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WE CARE NETWORK PATIENT TESTIMONIAL This month, we are featuring a We Care Network patient by giving her a voice to capture the We Care Network program's positive impact on her life. Gaining access to healthcare is not something patients take for granted. Patient stories like this one are why participating We Care Network donating healthcare providers and the We Care Network staff have continued to serve the community’s vulnerable population for 30 years. Without the We Care Network’s donating healthcare providers voluntarily providing expert treatment, this patient’s story would have a very different ending. The impact of receiving healthcare that once seemed out of reach is life-altering. Please take a moment to read this glimpse into a We Care Network patient’s personal experience.
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CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY 2022 MEETINGS CALENDAR April 19, 2022 CME Meeting (1-Hour) Topic: Advances in Cardiac Treatment: Minimally Invasive and State of the Art Procedures Presenter: Juan Gallegos, M.D. Doors open at 6:00 pm; Meeting starts at 6:30 pm Capital City Country Club (1601 Golf Terrace Drive)
April 23, 2022 CMS Catch My Stride Event Tallahassee Museum (3945 Museum Drive) 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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PROFESSIONAL NOTES
PROFESSIONAL NOTES The Oasis Center for Women & Girls hosted their Trailblazer Luncheon on March 8, 2022. This annual community-wide Women’s History Month luncheon celebrates trailblazing women and girls who have changed our lives for the better. Dr. Jana Bures-Forsthoefel was named one of the 2022 Trailblazer Award recipients, and Patricia Holliday, MSW was named the 2022 Unsung Shero Award recipient.
Dr. Jana Patricia Bures-Forsthoefel Holliday, MSW Andrea Friall, M.D., gynecologist at North Florida Women’s Care, was the keynote speaker at TCC’s annual Women’s History Month event held on March 9, 2022. Ten women in the community providing healing and hope were honored including Joedrecka Brown Speights, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health at the Florida State University College of Medicine.
Dr. Andrea Friall Dr. Joedrecka Brown Speights Katherine Cone, D.O. – CMS member Dr. Cone was elected to be Chief Resident for the Tallahassee Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Cone was born and raised in Maine, right on the Canadian border. She attended the University of New England for her undergraduate studies where she received Bachelor's Degrees in medical biology and neuroscience and her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree. Throughout her undergraduate program and medical school, she was very involved in addiction medicine research. She was also selected to participate in an immersive experience at the Hazelden Betty Ford Center in California where she learned more about the disease of addiction from those in recovery and top experts in the field. She has published five journal articles for her work in the field of addiction medicine. Paul McFarlane, M.D. – CMS member Dr. McFarlane was elected to be Chief Resident for the Tallahassee Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. McFarlane was born and raised in Jamaica. It was while growing up in rural Jamaica he recognized his zeal for medicine. As he witnessed the burden of illnesses on families in his country and the impact it has on individuals and communities worldwide, he was motivated to pursue a career in medicine. He later went on to complete medical school at The University of The West Indies, Jamaica. Since graduating, he has had the opportunity to work with various medical teams and has practiced medicine in Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Anguilla. After working in various specialties, he was certain that his childhood zeal of contributing to the care of people with a wide-cross section of illnesses of different age groups would be best fulfilled through Family Medicine.
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CMS LUNCHTIME LEARNING SEMINARS
CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY VIRTUAL LUNCHTIME LEARNING SEMINARS MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE SPRING 2022 LUNCH AND LEARN SEMINARS: April 20, 2022 Building Loyal Customers in Challenging Times Presenter: M. Michelle Bono, TCC Performance Innovation Institute Building satisfied and loyal advocates for your organization or medical services doesn’t just come from having good medical outcomes. Today’s patients often have choices on where to be seen for medical issues. Add to that the shorter fuse and unrealistic expectations of some patients and it is clear that we need to find strong ways to communicate respect and compassion to increase customer satisfaction. Patients today are likely to weigh the emotional side of the equation — how they are treated through the entire process, their ability to understand and relate to doctors and staff, and feeling valued and respected — as much as the factual side — success rates, experience of medical personnel, rates of complications or infection, and timeliness of care and service. Join us for this lunch-time session to learn and practice ways to communicate positively, learn the impact of words and offering options, and find ways to help build patients who are fierce advocates for your brand. Whether you’re new to the field or an experienced veteran, we promise you’ll leave with some new ideas and have a little fun as well. On March 23rd, Claire Ernst, JD, Director, Government Affairs, MGMA, gave an excellent program on Washington Updates.
