a pork ribeye , and we are hoping to take it up another notch this coming August .”
The UofL Cardinals fan tries to get to at least one football and
basketball game each year , even taking the kids to start them into the fandom young . He ’ s also got a passion for horse racing , something passed down from his grandpa at an early age . Professionally , he is currently serving as Treasurer for the Louisville Academy of Ophthalmology , which is a small group of mostly local ophthalmologists that gathers six times a year to build fellowship , learn about new treatment patterns and back charitable causes in the area relevant to ophthalmology .
Finally , something he wants to get more involved in over the next few years is legislative advocacy .
“ As a resident , I traveled to D . C . and Frankfort to learn more about the advocacy process . There were a lot of great people who showed me how that was done and how to advocate for ophthalmology such as Dr . Julie Lee , Dr . Frank Burns and Dr . Charlie Barr .” He stressed the need for strong advocacy and organized medicine ’ s presence at the state and local levels .
“ If our generation doesn ’ t do it , then who will ? If our generation doesn ’ t step up to be proactive in advocating for our patients and our profession , then we will be left with a lot of problems . As Benjamin Franklin says , one stitch in time can save nine .”
Kathryn Vance is the Communication Specialist at the Greater Louisville Medical Society .
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