4 United We Rise— In Voice and Purpose Aneeta Bhatia, MD, MBA, FFARCS, FASE
6 Introducing Dr. Aneeta Bhatia
10 Loathing the Lag Vasudeva Iyer, MD
12 Why Physician Education on Residential Air Toxics Matters Wayne Tuckson, MD, Natasha DeJarnett, PhD, MPH, Eviana Leggette, BS, Ann Hagan, MBA, Arnita Gadson, MA, Lauren Anderson, PhD
14 Writing Prescription Martin Huecker, MD
17 The Compassionate Friends: Grief Support Group Following Death Of A Child Steven Lippmann, MD & Uzma Qayyum, MBBS
18 Uncertain, Not Opposed: Rethinking Vaccine Hesitancy Heather Felton, MD
20 The Effort Equation Kris Barnsfather, MD
22 Saint Intelligence and the Life-GPS Framework Bhupendra Kishore Gupta, MD, DPM
26 REFLECTIONS: Mother ' s Day 2026 Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD
27 IN REMEMBRANCE
28 IN REMEMBRANCE: David Gajadhar, MD Saudia Gajadhar Prescott and Chad Gajadhar
29 IN REMEMBRANCE: Carl O. Knutson, MD, FACS Albert B. Hoskins III, MD, MACP
30 SENIOR PHYSICIAN SPEAKER SERIES: Contemporary Breast Reconstruction: Eliminating Muscle Involvement,
Improving Outcomesa Guest Speaker: Ryan Wermeling, MD Speaker Series Curated / Hosted by: Sam Yared, MD
32 A SECOND OPINION: It’ s Not Even R2-D2 Mary Barry, MD
34 DR. WHO: Lindsay Snow, MD Kathryn Vance
38 Physicians in Print
In this Issue
GLMS Board of Governors Thomas Higgins, MD, MSPH, MBA, Board Chair Aneeta Bhatia, MD, MBA, President Jeffrey Goldberg, MD, President-Elect Christopher Jones, MD, Vice President Rejith Paily, MD, Treasurer Zubi Suleman, MD, Secretary Lori Caloia, MD, At-Large Timothy Beacham, MD, At-Large Pradeep Singh, 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 Thomas Higgins, MD, MSPH, MBA, board chair Aneeta Bhatia, MD, MBA, president Jeffrey Goldberg, MD, 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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