May 18, 2022 HIPAA and Data Access – What’s New in 2022 Presenters: Holland & Knight Tallahassee – Shannon B. Hartsfield, Partner; Mia L. McKown, Partner; and Eddie Williams III, Partner Physicians have been dealing with HIPAA for many years, but changes to federal regulations coming in October threaten to turn HIPAA on its head. Government regulatory efforts have focused in recent years on patient access to data. Doctors will need to make sure patients have virtually unfettered access to their electronic medical records. Eddie Williams, Mia McKown and Shannon Hartsfield, attorneys from Holland & Knight’s Tallahassee office, which this year celebrates 50 years of service in the Capital, plan to speak. They will focus on new developments in HIPAA including: • • • •
What physicians need to know about medical records ownership in Florida Recent HIPAA enforcement activity Expanded 2022 prohibitions on information blocking How physicians can implement “recognized security practices” to reduce risk
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Join your physician colleagues and their families for some fresh air, healthy walking, and camaraderie. One “Just for fun” event is scheduled in April. No rules and no rain dates. Dust off those sneakers and make it a great day! Just show up at the meeting spot on time and enjoy! Questions: Contact Rohan Joseph, M.D. - Rohan.Joseph@hcahealthcare.com
Scheduled Event: Saturday, April 23, 2022 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Tallahassee Museum
Meet in back of the main museum building at 2:00 PM. 3945 Museum Drive Tallahassee, FL 32310 Free parking available in museum parking lot. https://tallahasseemuseum.org/
Meet with: Rohan Joseph, M.D., CMS Immediate Past President RSVP to: Rohan.Joseph@hcahealthcare.com
Admission Rates
Adults ~ $12.50 Seniors (65+) ~ $12.00 College Students (w/I.D.) ~ $12.00 Children (4-15) ~ $9.50 Children (3 and under) ~ Free (with family) Members ~ Free Museum Membership Information: https://tallahasseemuseum.org/general-memberships/ Those with proof of a Bank of America account will receive free admission.
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CMS AND CMS ALLIANCE PLAY DATE CMS members, Alliance members, and their children enjoyed a play date at Tekesta Park on March 7, 2022. They had beautiful weather and enjoyed each other’s company. Thank you to Codie Bryant, CMS Alliance President, and Dr. Sarah Ko, CMS President-Elect for co-hosting the event!
THE ROTARY CLUB OF TALLAHASSEE HELPS IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE The Rotary Club of Tallahassee presented a $2,500 check to Pam Irwin, Capital Medical Society Foundation Executive Director (second from right), and Diana Bixler, We Care Network Program Coordinator (far right), for the We Care Network program on March 9, 2022 during the club’s lunch meeting. Also pictured are Rotarians, Wallisa Cobb (far left) and Nancy StepinaRobison (second from left).
