4 Reflections on a Year of“ Physicians Together” Thomas Higgins, MD, MSPH, MBA
6 2025-2026 GLMS & GLMS Foundation Annual Report
14 2026 GLMS FOUNDATION DOCTORS ' BALL
20 When Depression Isn’ t Just Depression: A Structured Approach for Primary Care Bhupendra Kishore Gupta, MD, DPM
23 Good for the Soul: What I Learned Wearing the White Coat Maggie Elder
24 Cooking at the Cottage: Think Julia Child in St. Matthews Tom James, MD
26 Abraham Flexner: Louisvillian, famous medical educator and an often-untold history Steven Lippmann, MD
28 Book Review: Everything is Tuberculosis Review by John David Kolter, MD
30 Shall I Compare Thee To a Summer’ s Play? Monalisa Tailor, MD
32 The Joy of Old Age – Not Dementia! Timir Banerjee, MD
33 REFLECTIONS: Death, Be Not Proud Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD
34 SENIOR PHYSICIAN SPEAKER SERIES: Consensus & Controversy in Upper Extremity Trauma
Guest Speaker: Dexter Weeks, MD Speaker Series Curated / Hosted by: Sam Yared, MD
36 A SECOND OPINION: The Huddle Is Shrinking Mary Barry, MD
38 DR. WHO: Steven Patton, DO Kathryn Vance
42 Physicians in Print
44 We Welcome You
In this Issue
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 John Roberts, MD, KMA Alternate Trustee, AMA Alternate Delegate & Foundation Chair Monalisa Tailor, MD, AMA Delegate Eric Lydon, MD, KMA Trustee Jiapeng Huang, MD, PhD, KMA President Stephanie McGee, MD, MPH, President, Falls City Medical Society Jeffrey Bumpous, MD, Dean, UofL School of Medicine Heather Gibson, Interim Executive Director, 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 Manikya Kuriti, MD Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD Benjamin Rogers, MD Arayo Sokan, MD Monalisa Tailor, MD John Wernert, 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, COO Onvia McDaniel, admin specialist II & membership coordinator Kathryn Vance, communications manager Kate Williams, creative director
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