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RESILIENT, FLEXIBLE, THANKFUL – A MESSAGE FROM YOUR 2021 CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY PRESIDENT By Rohan Joseph, M.D., CMS President Dear Colleagues, A happy 2021 to every one of you! As I write this letter, I pause to try and capture the three salient characteristics this past year has brought out in me, knowingly or unknowingly, willingly or unwillingly, and I hope in you also. These are resilience, flexibility, and thankfulness. The medical, economic, and social toll of the pandemic and such catastrophes is not new; it is only NEW TO US. The past year saw us transitioning to virtual patient visits and completing a severe backlog of procedures and surgical cases quickly after the lifting of the lockdown. Our non-ICU and ER physician colleagues in the hardest-hit cities rotated through the ICU, did ER shifts, and volunteered to do non-clinical work such as transport patients and change soiled linen. We have worked in understaffed clinics and hospitals, sacrificed long hours, and educated our patients and communities, all while trying to make sure we did not get sick and could still provide excellent clinical care. We did not have the luxury to call out from work because the situation was inconvenient. We came through when our society needed us. The stakes could not have been higher,
and the medical community rose to the challenge with our resilience and flexibility. And this does not even consider the resilience and flexibility we needed with childcare unavailability, spouses working from home, and on-line learning for our children. Kudos to all! Capital Medical Society has demonstrated the same resilience and flexibility in conducting business from CME events to our beloved Celebration Awards Dinner, the Holiday Auction, and the regular board meetings. Through prudent financial stewardship and leadership, our Society and Foundation was able to keep all our employees on payroll while transitioning to virtual office hours. The We Care Network continues to coordinate needed care without interruption. CMS is a critical information resource for physician practices. They have kept us abreast of funding opportunities, helped secure PPE, and recently assisted the Leon County Health Department with scheduling healthcare workers for their first COVID-19 vaccine. And now as we enter a new decade, we must continue to find new ways to improve our medical community and offerings for our patients. There is a need for pediatric subspecialists, pediatric oncologists, and pediatric surgeons in our community. There is a need for
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BOARD OF GOVERNORS Rohan Joseph, M.D., President
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Paresh Patel, M.D., President-Elect
A Message from Your 2021 CMS President...........1 CMS News....................................................................3 CMS Virtual Lunchtime Learning Seminars.........6 Portraits in COVID-19................................................7 2020 CMSF Virtual Holiday Auction.....................8 Physician Wellness.................................................. 12 Simpler Times........................................................... 14 2021 CMSF Board of Directors............................. 15 Donate to the CMS Foundation............................ 16 CMS Foundation: We Care Network................... 18
Sarah Ko, M.D., Secretary/Treasurer Ken Whithaus, M.D., Immediate Past President Nicole Balmer, M.D. David Burns, M.D.
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Pam Irwin, Executive Director, CMS
Shakra Junejo, M.D. – 6th
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Nicholas C. Farber, M.D. – 7th
Jerry Ford, M.D. – 21st
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Joseph Camps, M.D. – 22nd
James O’Neill, M.D. – 7th
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Andrea Stephens, CMS Alliance Cody VanLandingham, M.D.
PUBLICATION EDITOR Frank Skilling, M.D.
MANAGING EDITOR Shannon Boyle
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THE CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY TAKES LEAD IN PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
DR. FREDERICK TROUPE MICKLER, JR. 1924 - 2020
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transplant and comprehensive burn services. There is a need for certain adult sub-specialists. There is perhaps a need for more graduate medical training programs. We must strive to build a comprehensive medical community, so that in 10 years we would never have to say, “send the patient referral to Gainesville or Jacksonville.” This is an achievable goal, but requires the commitment and investment of both Capital Regional Medical Center and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. Our resilience and flexibility will get us there! We owe this to our community and our patients. On a personal level, the pandemic has allowed me to appreciate some of the most valuable things I might take for granted - health, quality time with my wife and children, job and income stability, dependable surgical partners, and office staff. I am thankful for my parents, brother, and my professional mentors, as I would not be where I am without the investment they made in my life. I am thankful for my friends within and outside the medical community in Tallahassee. I am grateful
for my colleagues who have given me the honor and privilege to write this article today. I am thankful for Pam, Rosalie, Shannon, and Diana at Capital Medical Society and the We Care Network for the yeoman's job they always do, but even more in this season. I am thankful for the students and residents who let me teach them, and for all they teach me and keep me young at heart. I am grateful for the patients who trust me to operate on them. I am thankful for God's peace in these turbulent times. As we navigate these uncertain times, we must hold onto hope, for without hope, we have nothing. However, in this hopeful waiting, we must continue to act as intentionally as we had in 2020. We must move forward with resilience, flexibility, and above all, with a heart of thankfulness.
