FEATURES
4 THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF A COMMUNITY Patricia Purcell , MD , MBA , FAAP
17 2024 GLMS FOUNDATION DOCTORS ' BALL
32 BOOK REVIEW : THE POWER OF REGRET John J . Wernert , MD , MHA
35 REFLECTIONS : A WITNESS TO PROGRESS Teresita Bacani-Oropilla , MD
36 A SECOND OPINION PRIVATE EQUITY IN U . S . HEALTH CARE Michael Flynn , MD
38 PHYSICIANS IN PRINT
IN THIS ISSUE
DEPARTMENTS
ADVOCATING FOR EACH OTHER & BUILDING COMMUNITY
6 LOUISVILLE LADY DOCS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO OUR COMMUNITY Stephanie Hill Dailey , MD
7 FINDING COMMUNITY AFTER RETIREMENT Elizabeth A . Amin , MD
9 WE ARE WIRED TO CONNECT Zubi Suleman , MD
10 BLUEGRASS BONDS : FINDING HOME IN LOUISVILLE Laura Bishop , MD , FACP , FAAP
13 CLIMATE CHANGE ADVOCACY Libby Mims , MD
15 FIND YOUR PEEPS Monalisa Tailor , MD
23 WHERE MEDICINE HAS TAKEN ME OVER THE YEARS David Dageforde , MD
26 ADVOCATING FOR SURGEON WELL-BEING Whitney J . Richardson , BS , Baylee Polzin , BA , Keenya Frazier , MPH & Onajia Stubblefield , MS
28 ALONE IN CORAZÓN : AND OTHER TALES FROM THE TREEHOUSE Melissa L . Perrotta , MD , FACC , FAAP
34 CHICKENS Timir Banerjee , MD
GLMS BOARD OF GOVERNORS Valerie Briones-Pryor , MD , BOARD CHAIR Patricia Purcell , MD , MBA , PRESIDENT Lewis Hargett , MD , PRESIDENT-ELECT & NMA TREASURER Thomas Higgins , Jr ., MD , VICE PRESIDENT Jeffrey Goldberg , MD , TREASURER Aneeta Bhatia , MD , SECRETARY Murali Ankem , MD , AT-LARGE Tamea Evans , MD , AT-LARGE Ali Farooqui , MD , AT-LARGE Christopher Jones , MD , AT-LARGE & KMA SECRETARY Lesley Kellie , DO , AT-LARGE Rejith Paily , MD , AT-LARGE Bruce Scott , MD , AMA PRESIDENT-ELECT John Roberts , MD , KMA ALTERNATE TRUSTEE , AMA DELEGATE
& FOUNDATION CHAIR Monalisa Tailor , MD , AMA ALTERNATE DELEGATE Eric Lydon , MD , KMA TRUSTEE Jeffrey Bumpous , MD , INTERIM DEAN , U OF L SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE Jay Davidson , CHAIRMAN , THE HEALING PLACE Roberto Cardarelli , DO , BAPTIST HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE Steven Hester , MD , NORTON HEALTHCARE REPRESENTATIVE Jason Smith , MD , UOFL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE Sam Yared , MD , SENIOR PHYSICIAN COMMITTEE CHAIR Patrick Padgett , KMA EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
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