Volume 117 • Number 11 MAy 2021
David Wroten Executive Vice President
Penny Henderson Executive Assistant Journal Advertising
Nicole Richards Managing Editor
Laura Haywood Membership and Communcications Specialist
EDITORIAL BOARD
Bala Simon , MD , DrPH , DipABOM , DipABLM , FAAFP Family & Preventative Medicine / Public Health
Tim Paden , MD Family Medicine
Sandra Johnson , MD Dermatology
Issam Makhoul , MD Oncology
Naveen Patil , MD , MHSA , MA , FIDSA Internal Medicine / Infectious Disease
Benjamin Tharian , MD , MRCP , FACP , FRACP Gastroenterologist / Hepatologist
Robert Zimmerman , MD Urology
Tobias Vancil , MD Internal Medicine
Darrell Over , MD Family Medicine
EDITOR EMERITUS Alfred Kahn Jr ., MD ( 1916-2013 )
Cover Story
Change :
Looking Back , Looking Ahead
By Chad Rodgers , MD
248
Commentary 244
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Benjamin Tharian , MD
Arkansas Medical Society 246
2021 Budget
AMS Benefits , Inc . 247
Annual Report to the Arkansas Medical Society
Stephen Magie , MD , Chairman of the Board
AFMC : A Closer Look 252
Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship
William Golden , MD , MACP , Larry Ballard , CPC +, PCCM , E . J . Shoptaw , MS ; Marlo Harris , MS
Report of the Arkansas Medical Foundation 256
Minutes of the Arkansas Medical Society 258
Board of Trustees Meeting
Medical Education Foundation for Arkansas 260
Board of Trustees Meeting
Arkansas State Medical Board
2020 Annual Report 262
ARKANSAS MEDICAL SOCIETY 2020-2021 OFFICERS
Chad Rodgers , MD , Little Rock President
Dennis Yelvington , MD , Stuttgart Immediate Past President
Danny Wilkerson , MD , Little Rock President Elect
Seth Barnes , MD , Hot Springs Vice President
George Conner , MD , Forrest City Secretary
Bradley Bibb , MD , Jonesboro Treasurer
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