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CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY VIRTUAL LUNCHTIME LEARNING SEMINARS ~ These seminars will be virtual until further notice ~
Mark Your Calendars for the Spring 2021 Lunch and Learn Seminars: February 17, 2021 March 24, 2021 April 21, 2021 May 19, 2021
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PORTRAITS IN COVID-19
COVID-19: ONE YEAR INTO A PANDEMIC By Frank Skilling, M.D. Over the course of my career in medicine, I’ve come to think of epochs in practice. Of course, these aren’t true delineations, but ones that I’ve created to help me understand and explain to myself what is required of us who enter the profession. The twentieth century has been one of great, almost unbelievable, advancements, and there is no way to summarize everything. But here’s my take on a review of medical care in the USA over the past century. At the turn of the twentieth century, medical practice hadn’t advanced much since the Renaissance. While significant scientific discoveries were made in England, France, Italy, and Germany in the nineteenth century, they had not been communicated to the U.S. Most medical schools were pitiful proprietary ones until the Flexner Report of 1910 outlined the requirements for American medical education. Many existing schools closed and were replaced by ones dedicated to scientific principles of learning. Physicians trained subsequent to World War I were prepared for the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases, vitamin deficiencies, general surgery, and obstetrics. The next thirty years or so saw great advancements in those fields, and a physician in the 1940s was expected to treat dreadful diseases like tuberculosis, syphilis, and pneumonia. In the spirit of the era, physicians often tried new treatments on themselves before giving them to patients. Many physicians volunteered to serve their country during WWII. My father volunteered and served as a flight surgeon with the Army Air Corps. He met the woman who would become his wife, and my mother, while she was serving in the Army Nursing Corps. The GI Bill provided some veterans the opportunity to become medical doctors in the following decade. My own mentor, J. Edward Balthrop, M.D., was an Army medic in the Southwest Pacific Theater before attending medical school on the GI Bill. After graduating first in his class at the University of Alabama in 1951, he became a general practitioner in Pensacola. In the 1950s and 1960s, great advances were made in surgery of the abdomen, chest, and brain. Antibiotics revolutionized the treatment of infectious diseases and oncologists began treating malignancies of the
blood. It was beginning to look like smooth sailing as mortality rates plummeted and life expectancies were extended. While I was in medical school in the 1970s, we were trained in controlling cardiac and pulmonary problems. Intensive Care Units became standard for critically ill patients. Infectious diseases were thought to be in check. However, in the 1980s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic appeared on the scene, and a frightened nation again looked to the medical profession. Science appeared to be stalled by an implacable enemy that filled hospital wards with dying young men. Some physicians were discouraging their children from entering the medical profession because of a fear of contracting AIDS themselves. It was a direful time, but the physicians-in-training then became adept at treating these patients and even saving some. With multiple medications available now, AIDS has become a chronic condition which is off the radar of the general population. The crises seemed to be over. Now, we’re facing another pandemic similar to the one of 1918, the memory of which has been pushed back into our collective unconscious. No one alive remembers the Spanish Flu, and medical personnel, nurses, and first responders are swamped with patients who are daily dying faster than our nation’s losses at Pearl Harbor or on September 11th. While many politicians have been negligent in coming to grips with it, the medical profession, including the CDC and state public health departments, has risen to the challenge repeatedly. COVID-19 has become our World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam Wars combined. The exigency is daunting, but there are remarkable young people willing to go into medicine and nursing, and they do not complain about the unfairness of their burdens or the strains on their educations. This is THE CHALLENGE for their generation, and the successes and failures will permanently alter their practices forever. I have no doubt that medicine and science will prevail, but the cost in lives lost and the economic cataclysm will take years to correct. I hope that twenty years from now the students and physicians on the front lines today will look back and realize that this was their finest hour.
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2020 CMS FOUNDATION VIRTUAL HOLIDAY AUCTION
CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION’S 2020 VIRTUAL HOLIDAY AUCTION SURPASSES GOALS By Pam Irwin, CMS Executive Director If you were a sponsor, an individual sponsor, an auction item donor, an in-kind donor, a winning bidder, or a bidder who drove the price up but didn’t win the prize, you are the reason the first CMS Foundation Virtual Holiday Auction was a success. That success, especially during this pandemic year, is a testimony to the commitment shared by each of you to the Capital Medical Society Foundation’s mission to improve access to healthcare, its We Care Network program, and its scholarship program for FSU College of Medicine students. Thank you. Medical students and We Care Network patients shared personal stories about the fulfillment of the mission. Several of this year’s scholarship recipients created videos for us to share online to express the importance of their scholarships. A We Care Network breast cancer survivor told the story of finding the We Care Network and the donating physicians who made her well again. Like so many other nonprofits, the CMS Foundation opted to remain flexible and readjust its event to pandemic-induced restrictions. Guests bid with spirit despite missing lively auctioneers John Mahoney, M.D. and Scott Sellinger, M.D. who could not be part of the virtual-only platform to coax bids during the Live Auction. We decided to move to “virtual-only” in July with no crystal ball. The CMSF Holiday Auction has never been “virtual-only,” but we knew guests were already comfortable with using the online bidding platform from their smartphones. We all would miss the holiday party aspect of the live auction, but we believed our friends would rally to support the mission this year from home, the deer stand, the beach, or the office. The shared commitment of Shannon Boyle, Rosalie Carlin, and me enabled us to create an experience that wouldn’t replace what we all would have preferred, but would be an inviting, user-friendly, 8
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mission-informative, and fun auction event over two weeks starting hours before Black Friday. Although sponsorship benefits would not include tickets to a live event, long-standing and new sponsors generously supported the auction. The loyal support of Title Sponsor, EMTeLink, and Presenting Sponsors, Florida Cancers Specialists and Research Institute, FSU College of Medicine, Neighborhood Medical Center, and Periodontal Associates of North Florida, led the sponsorship board. Supporting Sponsors and Event Sponsors represented accounting firms, board members, dental practices, financial institutions, nonprofit partners, and medical practices, both primary care and specialty practices. In-Kind Sponsor, Gandy Printers donated the invitation printing. Title, Presenting, and Supporting Sponsors were able to provide videos to link to their logo. The benefit could promote their business or send a message. FSU College of Medicine’s Dean, John Fogarty, M.D., Alma Littles, M.D., and scholarship recipient Andrew Currieo used their video to mix humor with students' success highlights. They shared their appreciation for the CMSF scholarships awarded to their students, and rallied guests to bid. The final camera pan of Zoom meeting attire of shorts and fuzzy slippers capped off their professionally-recorded video. Well done! The CMS Foundation mailed invitations as always, but sold no tickets. Instead, guests still registered and took the opportunity to sponsor as individuals for $100 or more. Many donated more to offset the tickets not purchased. Rosalie emailed the link to the bidding platform to all registered guests. The link launched on November 24th and closed at 6:00 p.m. on December 5th. Registered guests were encouraged to share it with their colleagues, friends, and family. There are always “hot” items in every CMSF Holiday Auction. This year was no exception. What is 8.5 feet wide by 19 feet long? The answer is a year-long reserved hospital parking space.
