FEATURES
4 HEALTH EQUITY : PHYSICIANS DOING THEIR PART TO EVEN THE PLAYING FIELD Lewis Hargett , MD
24 SHARING OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE AT THE KMA ANNUAL MEETING Kathryn Vance
26 2024 GLMS & GLMS FOUNDATION FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
27 2024 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM PHYSICIANS
28 SENIOR PHYSICIANS SPEAKER SERIES : AN UPDATE ON VAPING AND E-CIGARETTE USE AMONG YOUTH Kathryn Vance
29 REFLECTIONS : IS THERE TROUBLE IN PARADISE ? Teresita Bacani-Oropilla , MD
30 IN REMEMBRANCE : David McNeely , MD David Casey , MD
31 A SECOND OPINION DEAD BUTTS AND OTHER CONTROVERSIES Mary Barry , MD
34 DR . WHO : JENNIFER BREY , MD Kathryn Vance
IN THIS ISSUE
DEPARTMENTS
Health Equity : Building a System That Leaves No One Behind
6 THE MIRACLE OF WASHINGTON STREET Manuel Grimaldi , MD , FACP and Young-Won ( Christina ) Kim , MS , MPH
8 A TALE OF TWO CITIES : HOW CHARLES DICKENS FORETOLD PHARMACY DESERTS Tom James , MD , Aysha Khan & Dee Antimisiaris , PharmD , BCGP , FASCP
12 ACHIEVING HEALTH EQUITY TAKES WORK Miranda Coole , MD & Melissa Mather , MPH
14 ADDRESSING LOUISVILLE ’ S HEALTH INEQUITIES : THE ROLE OF BLUEGRASS BIODESIGN Muhammad T . Mustafa , Khoi Do , Nita Nair & Mohammad Z . Haq
16 AN INVITATION TO IMAGINE : TRANSFORMING POWER FOR HEALTH EQUITY Inder Singal , MD , MBA
20 LIFE BY DESIGN John David Kolter , MD
22 CHOREOGRAPHING A VISION FOR MY LIFE Elizabeth Dugan , MD
GLMS BOARD OF GOVERNORS Patricia Purcell , MD , MBA BOARD CHAIR Lewis Hargett , MD , PRESIDENT & NMA TREASURER Thomas Higgins , Jr ., MD , PRESIDENT-ELECT Aneeta Bhatia , MD , VICE PRESIDENT Jeffrey Goldberg , MD , TREASURER Christopher Jones , MD , SECRETARY & KMA SECRETARY Murali Ankem , MD , AT-LARGE Lori Caloia , MD , AT-LARGE Tamea Evans , MD , AT-LARGE Ali Farooqui , MD , AT-LARGE Dinesh Kalra , MD , AT-LARGE Bruce Scott , MD , AMA PRESIDENT John Roberts , MD , KMA ALTERNATE TRUSTEE , AMA DELEGATE
& FOUNDATION CHAIR Monalisa Tailor , MD , AMA ALTERNATE DELEGATE Eric Lydon , MD , KMA TRUSTEE Jeffrey Bumpous , MD , DEAN , U OF L SCHOOL OF MEDICINE John-Mark Hack , PRESIDENT / CEO , 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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