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MAy 2020 Volume 116 • Number 10 Cover Story David Wroten Executive Vice President Penny Henderson Executive Assistant Journal Advertising Nicole Richards Managing Editor Laura Haywood Membership and Communcications Specialist 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 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 © Copyright 2020 by the Arkansas Medical Society. Volume 116 • Number 10 The Value of AMS Membership Casey L. Penn 248 Commentary 244 Courage Under Fire Tim Paden, MD Arkansas Medical Society 246 AMS Benefits, Inc. 247 2020 BUDGET Annual Report to the Arkansas Medical Society Stephen Magie, MD, Chairman of the Board AFMC: A Closer Look 252 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Advocacy in Arkansas Elizabeth Cleveland, ABD, CCC-SLP; David Deere, LCSW; Angela Kyzer, BA; Shaneca Smith, BSB, RN, CNOR(E) The State of Public Health in Arkansas in 2019 254 Report of the Arkansas Medical Foundation 256 Minutes of the Arkansas Medical Society 258 Medical Education Foundation for Arkansas 260 Arkansas State Medical Board 2019 Annual Report 262 Nathaniel Smith, MD, MPH Board of Trustees Meeting Board of Trustees Meeting Established 1880. Owned and edited by the Arkansas Medical Society and published under the direction of the Board of Trustees. Advertising Information: Penny Henderson, [phone] or [email protected]. #10 Corporate Hill Drive, Suite 300, Little Rock, AR 72205. Postmaster: Send address changes to: The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society, P.O. Box 55088, Little Rock, AR 72215-5088. Subscription rate: $30.00 annually for domestic; $40.00, foreign. Single issue $3.00. The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society (ISNN 0004- 1858) is published monthly by the Arkansas Medical Society: #10 Corporate Hill Drive, Suite 300, Little Rock, AR 72205 [phone] Printed by The Ovid Bell Press Inc., Fulton, Missouri 65251. Periodicals postage is paid at Little Rock, AR, and at additional mailing offices. Articles and advertisements published in The Journal are for the interest of its readers and do not represent the official position or endorsement of The Journal or the Arkansas Medical Society. The Journal reserves the right to make the final decision on all content and advertisements. VISIT US ONLINE OR FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARKMED.org @ArkMedSociety @ArkMedSoc 2019 Prism Award Finalist Printed Periodicals @ArkMedSoc MAy 2020 • 243