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The opportunity to purchase this prime real estate at both CRMC and TMH was a variation of the live auction version. We set the parking space price at their selling prices in 2019. TMH generously donated three spaces. All sold quickly. CRMC offered two but generously expanded their availability to three and then to four as the demand and ability to sell them became apparent. Everyone ended up with the spot they wanted, and sales raised $10,000 in support of the CMSF mission. And then, there was the bat house. Not just any bat house. One hand-crafted by Mr. C.E. Bush in Iron City, GA, to house fifty bats. The stated value was $30.00, but who cares about that if you are trying to attract those mosquito-eating mammals that can sustain continuous flight and can have a lifespan of greater than 30 years. Bat droppings are known as guano. That may bring to mind memories of the infested Northwood Centre. So, having a bat house to properly house these important critters must have been of imminent importance during the auction. Item
176 sold for a whopping $555.00. Thank you to our bat enthusiasts for adding that excitement to the auction and giving these little guys a place to rest up from eating 1,200 mosquitos an hour. Bat house furnishings and house cleaning were not included. Despite the pandemic and all of the distancing it has created, we remained united in our support of the Capital Medical Society Foundation’s mission. Although we’d all have preferred to mingle at the University Center Club over a glass of wine and a bowl of Bananas Foster, we still connected, batted bids back and forth, and wished we knew who was after “our stuff.” We made a difference in someone’s ability to receive healthcare through donated treatment coordinated by the We Care Network or under the care of a future physician who will receive a scholarship next year as they get one day closer to practicing medicine. Thank you. You have made it all possible, and we are grateful. December 2, 2021 is the date for the next Capital Medical Society Foundation Holiday Auction. We look forward to vaccines, live events, and to seeing you there!
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THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HELPED MAKE THE 2020 CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION VIRTUAL HOLIDAY AUCTION A SUCCESS!
FOUNDATION
Title Sponsor
Presenting Sponsors
Supporting Sponsors Yvonne and Steve Brown Carroll and Company, CPAs Dermatology Associates of Tallahassee Dr. and Mrs. H. Avon Doll Grossman, Furlow & Bayó, LLC Henry Buchanan, P.A. KWB Pathology Associates Barbara B. Leadbeater, D.M.D., PL MagMutual Insurance Company John and Barbara Mahoney in honor of the Tallahassee Sette of Odd Volumes Radiology Associates of Tallahassee Southern Medical Group SYNOVUS Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic
Over $68,000 was raised in support of the CMSF mission “to support the charitable efforts of physicians and others, increase access to healthcare, promote education, and serve the community’s health needs through innovative projects that are exemplary, affordable and dignified.”
Tallahassee Primary Care Associates TMH Federal Credit Union TMH Physician Partners - Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Specialists Vascular Surgery Associates Event Sponsors Acentria Advanced Urology Institute, LLC Anonymous in honor of Avon & Louie Doll Bastien Dental Care Bean Team Big Bend Hospice Capital City Bank Capital Medical Society Alliance Capital Periodontal Associates, P.A. Capital Regional Surgical Associates Digestive Disease Clinic Elder Care Services, Inc. Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Tallahassee Eye Associates of Tallahassee FMI Printing & Distribution Gynecology & Obstetrics Associates of Tallahassee Hancock Whitney Rohan Joseph and Elizabeth Medley Nancy Loeffler, M.D. NAI TALCOR North Florida Women’s Care Northwestern Mutual-The Gantt Financial Group Southern Vitreoretinal Associates Thomas Howell Ferguson, P.A., CPAs In-Kind Sponsor Gandy Printers Individual Sponsors Jonathan Appelbaum and William Morowski Paul Arons, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Efren Baltazar Tim Bolek and Rene Craig Jana Bures-Forsthoefel, M.D. and Michael Forsthoefel, M.D.
