In this Issue
4 The Medical Practice Handbook Thomas Higgins, MD, MSPH, MBA
The Medical Practice Playbook
7 Building a Practice Is Like Raising a Child Lawrence Jones, MD & Stephen Church, MD
9 Private Practice in Dermatology, My Perspective Timothy S. Brown, MD
11 The Story of Middletown Eye Care: How our Private Practice has Succeeded in an Era of Medical Practice Consolidation in the 21st Century Frank Burns, MD & David Strickland, MD
14 Journey to Private Practice Timothy J. Beacham, MD, FASA
16 Direct Primary Care: Old-Fashioned Medicine with a New Name Amber Deptola, MD
18 Red Cross Hospital of Louisville: Remembered Steven Lippmann, MD
20 The Future is Back at Actors Theatre Tom James, MD
23 Remembering the Father of Clinical Auscultation Vasudeva Iyer, MD
25 The Senior Physician“ Coffee Hour:” Mentorship and the Future of Kentucky Medicine Caden Seraphine, M2, & Sam F. Yared MD, FACS, FRCS
27 My Medical Influencer Aashka Sheth, M3D
29 In Remembrance
30 Horse Racing Timir Banerjee, MD
31 REFLECTIONS: The Reunion Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD
32 A SECOND OPINION: It’ s Never All in Our Heads Mary Barry, MD
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Dr. Who: Ryan Fields, MD Kathryn Vance
38 Physicians in Print
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 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 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, 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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