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GLMS BOARD OF GOVERNORS BOARD CHAIR & AMA ALTERNATE DELEGATE Robert H. Couch, MD, MBA PRESIDENT & AMA ALTERNATE DELEGATE John L. Roberts, MD PRESIDENT-ELECT & AMA ALTERNATE DELEGATE Robert Zaring, MD, MMM VICE PRESIDENT Wayne Tuckson, MD TREASURER & AMA DELEGATE Frank R. Burns, MD SECRETARY Monalisa Tailor, MD AT-LARGE John D. Kolter, MD AT-LARGE Eric Lydon, MD AT-LARGE Alexandra Maki, MD AT-LARGE Patricia Purcell, MD AT-LARGE Erica Sutton, MD AT-LARGE Brian Sosnin, DO KMA 5TH DISTRICT TRUSTEE Randy Schrodt Jr., MD AMA VICE SPEAKER AND DELEGATE Bruce Scott, MD KMA 5TH DISTRICT ALTERNATE TRUSTEE Russell Williams, MD GLMS FOUNDATION PRESIDENT K. Thomas Reichard, MD DEAN, U OF L SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Toni M. Ganzel, MD, MBA DIRECTOR, LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS Joann Schulte, DO THE HEALING PLACE PRESIDENT Karyn Hascal GLMS ALLIANCE PRESIDENT Millicent Evans LOUISVILLE MEDICINE EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR Mary G. Barry, MD Elizabeth A. Amin, MD Waqar C. Aziz, 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 Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD Tracy L. Ragland, MD M. Saleem Seyal, MD Dave Langdon, Louisville Metro Department of Public Health & Wellness Robert H. Couch, MD, MBA, board chair John L. Roberts, MD, president Robert Zaring, MD, MMM, president-elect Bert Guinn, MBA, CAE, executive vice president/CEO Kate Williams, communications designer Aaron Burch, communications specialist McKenna Byerley, public relations associate ADVERTISING Cheri K. McGuire, director of marketing 736.6336, [email protected] Follow us on Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Vimeo LOUISVILLE MEDICINE is published monthly by the Greater Louisville Medical Society, 101 W. Chestnut St. Louisville, Ky. 40202 [phone], Fax [phone], www.glms.org. Articles to be submitted for publication in LM must be received on electronic file on the first day of the month, two months preceding publication. Opinions expressed herein are those of individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Greater Louisville Medical Society. LM reminds readers this is not a peer reviewed scientific journal. LM reserves the right to make the final decision on all content and advertisements. LOUISVILLE GREATER LOUISVILLE MEDICAL SOCIETY MEDICINE VOL. 64 NO. 2 JULY 2016 18 RICHARD SPEAR, MD, MEMORIAL ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS DEPARTMENTS 5 THE CHARGE OF THE PHYSICIAN John Roberts, MD 24 REFLECTIONS - NEW HOPES FROM A "TABULA RASA" Teresita Oropilla, MD 26 DOCTORS’ LOUNGE - THE NEWEST LEPERS Mary G. Barry, MD - JUST CALL ME AN OPTIMIST Tom James, MD FEATURES 6 THE ELEVENTH HOUR Frank Burns, MD 9 MIPS, MACRA, AND THE FUTURE OF MEDICARE Tom James, MD 12 DR. JOHN ROBERTS WELCOMED AT 2016 PRESIDENTS' CELEBRATION Aaron Burch 14 GLMS FOUNDATION MEDICAL MISSIONS - MEDICAL TITANIC Aaron Burch Larry Griffin, MD 18 SPEAR ESSAY CONTEST 31 WE WELCOME YOU 32 PHYSICIANS IN PRINT 33 DR. WHO? - FEATURING JOHN GUARNASCHELLI, MD Aaron Burch WINNERS David Dageforde, MD and Kara Curry, DO GLMS MISSION Promote the science, art and profession of medicine; Protect the integrity of the patient-physician relationship; Advocate for the health and well-being of the community; Unite physicians regardless of practice setting to achieve these ends. Circulation: 4,000 JULY 2016 3