FEBRUARY EDITION, VOLUME 2021, NO. 2
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
CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY 2021 MEETINGS CALENDAR February 16, 2021 Virtual CME (1-Hour) Create COVID-19 Litigation Safe Harbor: What Doctors Need to Know about COVID Tax Relief and Law - Provided by Legally Mine 6:30 pm Register by February 15, 2021 at https://event.webinarjam.com/register/131/vy1ygumr
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