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FRIENDS AND THE JOURNEY OF LIFE By Charles D. Williams, M.D., FACR, FAAP (“Pedro”) Some of the best antiques are old friends and I visited with some of my old friends and fraternity brothers this past weekend at St. Simons Island. These were the people I had lived with, studied with, and played with during my undergraduate studies at Mercer. Most I had not seen in 35 years. I pulled out my old fraternity blazer and it had shrunk. I then pulled out my jersey and it had also shrunk. This had been a good weekend. Nothing is wasted that makes happy memories. I saw friends and faces that had been so dear to me, but the years had gone by and some could no longer be with us. As we gathered on this day and as I looked around the room into those faces, the reality set in that time really does pass. After a while I did not see judges, lawyers, other doctors, teachers, and business people. I saw friends. I saw family. I saw a part of me. We had all been on the same train ride 35 years ago heading to our individual goals, but the true joy was the trip and the true joy was what was happening along the way. We all had initially started the train ride with the same fears of tomorrow. If I had it to do over, I would have stopped counting the miles and watched some sunsets, studied harder on my second organic chemistry test, gone barefooted more, had more laughter, and spent more time with my friends and appreciated them more. You just can’t seem to make it up in one weekend, but I tried. Upon arrival for the weekend I saw Pope Hamrick and Bert Carmichael. Bert had become a chaplin and Pope was a judge in Daytona Beach, FL. Bert had a bet with Pope that I wouldn’t be there. Dick Porter, an attorney from Cairo, GA, kept the money. At the banquet that evening I was requested to present the money to the winner. I took the opportunity to talk and talk and told them that I didn’t want to insult any of my fraternity brothers, but I heard that many of them had become attorneys. I also knew most of ‘em when they were first admitted to the bar, long before they attended law school. I assured them that I supported attorneys and most of my medical colleagues supported attorneys. I recommended that they send their own children to medical school, so they could also support attorneys. The two lone doctors in the crowd clapped. I then gave Judge Hamrick and Chaplin Carmichael their money back with special instructions that judges and preachers shouldn’t be bettin’. We returned to our tables and Pope reminded me that John Parks, now an attorney in Americus, GA, was his roommate, but John was not exactly tidy in those days. One day Pope called a conference between himself and John,
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instructing John that they were going to divide up the room for cleaning purposes. Pope then asked John, “Which half of the room do you want to clean?” John replied, “I’ll take the top half.” Another story was then told about Jerry Vanderhoef, another judge who was from Alabama, and Phil Addy, a farmer from Preston, GA. In their college days Phil decided to take Vanderhoef home with him for some dove hunting. Upon arrival Vanderhoef exclaimed, “I don’t have a hunting license!” Phil explained, “We don’t need any. It ain’t hunting season.” Later Vanderhoef shot a real nice big white one – a pigeon. As the stories were flowing, David Sims, one of my best friends, told us about Dean Knight’s wife. Mrs. Knight was driving on the sidewalk across campus to pick up Dean Knight outside the Knight Building. It was raining. As Mrs. Knight approached, David and Pope stuck up their thumbs hitchhiking even though they were only going another 50 feet. To their surprise, she stopped and picked them up. As they proceeded down the sidewalk in Mrs. Knight’s car, they approached Granger Rich, a blind fraternity brother, coming down the same sidewalk. They warned Mrs. Knight that he was blind and that she should stop. They let the windows down and David asked Granger if he wanted a ride. Granger stuck his head in the window and said some ugly words about driving on the sidewalk that only upperclassmen would understand. David quickly let the window back up and said, “Mrs. Knight, we don’t know who that foul mouthed person is. He must be a Sigma Nu.” Mrs. Knight smiled and said, “Dean Knight is a Sigma Nu.” It was fun telling each other old stories. However the real fun was seeing each other and being next to each other one more time. We continued to exchange stories and memories. We talked about old time and good times. We talked about what we had done and should have done, but didn’t. As we were talking, time went by and the weekend just like the past 35 years creeped upon us and came to an end. We hugged and smiled and went our separate ways hoping for all of us another tomorrow. Reprinted with author permission from More Simpler Times.
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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An Introduction from Charles Williams, M.D., FACR, Radiology Associates of Tallahassee: “Few of us can imagine eating out of a garbage pail to keep from starving. George Bonk did. Because he was not allowed to attend primary school, he educated himself with purloined textbooks. He survived childhood polio and later became a Tallahassee physician who was noted for driving a sports car. He was a founding member of Radiology Associates and my medical partner for many years. I would like to thank his widow Donna Bonk for providing us with this comprehensive history of a remarkable physician and his parents who achieved so much in their lifetimes.”
