GLMS BOARD OF GOVERNORS Frank Burns , MD , BOARD CHAIR Monalisa Tailor , MD , PRESIDENT & KMA VICE SPEAKER Brian Sosnin , DO , PRESIDENT-ELECT Valerie Briones-Pryor , MD , VICE PRESIDENT Patricia Purcell , MD , TREASURER Lewis Hargett , MD , SECRETARY & FALLS CITY MEDICAL SOCIETY PRESIDENT Jeffrey Goldberg , MD , AT-LARGE Rishi Kumar , MD , AT-LARGE Melissa Platt , MD , AT-LARGE Thomas Higgins , Jr ., MD , AT-LARGE R . Todd Hockenbury , MD , AT-LARGE Amy Quillo , MD , AT-LARGE Bruce Scott , MD , AMA SPEAKER & DELEGATE John Roberts , MD , KMA TRUSTEE & AMA DELEGATE Suzanne McGee , MD , AMA ALTERNATE DELEGATE Eric Lydon , MD , KMA ALTERNATE TRUSTEE K . Thomas Reichard , MD , PRESIDENT , GLMS FOUNDATION Sarah Moyer , MD , MPH , DIRECTOR , DEPT . OF PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS Toni M . Ganzel , MD , MBA , DEAN , UofL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Fred Williams , Jr ., MD , UOFL HEALTH Kenneth Anderson , MD , BAPTIST HEALTH Charles Oberst , MD , SENIOR PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE CHAIR Karyn Hascal , PRESIDENT , THE HEALING PLACE Debi McDonald , ALLIANCE PRESIDENT
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FEATURES
URBAN LEGENDS IN MEDICINE
6 WHO IS REALLY TELLING THE TALES ? | John David Kolter , MD
8 PREGNANCY : OLD WIVES ’ TALES AND OTHER MUSINGS | Charles Oberst , MD
10 URBAN LEGENDS IN MEDICINE … WHEN WILL THEY END ? | Tom James , MD
12 OLD WIVES ’ TALES AND MEDICAL FOLKLORE FROM THE NORTH OF ENGLAND | Elizabeth A . Amin , MD
14 OLD WIVES ' TALES FROM AN OB ROTATION | E . Paige Hart , BA
16 OUR OUROBOROS : PSYCHIATRY ’ S CIRCULAR REUNION WITH OLD WISDOM | Abraham de Witt , MD
18 THE HEALING PROPERTIES OF TUMERIC | Ruchita Agrawal , MD , FAPA
DEPARTMENTS
4 FROM THE PRESIDENT : GIVE VOICE TO YOUR VOTE | Monalisa Tailor , MD
20 IN REMEMBRANCE : ALBERT GEORGE GOLDIN , MD | Walter L . Olson , Jr . MD
21 IN REMEMBRANCE : DAVID ELLSWORTH JENKINS , JR ., MD | Claire Meena-Leist , MD
22 IN REMEMBRANCE : ROGER H . HERZIG , MD | Hiram C . Polk , Jr . MD , FRCS Edinburgh ( hon .), FRCS England ( hon .)
23 REFLECTIONS : MIGRATE , BUT WHY ? | Teresita Bacani-Oropilla , MD
25 DOCTORS ’ LOUNGE THE OUT OF BODY INTERNIST | Mary G . Barry , MD
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Tanya Franklin , MD
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DR . WHO : DR . BRANDON SUTTON | Kathryn Vance |
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