FEATURES
4 WE SHALL OVERCOME Patricia Purcell MD , MBA , FAAP
18 2023 RICHARD SPEAR , MD , MEMORIAL ESSAY CONTEST WINNER : THE GIFT Valerie Briones-Pryor , MD
20 2023 RICHARD SPEAR , MD , MEMORIAL ESSAY CONTEST WINNER : CHANCE MEETINGS
Erin McCoy , MD
22 2023 GLMS PRESIDENT ' S CELEBRATION
27 REFLECTIONS : THE SANGEET Teresita Bacani-Oropilla , MD
28 A SECOND OPINION DENY THIS , YOU %$&#@!! Mary Barry , MD
30 DR . WHO : CARA KELLER , MD Kathryn Vance
34 PHYSICIANS IN PRINT
36 WE WELCOME YOU
IN THIS ISSUE
DEPARTMENTS
OVERCOMING OBSTACLES
6 NOT LOST IN TRANSLATION Juan Polo , MD
8 BUILDING A MEDICAL PRACTICE : LESSONS LEARNED BY TRIAL & ERROR Frank Burns , MD
10 STRATEGIES FOR PHYSICIANS TO NAVIGATE CHALLENGES AND CULTIVATE RESILIENCE Lesley Kellie , DO
13 PARADOX John David Kolter , MD
15 OVERCOMING OBSTACLES : THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND INSPIRATIONAL LEGACY OF DOCTORS SARAH AND HENRY FITZBUTLER Gordon R . Tobin , MD
17 THE TRAGEDY OF SILENCE Monalisa Tailor , MD
24 BOOK REVIEW : IF I BETRAY THESE WORDS Elizabeth Amin , MD
26 AMERICA I LOVE Timir Banerjee , MD
GLMS BOARD OF GOVERNORS Valerie Briones-Pryor , MD , BOARD CHAIR Patricia Purcell , MD , MBA , PRESIDENT Lewis Hargett , MD , PRESIDENT-ELECT & NMA REGION 3 TRUSTEE Thomas Higgins , Jr ., MD , VICE PRESIDENT Jeffrey Goldberg , MD , TREASURER Aneeta Bhatia , MD , SECRETARY Tamea Evans , MD , AT-LARGE Ali Farooqui , MD , AT-LARGE Christopher Jones , MD , AT-LARGE Lesley Kellie , DO , AT-LARGE Rejith Paily , MD , AT-LARGE Bruce Scott , MD , AMA SPEAKER & DELEGATE & AMA PRESIDENT-ELECT John Roberts , MD , KMA TRUSTEE , AMA DELEGATE &
FOUNDATION CHAIR Monalisa Tailor , MD , KMA PRESIDENT Eric Lydon , MD , KMA ALTERNATE TRUSTEE Karyn Hascal , PRESIDENT , THE HEALING PLACE Kenneth Anderson , MD , BAPTIST HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE Steven Hester , MD , NORTON HEALTHCARE REPRESENTATIVE Jason Smith , MD , UOFL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE Sam Yared , MD , SENIOR PHYSICIAN CHAIR Patrick Padgett , KMA EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
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