THE LIFE OF GEORGE BONK, M.D. – 1935 - 2021 A Note from Donna Paul Bonk: I came late into George’s life, but I’ve been made a very special member of this family by both his daughters, Marla and Kristin. I hope this story will be of interest to both them and their children as it is to me. They are descendants of truly remarkable people and are to be very proud of their heritage. PREFACE I had been married for ten years to George when I came across a dusty box filled with photos, documents, news articles, and a multitude of ID cards--a box that George and his daughters had brought back from Chicago eleven years before, after the death of his mother, Dr. Eugenia Bonk. As I started to look at these most interesting memorabilia, I started asking George about each puzzling article and excitedly realized that I was uncovering the story of George and his parents through a most harrowing period of history--the crushing of Poland, their homeland, by both Hitler and Stalin in WWII and the Bonks’ subsequent escapes from both. My interest was piqued, and I started reading history books, watching documentaries on Poland during WWII and then examining more thoroughly the contents of this box. One of the most intriguing photos was a rather weathered
and torn one of small George, encased in plastic, with writing on the back that translated “My Talisman - during Occupation, Uprising, and POW Camp - Everything, all my joy and life to me, is on this picture.” This was his father’s ‘amulet’ throughout the war. Finally, as I began asking more questions of George, his past started to unfold. And so, this is my attempt to piece together this remarkable but frightening story of the Bonk family (Alfred, Eugenia, and George), who spend six years running as fugitives from the secret police of two countries--Germany and Russia; then, another five years living as “Displaced Persons” in post war Germany; and finally, their subsequent resettling in a new country and the rebuilding of careers. ****************** The story of the Bonks begins in Lwow, Poland, the cultural center of eastern Poland, pre WWII. Both Alfred and Eugenia had received their medical degrees in 1925 and 1926, respectively, and then married. Alfred was in the military and eventually promoted to Major, while Eugenia was practicing as a Pediatrician. George, their only child, was born in 1935, and sometime shortly thereafter Alfred opened up his own Radiology Office. But on Sept. 1, 1939, their idyllic life changed--Germany invaded Poland.
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During the first year of WWII, Germany was allied with Italy, Russia and Japan. Hitler and Stalin had made a secret pact to divide up Poland. Germany attacked on the western front and the Red Army moved in from the east. Because Lwow was the cultural center of eastern Poland, the Russian army situated themselves in Lwow and took over this entire region.
military buttons for sentimental reasons and young George was aware of this. When the soldiers entered, he ran upstairs, found the buttons and climbed out the back window and buried them. He was only five at the time, but remembers even now how scared he was but somehow knew what he had to do to protect his family, even at that age. He learned survival skills as a very young child.
As soon as Germany invaded, Alfred Bonk donned his military uniform once again and went immediately to fight in the western front as a Major in the cavalry. Polish forces, mainly foot soldiers and a brigade of horse calvary, were thinly scattered along the western border. They fought courageously but were no match for Hitler’s tanks.
Back on the western front, Alfred has been captured and sent east on a train, but managed to escape and continued east to gather Eugenia and George and get them out of eastern Poland. Somehow, he knew about the Russians moving in and had rather them be on the German partition of Poland, rather than the Russian side. It was well known the brutality of Stalin. But once again Alfred is captured, this time by the Russian forces and put on a train, destined for one of the POW camps near the Katyn Forrest--the site where 22,000 Polish nationals (non-Jews) including Polish military officers and Polish intelligentsia were mass executed, later to be known as the Katyn Forrest Massacre--a massacre that Russia had tried to blame the Germans for. And although the Allies secretly knew Stalin had been behind this, it was not until 1989 that Russia confessed to this brutality.