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Walter and Marybeth Colón Charles Cooper, M.D. Brittney K. Craig, D.M.D. Dr. Elizabeth Dickens Karen Wendland Dix Bill and Caryl Donnellan Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Ford Paula and Tim Fortunas Stanley Gwock, M.D. Jerry Harris, M.D. Dr. Tracey E. Hellgren Dr. David and Dottie Jones Dr. Arjun Kaji and Diane Kaji Sarah Ko and Joseph Farenden Amulya Konda, M.D. Joel Kramer, M.D. Albert and Tiffany Lee Dr. Alma and Mr. Gentle Littles Maribel U. Lockwood, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Long Terence P. McCoy, M.D. Laura McManama David and Janet Miles Michelle Miller, M.D. Faisal and Nola Munasifi Jitendra and Kokila Padalia Manu and Nila Padalia Terence and Marilyn Reisman Temple O. Robinson, M.D. Dr. Raleigh and Gloria Rollins Steve and Teresa Sarbeck W. Paul and Jonette Sawyer Philip and Karen Sharp Wende and Brian Sheedy Dr. David and Kathleen Smith Dave and Gillian Stewart Frank and Lynn Walker Dean and Nicole Watson Dr. and Mrs. Tony Weaver Dr. and Mrs. Charles D. Williams Drs. Dennis and Barbara Williams Don and Taska Zorn
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Item Donors AAA Auto Club Group Allergy & Asthma Diagnostic Treatment Center – Ron Saff, M.D. Anonymous Mrs. Emerlinda Baltazar Betsy Barfield Photography Bond Community Health Center, Inc. Yvonne T. Brown Olga Burroughs Canopy Road Café Capital Medical Society Foundation Capital Regional Medical Center Chicken Salad Chick Coton Colors Dermatology Associates of Tallahassee Dermatology Specialists of Florida/Aqua Medical Spa Diane’s 2202 a Salon Eye Associates of Tallahassee, P.A. From the Collection of Thomas L. Hicks, M.D. & Robert Stuart FSU College of Medicine FSU BehavioralHealth FSU PrimaryHealth FSU SeniorHealth Glory Days Grill Healthy Solutions Anne Hempel Charles J. Holland, M.D. Pam Irwin J. Alan Cox Law Office Dr. David and Mrs. Dottie Jones Dr. Dan and Mrs. Rita Kaelin Dr. and Mrs. John N. Katopodis Killearn County Club KWB Pathology Associates Peter Loeb, M.D. and Cecilia Drew Loeb Dr. and Mrs. John Mahoney Charles F. Manning, Jr., M.D. Mathnasium of Tallahassee E. Lynn McLarty, D.D.S. Cynara Miller Michelle Miller, M.D. Native Nurseries North Florida Women’s Care PRP Wine International Publix Radiology Associates of Tallahassee Seymour Rosen, M.D. Steve Sarbeck, M.D. Frank and Karen Skilling David and Kathleen Smith SoDOUGH Baking Company Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q James Stockwell, M.D. Strauss Gallery
Tallahassee Ear, Nose & Throat-Head & Neck Surgery, P.A. Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Tallahassee Nurseries Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic Tallahassee Plastic Surgery Clinic – Skin Care Clinic Tallahassee Primary Care Associates The Gem Collection – Don and Dorothy Vodicka The Prepared Table Tires Plus Vascular Surgery Associates Frank Walker, M.D. Tony and Tanya Weaver Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop Dr. and Mrs. Charles Williams Judith Wills Jeanie Wood Dr. Richard and Mrs. Kathy Zorn We Care Network and Scholarship Donors Jonathan Appelbaum, M.D. Richard Bastien, D.M.D. Gavin Boone Dawna Bunker Dr. Walter E. and Mrs. Marybeth Colón Flora Danisi, M.D. Dr. John and Mrs. Diane Fogarty Bill Hambsh Suzanne Harrison, M.D. Dr. Louis and Mrs. Calynne Hill Dr. David and Mrs. Dottie Jones Dr. Alma Littles and Mr. Gentle Littles George Rust, M.D. Dr. Philip and Mrs. Karen Sharp Joedrecka Brown Speights, M.D. Cyneetha Strong, M.D. Mary Tucker, M.D. Dr. Frank and Mrs. Lynn Walker Dr. Scottie and Mrs. Missy Whiddon Dr. Richard and Mrs. Kathy Zorn Winning Bidders Christie Alexander, M.D. Brett Allen Jonathan Appelbaum, M.D. Betsy Barfield Stan Barnes David Bellamy, M.D. Gavin Boone Kathleen Brothers Dr. Tony and Mrs. Codie Bryant Dawna Bunker Rosalie Carlin Michael Cavallaro, M.D. Dr. Walter E. and Mrs. Marybeth Colón Ashley Copas
Dr. David E. and Mrs. Billie Craig Carey Dellock, M.D. Elizabeth Dickens, M.D. Dr. William and Mrs. Caryl Donnellan Dr. David and Mrs. Valerie Draper Jocelyne Fliger Dr. John and Mrs. Diane Fogarty Dr. Jerry and Mrs. Cay Ford Angela Fuqua Dr. James and Mrs. Elaine Geissinger Suzanne Harrison, M.D. Dr. Richard and Mrs. Carolyn Henry Dr. Louis and Mrs. Calynne Hill Priya Hiraga Staige Hoffman Nathalie Hood Dr. Hank and Mrs. Kelly Hutchinson Dr. Marc and Mrs. Melissa Inglese Pam Irwin Lisa Jernigan, M.D. Dr. David and Mrs. Dottie Jones Dr. Dan and Mrs. Rita Kaelin Dr. Arjun and Mrs. Diane Kaji Sarah Ko, M.D. Brian Lockwood Maribel U. Lockwood, M.D. Miriam McLarty Michelle Miller, M.D. Dr. Thomas and Mrs. Farra Noel D. Jason Oberste, M.D. Niraj Pandit, M.D. Helen Paulson, M.D. Dr. Bill and Mrs. Debra Placilla Radiology Associates of Tallahassee Krista Rankin, M.D. Amer Rassam, M.D. Ryan Redfield Dr. Raleigh and Mrs. Gloria Rollins Cielo Rose, D.O. Dr. Philip and Mrs. Karen Sharp Amanda Shearer, M.D. Dr. J. Brian and Mrs. Wende Sheedy Anthony Speights, M.D. Dr. David and Mrs. Gillian Stewart Cyneetha Strong, M.D. Mary Tucker, M.D. Agustin Vilardo, M.D. and Maria Del Carmen Paredes Dr. Frank and Mrs. Lynn Walker Brian and Jaren Webb Dr. Scottie and Mrs. Missy Whiddon Dennis Williams, M.D. and Barbara Williams, M.D.
