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January 2020
Volume 116 • Number 7
Cover Story
David Wroten
Executive Vice President
Penny Henderson
Executive Assistant
Journal Advertising
Nicole Richards
Managing Editor
Jeremy Henderson
Art Director
EDITORIAL BOARD
Appathurai Balamurugan, MD, DrPH, MPH
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)
ARKANSAS MEDICAL SOCIETY
2019-2020 OFFICERS
Dennis Yelvington, MD, Stuttgart
President
Lee Archer, MD, Little Rock
Immediate Past President
Chad Rodgers, MD, Little Rock
President Elect
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Are You Trauma-
Informed?
The Importance of
Understanding Trauma and
Its Effects on Patient Care
What Have We Done for You Lately?
Advocacy in Action
Commentary 154
Role of Endobariatrics in Metabolic Medicine
AFMC: A Closer Look
Case Study
162
Abscess of the Mediastinum Caused by Streptococcus Anginosus
Scientific Article
Membership 168
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A Skeletal Trauma Pathway for Infants
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New Guidelines Direct Care for Children with Spina Bifida
Seth Barnes, MD, Hot Springs
Vice President
Danny Wilkerson, MD, Little Rock
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
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