Meanwhile, Eugenia and George were back in Lwow, when soon after, the Red Army moved in. Stalin, the most ruthless dictator, had sent orders to either execute all the “intelligentsia” (educated professionals and military officers) and/or send them and their families to Siberia. The Bonk family fell into this category and are put on the “death list” by both Germans and Russians. They would spend the next six years running from both the Russians and the Germans, sometimes with false IDs. Both the Germans and the Russians had the same policy - to mass execute or deport all Polish intellectuals - anyone who could be potential troublemakers. From the very beginning, the policy was designed to completely eradicate Polish culture, history and schooling. The intention was to “Germanize” the western part of Poland and “Russianize” the eastern part. George remembers vividly the day when Russian soldiers came rushing in his house with rifles, demanding to search. Eugenia had been instructed by Alfred, when he left for the western front, to throw away all his military insignia. But Eugenia had kept three of his 12
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Alfred, though wounded, manages to escape again and finally reach Lwow, rescue Eugenia and George, and together they struggle over 200 miles west to Warsaw, which is now occupied by the German forces. It is here in Warsaw that the Bonks will spend the next four years, with Alfred keeping his rank as Major Bonk in the Polish Underground Army. And both he and Eugenia will work in the underground hospital. During these four years Alfred will constantly be acquiring false IDs to give to the Germans. Young George, at the age of six, unbeknownst to his parents, becomes a member of the Children’s Underground Army and remembers to this day throwing bricks and grenades
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from rooftops onto German vehicles, causing whatever havoc he could. A year after the Bonks come to Warsaw, they move George out to the country to stay with a family-- Polio has hit many children in Warsaw. But George is exposed to a child with this dreaded disease who was visiting the farm and immediately becomes paralyzed along his entire right side. He remained on this farm for one year and remembers being rolled out on a bed daily to spend the sunlight hours by himself, just looking out at the land. If anyone today knows George well, you know that he can spend hours on end sitting outdoors and examining every bit of nature, asking constant questions of himself of how things work, how to observe weather, how physics plays a role in everyday living-- his mind is constantly working! At a very early age, George learned how to concentrate, develop observation skills, and think “in the present.” George vividly remembers various people coming out to the farm and constantly massaging so vigorously his limbs that he cried most of the time - this was the medical therapy for Polio prevalent at this time. And to this day, George will not go to a masseuse! But fortunately, after one year, his paralysis ends, and he goes back to Warsaw to be with his parents, to remain until the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. In the spring of 1941, Germany invades Russia and Stalin quickly joins the Allies in the fight against Hitler. Germany pushes back Russia from the eastern side of Poland and Lwow is now occupied by the Germans. And even after the entire country was occupied by German forces, Europe’s largest underground army was formed in Poland to continue the battle, forcing Germany to maintain a large occupation force. It was the Underground Polish military, when all others failed, that scaled the steep 1700-foot mountain to capture the German fortress at Monte Cassino, thus opening the road to Rome
and northern Italy. And in England, Polish airmen shot down more than 750 German aircraft while over Germany. The second front by the Allies on the shores of Normandy occurred in the summer of 1944, and the Soviets had regained back eastern Poland, including Lwow and was again arresting Polish nationals, this time the Polish Home Army and torturing them. Even though the Poles had set up a government in exile in London, Stalin, determined to claim Poland for Russia after the war, had set up his own “Polish” government. He even ordered many Soviet officers to dress in Polish uniforms and started planting them in Lwow to begin this masquerade. Meanwhile, the Underground Home Army in Warsaw was worried that the Soviets would eventually enter Warsaw to fight the Germans and do the same as they did in Lwow. They decided that if they could overtake the Germans themselves, they would show the world they were independent and claim Warsaw for the Home Army, as well as save the city from destruction. On August 1, 1944, the Warsaw Uprising Uprising started with 63 days of intense fighting between 950,000 Warsaw civilians and the Underground Home Army against the German forces. The Red Army sat right across the Vistula River next to Warsaw and lifted no arms to help, even though they had promised to. They even prevented the American and British planes from using their airbase to provide weapons and supplies for the Polish military and civilians fighting. They wanted the Germans to win rather than the Polish Home Army -- the uprising’s failure would allow the pro Soviet Polish administration to get control of Poland after the war. Without Allied support, the Underground Army was forced to surrender when its supplies gave out. