GLMS BOARD OF GOVERNORS
BOARD CHAIR & AMA ALTERNATE DELEGATE
Robert H. Couch, MD, MBA
PRESIDENT & CHAIR, AMA ACADEMIC
PHYSICIANS SECTION GOVERNING COUNCIL
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
Brian Ferguson, DO
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Larry P. Griffin, MD
Jonathan E. Hodes, MD, MS
Martin Huecker, MD
Thomas James, III, MD
Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD
M. Saleem Seyal, MD
Dave Langdon, Louisville Metro Department of
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John L. Roberts, MD
10 PHYSICIANS IN PRINT
14 REFLECTIONS
- SPRING BREAK
Teresita Bacani-Oropilla, MD
25 DOCTORS’ LOUNGE
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ESSONS IN THE FILTHY
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Mary G. Barry, MD
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Timothy A. Bratton, MD
- POLITICS AND MEDICINE
Larry Griffin, MD
29 DR. WHO?
- FEATURING MUHAMMAD
BABAR, MD
Aaron Burch
MEDICINE
VOL. 64 NO. 11 APRIL 2017
FEATURES
7 WHAT'S IN GLMS NEWS?
8 PITTSBURGH: THE YIN
& YANG OF INTEGRATED
DELIVERY AND FINANCING
SYSTEMS
Tom James, MD
11 DIGITALIS: A NEW USE
FOR THE OLD VENERABLE
HEART MEDICATION
Morris Weiss, MD
16 SEEING CLEARER
Aaron Burch
20 SOCIAL MEDIA AS A
MEDICAL RESOURCE
Amber Shadoan
23 A LIGHT IN THE TUNNEL
Donne DeMunbrun-Harmon, MD
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.
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