FEATURES
4 ANSWERING THE CALL Valerie F . Briones-Pryor , MD , MHA , SFHM , FACP
19 GLMS & GLMS FOUNDATION FINANCIAL REPORTS
24 BOOK REVIEW : A TATTOO ON MY BRAIN Vasudeva Iyer , MD
31 REFLECTIONS : “ UP ” IS THE WAY Teresita Bacani-Oropilla , MD
32 A SECOND OPINION SAY WHAT ? Mary Barry , MD
34 DR . WHO : JEFFREY HOWARD , MD , MBA , MPH
Kathryn Vance
38 PHYSICIANS IN PRINT
IN THIS ISSUE
Called to Serve
6 DOCTORS FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES Muhammad Babar , MD and Waqar Saleem , MD
8 SAVING DOGS TO SAVE PEOPLE
Stephen Wright , MD
10 FALLS CITY MEDICAL SOCIETY , BUILDING ON A
LEGACY Kandis Adkins , MD
13 CONNECTING GLOBAL AND LOCAL
Bethany Hodge , MD , MPH
14 THINK BEFORE YOU ACT : PREVENTING VIOLENCE AMONG LOUISVILLE YOUTH Kathryn Vance
16 SCIENCE : WE EXPLAIN THINGS ! Giavonne Rondo , MD
DEPARTMENTS
17 GLMS FOUNDATION DONATES TO KENTUCKY SCIENCE CENTER FOR “ UNIQUELY HUMAN ” EXHIBIT Monalisa Tailor , MD
20 HIGHLIGHTING SELF- PRESERVATION Taylor C Parker , Cheryl Lin , PhD , Pikuei Tu , PhD , MBA , Lynn P Parker , MD
26 SNAPSHOTS OF JOY David Dageforde , MD
28 ICU LAUGHTER Alyssa Brown , MD
30 MAMA LOVES ME Timir Banerjee , MD
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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