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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The Bonk family was right in the midst of this intense street fighting, and Major Bonk was a commanding officer over sectors in Warsaw. When the Uprising was over in October, 200,000 poles perished. The Germans later commented on the ferocity and tenaciousness with which the Poles fought. Alfred and Eugenia were both wounded with eye and other facial cuts--young George had been sent to a Warsaw suburb right before the Uprising. Soon, all prisoners were evacuated and put on a train to head west to Germany to POW camps. Somehow, Alfred, jumped the train, gathered George and rejoined the train to reunite the family. Hitler then ordered the complete destruction of the Polish capital, obliterating every building there. It was not until 2007 when George and I made a trip to Poland, his first time back there since that summer of 1944, that I saw actual tears in George’s eyes, remembering the past, as we walked the streets of Warsaw looking at all the new buildings and eventually coming upon a sign on a building in Old Town, commemorating the valiant fighting by the
Poles of Warsaw during the Uprising. It was quite an emotional moment for him and made an impact on my wanting to know more about his story. It is now October of 1944 and the train of POWs takes the Bonk family to Zeithein, a city located south of Berlin and halfway between Dresden and Leipzig--to the POW camp of Stalag IV B. It is here where they will remain until the end of the war. Major Alfred Bonk becomes the commander of the POW hospital overseeing the multitude of severely-wounded survivors of the Warsaw Uprising. And, it is here that Alfred uses his radiology skills in putting together an x-ray machine. George was not aware of this fact until I came upon a portion of a book, Nie bylem Kolumbem, written in Polish by a fellow surgeon of Alfred’s who happened to be at the same POW camp hospital. He wrote about the conditions there and credits Major Bonk as “putting together an x-ray machine which enabled the surgeons to set bones visually rather than just by ‘feel’ as they had been previously doing.” Alfred was a pioneer in the building of the field of radiology and many years later a radiology department in Chicago would be named after him. For the next seven months George, who was about 9 1/2, would spend his days at the camp scavenging for extra food and taking apart and fixing any small appliance he could find. Conditions were deplorable; dysentery and prolonged malnutrition were rampant. The POW’s daily nutrition consisted of turnip soup, sometimes with dried cabbage leaves added, and a small chunk of bread. George would risk his life many times sneaking across camp to steal potatoes to add to this soup. This was during the period at the last six months of the war and the Allied forces had bombed so many cities in Germany that food was scarce everywhere; food for the POW camps all throughout Germany was almost non-existent.
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It was in February of 1945 when Allied forces sent 800 aircraft for the “Burning of Dresden,” only fifty miles away from Stalag IV B. George remembers the massive sounds of the planes and the burning red skies. A series of five attacks will take place over the next month and leave Dresden in ashes. George and I recently watched a movie on the burning of Dresden, and all the memories came back of that month and the roaring planes and lighted skies of that momentous attack. Finally, in the late spring of 1945, after Germany had surrendered, Russian troops liberate Stalag IV B. Major Bonk realizes it would be a mistake to head back toward Poland because of the Russian Communist occupation, and thus the family dons the red, white and blue badges of French repatriates and walk westwards toward France, hoping to meet up with the American front. They had just twentyfour hours to make a decision before heading out, but they knew they had to flee from the Russians. If upon a chance meeting any French returning persons, they posed as Belgian citizens. As soon as they crossed the line where all three allies (American, British, and Russian) had converged, some American trucks picked them up. The Bonk family thought they had ended up in the American sector, in the town called Northeim. But as the Americans and British were arguing as to what sector each were in charge of, the sectors were switched and the Bonks were moved to the British sector in the town of Gottingen, south of Hannover. They are to remain there for the next five years. As “displaced persons” (thousands and thousands of survivors would be known as DPs), the Bonks must wait until they can find a sponsor to bring them to the states. During this time, Alfred became the Sr. Medical officer of the military camp and would also be the liaison between the British occupation forces and the displaced Polish contingent.
