GLMS BOARD OF GOVERNORS
BOARD CHAIR James Patrick Murphy, MD, MMM
PRESIDENT AND AMA DELEGATE
Bruce A. Scott, MD
PRESIDENT-ELECT Robert H. Couch, MD, MBA
VICE PRESIDENT Heather L. Harmon, MD
TREASURER John L. Roberts, MD
SECRETARY Tracy L. Ragland, MD
AT-LARGE Frank R. Burns, MD
AT-LARGE John D. Kolter, MD
AT-LARGE Jeffrey L. Reynolds, MD
AT-LARGE Brian Sosnin, DO
AT-LARGE Wayne Tuckson, MD
AT-LARGE Regi Varghese, MD
IN-TRAINING DELEGATE Alex Cravanas, MD
AMA ALTERNATE DELEGATE
Robert A. Zaring, MD, MMM
KMA 5TH DISTRICT TRUSTEE
Randy Schrodt Jr., MD
KMA 5TH DISTRICT ALTERNATE TRUSTEE
David R. Watkins, MD
GLMS FOUNDATION PRESIDENT
K. Thomas Reichard, MD
DEAN, U OF L SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Toni M. Ganzel, MD, MBA
THE HEALING PLACE PRESIDENT Karyn Hascal
GLMS ALLIANCE CO-PRESIDENTS
Michelle Feger & Rhonda Rhodes
LOUISVILLE
MEDICINE
GREATER LOUISVILLE MEDICAL SOCIETY
VOL. 62 NO. 9 FEBRUARY 2015
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Aaron Burch
LOUISVILLE MEDICINE EDITORIAL BOARD
EDITOR Mary G. Barry, MD
Elizabeth A. Amin, MD
Waqar C. Aziz, MD
Deborah Ann Ballard, MD, MPH
R. Caleb Buege, MD
Arun K. Gadre, MD
Stanley A. Gall, MD
Larry P. Griffin, MD
Jonathan E. Hodes, MD, MS
Martin Huecker, MD
Thomas James, III, MD
Sarah Khayat
Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD
Tracy L. Ragland, MD
Ben Rogers, MD
M. Saleem Seyal, MD
Dave Langdon, Louisville Metro Department of
Public Health & Wellness
James Patrick Murphy, MD, MMM, board chair
Bruce A. Scott, MD, president
Robert H. Couch, MD, MBA, president-elect
Lelan K. Woodmansee, CAE, executive director
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5 HEALTH CARE IS A
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Bruce Scott, MD
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10 BOOK REVIEW
12 FIRST IN THE NATION
BUSINESS AND HEALING IS
AN ART
- BEING MORTAL
M. Saleem Seyal, MD, FACC, FACP
22 PHYSICIANS IN PRINT
23 WE WELCOME YOU
24 IN REMEMBRANCE
- KENNETH J. S. DESIMONE, MD
Robert Powell, MD
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Susan Sawning, MSSW, Brian
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19 MAINTENANCE
OF CERTIFICATION—
MAINTAINING WHAT?
Thomas James III, MD
27 REFLECTIONS
- TO BE A MATRIARCH
Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD
28 DOCTORS’ LOUNGE
- STEP AWAY FROM THE
VEHICLE
Mary G. Barry, MD
- MINIMUM EFFECTIVE DOSE
Martin Huecker, MD
- IN MEMORIAL
James Patrick Murphy, MD, MMM
GLMS MISSION
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