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PHYSICIAN WELLNESS
PHYSICIAN WELLNESS BURNOUT INVENTORY This is an adapted version of the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, one of several such validated instruments used to assess the presence of burnout in many occupations. Each of these instruments, including this one, has its own unique advantages and limitations. This sample is provided not as a definitive measure of the presence or absence of burnout, but merely as one potential piece of data for you to consider as you explore issues related to physician wellness and resilience. By answering the questions and tallying your score, you will be able to determine your score. Scores range from 16-64. Scores above 35 have been correlated with higher rates of burnout. 1. I always find new and interesting aspects in my work. Strongly Agree (+1) Agree (+2) Disagree (+3) Strongly Disagree (+4)
4. After work, I tend to need more time than in the past in order to relax and feel better. Strongly Agree (+4) Agree (+3) Disagree (+2) Strongly Disagree (+1)
2. There are days when I feel tired before I arrive at work. Strongly Agree (+4) Agree (+3) Disagree (+2) Strongly Disagree (+1)
5. I can tolerate the pressure of my work well. Strongly Agree (+1) Agree (+2) Disagree (+3) Strongly Disagree (+4)
3. It happens more and more often that I talk about my work in a negative way. Strongly Agree (+4) Agree (+3) Disagree (+2) Strongly Disagree (+1)
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6. Lately, I tend to think less at work and do my job almost mechanically. Strongly Agree (+4) Agree (+3) Disagree (+2) Strongly Disagree (+1)
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7. I find my work to be a positive challenge. Strongly Agree (+1) Agree (+2) Disagree (+3) Strongly Disagree (+4) 8. During my work, I often feel emotionally drained. Strongly Agree (+4) Agree (+3) Disagree (+2) Strongly Disagree (+1) 9. Over time, one can become disconnected from this type of work. Strongly Agree (+4) Agree (+3) Disagree (+2) Strongly Disagree (+1)
12. After my work, I usually feel worn out and weary. Strongly agree (+4) Agree (+3) Disagree (+2) Strongly Disagree (+1) 13. This is the only type of work that I can imagine myself doing. Strongly Agree (+1) Agree (+2) Disagree (+3) Strongly Disagree (+4) 14. Usually, I can manage the amount of my work well. Strongly agree (+1) Agree (+2) Disagree (+3) Strongly Disagree (+4)
10. After working, I have enough energy for my leisure activities. Strongly agree (+1) Agree (+2) Disagree (+3) Strongly Disagree (+4)
15. I feel more and more engaged in my work. Strongly Agree (+1) Agree (+2) Disagree (+3) Strongly Disagree (+4)
11. Sometimes I feel sickened by my work tasks. Strongly agree (+4) Agree (+3) Disagree (+2) Strongly Disagree (+1)
16. When I work, I usually feel energized. Strongly Agree (+1) Agree (+2) Disagree (+3) Strongly Disagree (+4)
CALCULATE YOUR SCORE HERE:
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SIMPLER TIMES
FAMILY REUNIONS By Charles D. Williams, M.D., FACR, FAAP (“Pedro”) Family Reunions were a way of life in South Georgia, and the family reunion was coming up so I called home early in the morning to check on the situation. Grandma answered the phone. I said, “Grandma, I hope I didn’t wake you up.” She replied, “That’s okay, I had to git up and answer the phone.” She told me that the Reunion that year was at the Agricultural Building behind the Moultrie jail. Relatives were coming from Rome, Athens, Vienna, Cairo, Berlin, Boston and lots of other places all over Georgia. Most of ya’ll probably didn’t realize that Boston, GA is the world’s third largest Boston. There were about 800 people coming this year as usual but it always seemed to be a different 800. On the way to the Reunion I passed by the ole home place and remembered Dad leaving Moultrie for the first time in 1944 to go way off across the water to fight in a war. He was scared. Mama was scared. She was alone with me and Mary Alice. Uncle Sam sent us $100 a month. Mama couldn’t drive but it didn’t matter cause we didn’t have a car. The ice truck would come on Thursday and the rolling store would come on Tuesday. The rolling store was a truck that sold groceries, kerosene, etc. One day Mama was down to her last $5.00 and I wanted some penny cookies. She allowed me to wait for the rolling store with the $5.00. Upon arrival I purchased 500 cookies and the rolling store pulled off. Mama started crying and then I started crying. We ate penny cookies for the next two weeks. I was always grateful to Mama after that for allowing me to live. Finally, I arrived at the Reunion and the first people I saw were Aunt Lourene and Uncle Ed. Uncle Ed was another one of Mama’s half-brothers. We all hugged each other real tight and Aunt Lourene told me that Uncle Ed was doing real good. She said that he’s now working with 500 people under him. I was real proud of the status he had now achieved even though he hadn’t finished grammar school. She then said he was cutting grass at the Hopewell Cemetery.