Always a leader, Alfred is “summed up” in a letter written in 1949 by a Military British Government testimonial. As President of the Polish committee in Gottingen, Alfred is “an inestimable value to the British office in dealing with Polish DPs. He is a man possessed of great public spirit and natural pride who has successfully for a long period steered the Polish community into ways of good conduct and good living. It is largely due to his effort that the Polish DPs in a very large area of Germany have proved themselves to be good, hard-working law-abiding citizens...as a man of command, integrity and strength of character, this gentleman has earned the respect of his compatriots in exile and of the officials of the Occupying Powers.” Eugenia works as a Pediatrician in the military camp and thus neither parent is home much. George steals a German bike and for the next five years will spend hour upon hour riding in the nearby forests, still fixing appliances. Having never been in a school system, George is tutored by various German teachers and, of course, becomes fluent in German, as well as English. He spends many an hour reading all the classics. And to round out his education, he remembers going to the opera house in town every Sunday by himself, listening to both operas and plays.
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George was wise beyond his years. He remembers vividly, when he was 12 and playing with a few fifteen-olds, they found an old German helmet along with some airplane cannon bullets. They made a fire in the helmet, put the bullets in it, stood back and waited for it to explode. When it didn’t, the older boys wanted to have a look. George warned them repeatedly not to. But they went anyway while he remained firm. The helmet exploded; two died and two were blinded. George learned early on in Warsaw that friendships were very tenuous and that making wrong decisions could be deadly. After four years of placing numerous notices in medical magazines and trying other avenues of finding a sponsor, finally Alfred hears from a Dr. Earl Woodson, of the Woodson Clinic in Poteau, Oklahoma. And in late May of 1945, the Bonks find themselves on the USA military sea transportation ship named the “General W.G. Haan,” along with 1300 other “displaced persons.” After arriving in New Orleans, the Bonk family is put on a train headed for Poteau, Oklahoma, a town of 5000. In Poteau, OK, the Bonks will spend about one and half years there, living in a “fixed up” chicken coop; though after eight months, Eugenia is hired as a psychiatric intern for the mentally ill at the Eastern State Hospital in Vinita, Oklahoma, a city about 125 miles away and moves to an apt. there. Even though she practiced as a Pediatrician in Poland and Germany, she could not practice her field without a license. She did not want to take the necessary Boards in a foreign country, but apparently she could intern in psychiatry in a state hospital. Alfred Bonk for the next one and a half years works alongside Dr. Woodson in his clinic in general surgery as an x-ray specialist. But he quickly learns English and starts studying for the Illinois State Board exam which he will pass 16
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in 1952. Meanwhile, George at age 15, having never been in a formalized school setting, is interviewed by the Education Superintendent. George gives him a sampling of what he knows in Latin, Physics, Chemistry, Classical Literature, Humanities and even throws out the only two quadratic equations he knows. In actuality, George had only been exposed to a smattering of information and the “sampling” is really all that he knows. The superintendent, having no idea what grade to place him in, has George simultaneously take senior classes at the local high school in Poteau and freshman classes at the local jr. college. He has to work extremely hard at courses he had limited background in, learning English along the way. After 1 1/2 years, he will start at Oklahoma University in his third semester, and not quite 17! Sometime in early 1952 Alfred left Dr. Woodson’s practice and moved to Chicago to study for the Illinois State Board exam. At some point Eugenia joined him and will work as a psychiatrist in a psychiatric unit for the State of Illinois for the next twenty years. Alfred becomes licensed, and after practicing for a few years, becomes Director of the Department of Radiology at the Edgewater Hospital in Chicago and eventually, the Department will be named after him. George spends three semesters at the University of Oklahoma and then transfers to Northwestern for his last two years. Following graduation, he then is accepted into the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois and graduates in June of 1958. During the summers in medical school, George becomes quite the entrepreneur and teaches water skiing in Wisconsin on Lake Geneva. He had never water skied before but on a vacation up in Wisconsin with his parents, he quickly learns, takes a loan from his dad to buy a boat, and talks the big fancy hotels on the lake into hiring him to teach their guests. After the first summer,
