FEATURES
4 THE BOX Valerie F . Briones-Pryor , MD , MHA , SFHM , FACP
26 REFLECTIONS : I GOT COVID ! Teresita Bacani-Oropilla , MD
27 A SECOND OPINION MONKEYING AROUND Mary Barry , MD
29 STANDING OVATION
29 IN REMEMBRANCE - DR . CARMINE SCALZITTI & DR . ROBERT HILGERS
30 DR . WHO : KRIS BARNSFATHER , MD , MBA , FACOG Kathryn Vance
34 PHYSICIANS IN PRINT
IN THIS ISSUE
DEPARTMENTS
Medicine Outside the Box
6 PATIENTS OUTSIDE THE BOX : LET ’ S MEET THEM THERE Jessica Dennison , MD , & Martin Huecker , MD
9 PRACTICE PEARLS FROM THE PITCH W . Michael Hughes , Jr , DO , CAQSM , Mark Puckett ,
MD , CAQSM , & Nicholas Kenney , MD , FAAOS
12 RAISING THE NEXT GENERATION IN KENTUCKY Lisa Pfitzer , MD , FAAP & Jennifer Stiff , MD , FAAP
15 WHAT IS CONCIERGE OR RETAINER-BASED MEDICINE ?
Christopher McClellan , MD
17 THE WORLD ’ S FIRST SUCCESSFUL HAND TRANSPLANTS Gordon R . Tobin , MD , Christopher M . Jones , MD , &
Christina Kaufman , PhD
21 A LITTLE RAIN NEVER HURT ANYONE Aundrea Busse
22 LITTLE JOYS OF MEDICINE Vasudeva Iyer , MD
24 WITH GRATITUDE : A REFLECTION ON THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS OF DR . NEMR EID Kimberly Boland MD , FAAP
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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