I continued mixin’ and minglin’ and bumped into Reuben, Daddy’s sister’s boy, who was a real doctor. He was practicing OB-GYN in Athens with his two brothers. He said, “Pedro, I worked real hard to get away from all of this. Now I have a place on ½ acre in the suburbs and take call every third night. I now miss the simpler times and if only I could win the lottery I would come back and farm until the money ran out.” Later I went over to stand next to Grandma when one of the ladies walked by in a mini-skirt. Grandma turned to me and said, “Lordy mercy Pedro, when I was a kid our skirts covered our in-steps. Her skirt doesn’t even cover her step-ins.” Grandma was sitting in a rocker with a cushion. I noticed that bunches of people (5 generations) were coming by and hugging her neck. She was the one who had brought all of us together. There were people from all walks of life including a lot of farmers, factory workers, builders, a few doctors, school teachers, road workers and a grass cutter. There were old and young, people in suits, and people in overalls, those who were shy and others who made up for it. Yet, here we were – all gathered together once again with a similar upbringin’ and raisin’ but different and still feeling a closeness. We were all brought back together to share moments and memories and to give our love to Grandma, the gentlelady with a wit who touched and influenced all our lives. It started getting late and Grandma was getting tired. She told me she’s had all the fun she could stand and asked me to drive her home. On the way home, she looked over at me and said, “Pedro, you’re big in my eyes and I love you.” I said, “Grandma, you’re big too and I love you.” We didn’t say another word the rest of the way home. Then I started thinking that these big Family Reunions may become a thing of the past with everybody getting scattered ever-which-away. The cousins had begun to quit farming and some left the county. I knew the Reunions wouldn’t be the same when Grandma died and they weren’t. Reprinted with author permission from More Simpler Times.
I started wandering around and J.D. O’Kelly, one of my cousins, came up to me and showed me his sore finger. He wanted some medicine. I told him I was a radiologist. Later I heard him telling Willie that he thought Pedro had become a doctor, but come to find out Pedro’s a radio man. 14 CAP SCAN - A CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION
Dr. Williams’ sequel book, More Simpler Times, can be purchased from the Capital Medical Society. All proceeds from the book are donated to the Capital Medical Society Foundation’s We Care Network program. The total sales from his books have raised over $39,000 for the CMS Foundation’s We Care Network.
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We Care Network
John Mahoney, M.D. President Pathology Retired Married to Barbara Mahoney University of Florida
Terreze Gamble, M.D. Family Medicine Tallahassee Primary Care Associates Married to Vaughn Samuel American University of the Caribbean
J. Brian Sheedy, M.D. Hematology/Oncology Retired Married to Wende Sheedy State University of Buffalo
Walt Colรณn, D.M.D. Vice-President Dentistry Periodontal Associates of North Florida Married to Marybeth Colรณn University of Kentucky
Tracey Hellgren, M.D. Family Medicine FSU PrimaryHealth University of Florida
Joedrecka Brown Speights, M.D. Family Medicine FSU College of Medicine Married to Gregory Speights Emory University
Nancy Loeffler, M.D. Secretary Anesthesiology Anesthesiology Associates of Tallahassee Baylor College of Medicine
David Jones, M.D. Pediatrics Capital Health Plan Married to Dottie Jones Ohio State University
Jay Walton, D.D.S. Dentistry Walton & Cardman Dentistry Married to Susan Walton Emory University
David Stewart, M.D. Treasurer Pathology KWB Pathology Associates Married to Gillian Stewart University of New Mexico
Rohan Joseph, M.D. CMS President General Surgery Capital Regional Surgical Associates Married to Elizabeth Medley University of Mumbai
Barbara Williams, M.D. Radiology Retired Married to Dennis Williams, M.D. Medical College of Georgia
Yvonne T. Brown
Maribel U. Lockwood, M.D. Radiology Radiology Associates of Tallahassee University of Panama
Charles Williams, M.D., Emeritus Radiology Retired Married to Pat Williams Medical College of Georgia
J. Alan Cox, Esq. Attorney
Al McCully, M.D., Emeritus Urology Retired University of Tennessee
Pam Irwin Executive Director, Capital Medical Society Foundation
Avon Doll, M.D. Nephrology North Florida Nephrology Associates Married to Louie Doll Oral Roberts University
Faisal Munasifi, M.D. Psychiatry Psych Management Services Married to Nola Munasifi, M.D. University of Baghdad
Marlisha Edwards, M.D. Family Medicine Southern Medical Group Florida State University
Paresh Patel, M.D. CMS President-Elect Oncology Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute Married to Yamini Patel B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, India
Paula S. Fortunas, M.A. Retired, TMH Foundation
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DONATE TO THE CMS FOUNDATION
Donate to the CMS Foundation – We Thank Our Donors We thank the following donors who made a gift to the CMS Foundation this past month: CMS Foundation Year-End Appeal – Area of Greatest Need John Katopodis, M.D.
Capital Medical Society Foundation – Area of Greatest Need Anonymous
Maribel U. Lockwood, M.D. – In Honor of the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Emergency Department Physicians
Ravi Bingi – In Honor of Sri Satyanarayanã Swami Puja (SSNSP)
Ronald D. Ray, M.D. Fred, Susan, and Noah Redmon – In Honor of John Dozier, D.M.D., Andrew Chon, D.M.D., Judith, and the staff at Periodontal Associates of North Florida Fred and Susan Redmon – In Honor of Basim Tadros, M.D. and his staff Noah Redmon and Family – In Honor of Vicki Erwin-Wilson, M.D. and her staff Noah Redmon and Family – In Honor of Muhammad Siddiqi, M.D. and his staff Dr. and Mrs. Brian K. Russell Jessica Small – In Honor of Armand Cognetta, M.D. Dolores Steele – In Memory of Robert L. Steele, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. David Stewart D.J. and Gayle Underwood Charitable Fund Dr. Julia Weeks and Mr. Steven Weeks CMS Foundation Year-End Appeal – Capital Medical Society Foundation Endowment Dr. and Mrs. David Stewart
Charles A. Frueauff Foundation Murugesh Mohan – In Honor of SSNSP Jaya Reddy – In Honor of SSNSP Pavani Sistla – In Honor of SSNSP Satyanarayana Yerrapragada – In Honor of SSNSP Scholarship Fund David Bellamy, M.D. – In Memory of Dr. Frederick Troupe Mickler, Jr. We Care Network Anonymous – In Honor of SSNSP Anonymous – In Honor of SSNSP Rajesh Bhat – In Honor of SSNSP Charles A. Frueauff Foundation Hanumantha Chilakala – In Honor of SSNSP Saritha Dubbaka – In Honor of SSNSP Sreedevi Eyunni – In Honor of SSNSP Pranathi Gannapureddy – In Honor of SSNSP Satheesh Gillella – In Honor of SSNSP Venkatesulu Golla – In Honor of SSNSP
CMS Foundation Year-End Appeal – Scholarship Fund Dr. and Mrs. C. Raymond Cottrell
Srinivas Kasavaraju – In Honor of SSNSP
Howard W. Kessler, M.D.
