In this Issue
4 Physicians Together Thomas Higgins, MD, MSPH, MBA
6 Introducing Dr. Thomas Higgins Various Authors
10 The Cardinal Direction Clinic: Addressing Health Inequity and Cultivating Future Louisville Physicians
Caden Seraphine, M2, Theodora Zavos, M2, Sanjana Nasta, M2 & Jamal Richie, MD
14 What is High Quality Health Care Anyway? Tom James, MD
16 The Complexion of Beauty: A Medical Student’ s Perspective on Skin Bleaching
Tala Maya, M3
18 Brews of All Delights Monalisa Tailor, MD
20 Semaglutide: Might Help Attenuate Abuse of Alcohol Ilnaz Alavi, MD & Steven Lippmann, MD
21 It Takes a Village: Honoring Louisville’ s Surgery Teams Emily Major, Sydney Herold & Chelsea Fathauer
24 Brain Fog Vasudeva Iyer, MD
26 Nature John G. Hubbard, MD
27 REFLECTIONS: An Ode to Kristina Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD
28 SENIOR PHYSICIAN SPEAKER SERIES: Advancing Nephrology Through Value-Based Care
Guest Speaker: Dr. Ramsey Nassar Speaker Series Curated / Hosted by: Sam Yared, MD
30 IN REMEMBRANCE: Dr. Arnold Schecter Martha Jean Schecter and family
31 IN REMEMBRANCE
32 A SECOND OPINION: You Gotta Have Peeps Mary Barry, MD
GLMS Board of Governors Lewis Hargett, MD, Board Chair Thomas Higgins, MD, MSPH, MBA, President Aneeta Bhatia, MD, MBA, President-Elect Jeffrey Goldberg, MD, Vice President Rejith Paily, MD, Treasurer Christopher Jones, MD, Secretary & KMA Secretary Lori Caloia, MD, At-Large Timothy Beacham, MD, At-Large Dinesh Kalra, MD, At-Large Rinit Pancholi, MD, At-Large Amy Quillo, 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, UofL School of Medicine John-Mark Hack, President / CEO, The Healing Place Roberto Cardarelli, DO, MHA, MPH, Baptist Health representative Steven T. Hester, MD, MBA, Norton Healthcare representative Jason Smith, MD, UofL Health representative Sam Yared, MD, GLMSF Senior Physicians Committee Speaker Series Chair Patrick Padgett, KMA Executive Vice President
Louisville Medicine Editorial Board Mary G. Barry, MD Editor Elizabeth A. Amin, MD Stanley A. Gall, MD Natalie Henderson, MD Martin Huecker, MD Thomas James, III, MD John David Kolter, MD Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD Monalisa Tailor, MD John Wernert, MD Benjamin Rogers, MD Lewis Hargett, MD, board chair Thomas Higgins, MD, MSPH, MBA, president Aneeta Bhatia, MD, MBA, president-elect Bert Guinn, MBA, CAE, executive vice president / CEO Amanda Hall, director of communications & marketing Onvia McDaniel, admin specialist II & membership coordinator Kathryn Vance, communications and event coordinator Kate Williams, creative director
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