Leelarani Katam – In Honor of SSNSP
CMS Foundation Year-End Appeal – We Care Network Leslie Cohen – In Memory of Matthew M. Cohen, M.D.
Sasi Kavarthapu – In Honor of SSNSP
Sue Conte – In Memory of Gordon Jones Dr. and Mrs. Tom Haney Lenox Family Limited Partnership Helen Paulson, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Rockwood – for the We Care Dental Network Dr. and Mrs. Terry W. Sherraden
Raj Kamety – In Honor of SSNSP
Sridhar Kati – In Honor of SSNSP Kishan Kundapur – In Honor of SSNSP Varun Moota – In Honor of SSNSP Vani Palepu – In Honor of SSNSP Sreedhar Palepu – In Honor of SSNSP Jyotsna Reddicherla – In Honor of SSNSP Sharath Tigulla – In Honor of SSNSP Thiyagarajan Venkatesan – In Honor of SSNSP
CMS Foundation Year-End Appeal – We Care Network Endowment Mr. and Mrs. James Gustafson
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The Impact of Private Support: The Capital Medical Society Foundation’s community of donors strategically help fulfill its mission “to support the charitable efforts of physicians and others, increase access to healthcare, promote education and serve the community’s health needs through innovative projects that are exemplary, affordable and dignified.” ➢ Access to healthcare is increased through gifts to the We Care Network and the We Care Network Endowment Fund. More than $112.3 million in donated specialty medical and dental care has been provided to low-income, uninsured patients since the program was created in 1992. In fiscal year 2019-20, which ended June 30, 2020, more than $6.9 million in health care was donated. Gifts support the operational expenses of the program including salaries and benefits of the case management team who coordinate the donated care. ➢ To provide incentives to keep medical students trained at the FSU College of Medicine in the Big Bend after completion of their residencies and help meet the growing demand for physicians in Florida, gifts to the Scholarship Fund provide scholarships to FSU College of Medicine students who have expressed an interest in returning to the Big Bend to practice after completion of their residencies. $31,000 was awarded in 2020. ➢ Gifts to the Capital Medical Society Foundation help provide operational resources for the Capital Medical Society Foundation. In addition, modest grants are awarded to area non-profits whose programs improve access to healthcare for the underserved. In 2020, the CMSF awarded a total of $10,000 in grants to Elder Care Services for their In-Home Services Program and the Big Bend Hospice Foundation for bereavement services. Gifts to Honor and In Memoriam: You can make a gift to the CMS Foundation in memory of someone who has passed away or in honor of someone, such as a fellow physician, you hold in high esteem or has taken care of you or your family. The CMS Foundation will send an acknowledgement letter to those you memorialize and honor. How to Give: Through the generosity of donors, funds have been created in order to establish financial stability to meet our mission. You can make a gift at any time to one of the CMS Foundation’s current funds: 1) Capital Medical Society Foundation-area of greatest need 2) The Capital Medical Society Foundation Endowment 3) We Care Network 4) We Care Network Endowment 5) The Anesthesiology Associates of Tallahassee Scholarship Endowment 6) Scholarship Fund 7) The Ronald G. Pickett Endowment 8) P hysician Wellness Fund Gifts should be made payable to the CMS Foundation and indicate on the memo line of your check to which designation you would like to give. Bring your check to the CMS Office or mail it: Capital Medical Society Foundation ~ 1204 Miccosukee Road ~ Tallahassee, FL 32308. Gifts may be made by credit card or direct debit from the CMS website. If you would like to discuss a gift of appreciated securities, an insurance policy, designation of retirement plan assets, estate gift, or multi-year pledge, please contact: Pam Irwin Executive Director pirwin@capmed.org or (850) 877-9018 or after hours at (850) 559-8611 CAP SCAN - A CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION
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THANK YOU To our CMS members and We Care Network partners who provided healthcare to new patients in December 2020. Your generosity and support of the We Care Network makes a difference.
Physicians Venkata Bavikati, M.D. Shelby Blank, M.D. Andrew Borom, M.D. Robert Bradford, M.D. Tim Broeseker, M.D. David Burns, M.D. Joseph Camps, M.D. Francisco Carpio, M.D. Alan Chen, M.D. Chris DeRosier, M.D. William Dixon IV, M.D. Chesley Durgin, M.D. Philbert Ford, M.D. Gian-Carlo Giove, M.D. Frank Gredler, M.D. Muhanad Hasan, M.D. Todd Hewitt, M.D. Brook Hill, M.D. David Huang, M.D. Marc Inglese, M.D. Barbara Jaeger, M.D. Amit Jain, M.D. Farhat Khairallah, M.D. Arjun Kaji, M.D. James Killius, M.D. Fang Sarah Ko, M.D. Amulya Konda, M.D. Megan March, M.D. Vikki McKinnie, M.D. Tod Morris, M.D. Manoela Mota, M.D. Charles Murrah, M.D. Thomas Noel, M.D. Chukwuma Okoroji, M.D. Anthony Otekeiwebia, M.D. Jorge Perez de Armas, M.D. Allison Retzer, M.D. Davis Rierson, M.D. Adrian Roberts, M.D. Abel Romero-Corral, M.D. Jamey Sarvis, M.D. Gadi Silberman, M.D. Joshua Somerset, M.D. 18
Bhavik Soni, M.D. Joseph Soto, M.D. Timothy Sweeney, M.D. John Thabes, M.D. Briana Thompson, M.D. Ernesto Umana, M.D. Alexander Ramirez Valderrama, M.D. Beatriz Cepeda Valery, M.D. Kaisa van der Kooi, M.D. Jordan Walters, M.D. William Yaakob, M.D. Daniel Yang, M.D. Dentists Briano Allen, D.D.S. Laban Bontrager, D.M.D. Walter Colón, D.M.D. Aixa Guzman, D.M.D. William McFatter, D.D.S. Frank Swerdzewski, D.D.S. Facilities Advanced Urology Institute Airway Works, LLC Anesthesiology Associates Apalachee Primary Care Beachton Denture Clinic Bond Community Health Center Bristol Dental Clinic Care Point Health & Wellness Center Dermatology Associates Desloge Home Oxygen Digestive Disease Clinic Eye Associates of Tallahassee Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute Frank Swerdzewski, DDS Gadsden County Health Department Jessie Furlow Medical Center Ketchum, Wood, & Burgert Pathology Associates Madison Medical Center Nature Coast Womens Care, LLC Neighborhood Medical Center North Florida Women’s Care North Monroe Medical Center Periodontal Associates of North Florida Radiology Associates of Tallahassee Red Hills Endodontics Southeastern Center for Infectious Diseases Southeastern Plastic Surgery
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Southern Medical Group, P.A. Tallahassee Diagnostic Imaging Tallahassee Ear, Nose, and Throat Tallahassee Enhanced Care Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare TMH Physician Partners Cancer and Hematology TMH Physician Partners Cardiology and Internal Medicine TMH Physician Partners Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialists TMH Physician Partners Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Specialists TMH Physician Partners Radiation Oncology Specialists TMH Physician Partners Heart Rhythm Clinic TMH Physician Partners Surgical Specialists TMH Physician Partners Urology Specialists Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic TOC Canopy Vascular Surgery Associates Wakulla County Health Department Wakulla Medical Center Women’s Imaging Center
Please contact Diana Bixler at dbixler@capmed.org or 201-0130 if you are a We Care Network volunteer and you provided volunteer specialty care in the month of December 2020, and your name is omitted.
The We Care Network strongly encourages our volunteer physicians and dentists to send their value of donated services to us. The value of donated services is important for us to share with our funders and the community. In addition, up to five hours, per biennium, of CE credit may be fulfilled by performing pro bono medical and dental services to We Care Network patients, if we have received documentation of value of services. You can send your value of donated services via fax to Diana Bixler at (850) 2010085 or mail to 1204 Miccosukee Road, Tallahassee, FL, 32308. Thank you!
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We thank our referring providers from December 2020:
Ebonie Allen, APRN
Hantz Hercule, M.D.
Abel Romero-Corral, M.D.
Anne Ananga, APRN
Todd Hewitt, M.D.
Tim Ruark, M.D.
Katrina Ball, APRN
Amit Jain, M.D.
Karen Russell, M.D.
Karen Bartley, M.D.
Anneka Johnson, APRN
Lucilita Salvador, P.A.
Venkata Bavikati, M.D.
Farhat Khairallah, M.D.
Benjamin Shivar, P.A.
Marie Becker, M.D.
Greg Lamendola, P.A.
Eliot Sieloff, M.D.
Viralkumar Bhanderi, M.D.
Elaine Larkins, APRN
Spencer Smith, P.A.
Kendra Brady, APRN
Ashok Manocha, D.D.S.
Abisoye Somorin, APRN
Daniel Breivogel, APRN
Ovidiu Marina, M.D.
Alanna Steaple, APRN
Alexander J. Brickler III, M.D.
Kelley Miller, APRN
Franckel Taylor, APRN
Tim Broeseker, M.D.
Marcia Morris, APRN
Scott Tetreault, M.D.
Frances Carney, APRN
Tod Morris, M.D.
Lacie Thompson, APRN
Francisco Carpio, M.D.
Charles Murrah, M.D.
Faye Tinson, APRN
Victor Chou, D.M.D.
Jayan Nair, M.D.
Nadege Toussaint, APRN
Armand Cognetta Jr., M.D.
Chukwuma Okoroji, M.D.
Kaisa van der Kooi, M.D.
Walter Colรณn, D.M.D.
Rose Origa, APRN
Alexander Ramirez
Raymond Cottrell, M.D.
Jorge Perez de Armas, M.D.
Sharron Foster, M.D.
Hussein Rayatzadeh, M.D.
Beatriz Cepeda Valery, M.D.
Dale French, D.O.
Brandi Richardson, APRN
Jeffrey Wasserman, D.O.
Vanessa Gammill, APRN
Charlie Richardson, M.D.
Gabrielle Gardner, APRN
Carla Robertson, APRN
Charmaine Gilmore, APRN
Andres Rodriguez, M.D.
Valderrama, M.D.
DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2020, THE WE CARE NETWORK: RECEIVED 156 REFERRALS, WITH 60 PATIENTS NEW TO THE PROGRAM
SCHEDULED 109 APPOINTMENTS WITH VOLUNTEER PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS
$492,489.02 IN DONATED CARE WAS REPORTED BY WE CARE VOLUNTEERS
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