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he pays the loan back in full. Water skiing will become a passion for him for many years to come and many, many friends and family of his will learn this sport from him. After an internship at Jackson Memorial in Dade City and where he meets his first wife, Claire, George heads back to Chicago to start an Internal Medicine residency. After six months, he realizes this is not his desired specialty and is accepted into the Radiology Residency Program at Northwestern. At the same time, George joins the Illinois National Guard and will be promoted to Captain. After completion of the three-year residency program, George decides to remain at Northwestern for two years as an instructor. Now married and with a daughter, George accepts a partnership in Tallahassee with the two originating partners of Radiology Associates, Drs. David McCullough and Fred Lindsey. George becomes specialized in mammography and along with the next incoming partner, Dr. Don Hansard, these two
physicians will be the first in Tallahassee to bring in the new technologies of the Ultrasound and the CT scan. They will also start the first breast biopsies using a needle gun, with a stereotactic machine. Like father, like son-George would always be exploring/searching for new technologies in radiology. WWII resulted in the death of one fifth of the Polish population, with 3 million Polish Jews killed, along with 3 million Polish Christians. That the Bonk family not only survived this hellish war--running for their lives, losing their home and all possessions along with family members and friends, but that they moved to another country, not knowing the language, starting over again in their early 50‘s, and with each member of the trio accomplishing so much in their careers. The fortitude and resilience shown by these three throughout these frightening years is truly remarkable--their industriousness is indisputable. The story of the Bonk Family is truly an interesting one and one that I am so proud to have played a part in setting to work.
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A PHYSICIAN'S PERSPECTIVE
THE CURE FOR THE JADED PHYSICIAN By Rebekah Bernard, M.D. “So, you want to be a doctor?” my pre-med preceptor asked, cocking an eyebrow. “My advice, kid? Don’t do it. Go to business school instead. Anything else.” But I was eighteen, and like most teenagers, I knew better. “He’s just jaded,” I thought. “It won’t be like that for me.” Thirty years and a global pandemic later, I find myself reflecting more than ever on that conversation. I feel privileged to be a physician, and I love my relationships with my patients (most of the time), but the daily aggravations often feel like ‘death by a thousand paper cuts.’ And even though I’ve escaped much of the reimbursement rat race by converting to direct primary care, I still find myself frustrated daily by nonsensical demands like prior authorizations for generic medications and prolonged peer-to-peer phone calls to get necessary tests approved. And of course, add COVID-19 into the equation. Even before the pandemic, doctors were reporting high rates of burnout, with almost half making active plans to leave the profession. Tack on more than a year of full hospitals, social isolation, and emotional angst, and some doctors have simply had enough.
routinely check blood sugars but help patients manage their diabetes. So, take a moment to consider who you were before you started medical school. What motivated you to want to become a physician? What did you write on your medical school application personal statement? Most likely you talked about wanting to help, to heal, to make a difference in someone’s life. I bet that you’re doing exactly that. 2. Look how far we’ve come. Mark obtained a Ph.D. in molecular biology but found himself urged to attend medical school by his research mentor and discoverer of the Philadelphia chromosome, Peter Nowell. Recollecting the early days of his medical career, he pointed out how much medicine has improved in the last 20-30 years. “Isn’t it great to be practicing medicine now?” he asked. “We have been blessed with improved treatments for cancers, Hepatitis C, immunosuppressants, mRNA vaccines. We have better diagnostic tools,” As a nephrologist, he is ecstatic about research on xenograft transplants. “We may even put dialysis out of business in our lifetime.”
But at our first in-person county medical society meeting in nearly two years, I found a balm for my jaded thinking, and it came straight from the Collier County Medical Society’s Physician of the Year, nephrologist Mark Russo, M.D. His words of wisdom were just what I needed to hear.
This outlook resonated with me. Although we’ve struggled with COVID-19, the mRNA technology perfected to prevent the disease may change the trajectory of vaccines for many diseases and even cancer. Although it’s often automatic to think about the negatives when we are dealing with disease, practicing cognitive reframing to focus on how far we’ve come can change your outlook.
1. Remember where you started.
3. It’s not all about doctoring.
Before he became a physician, Mark started working at the bottom rung of the hospital system. “I was a patient transporter, nurses’ aide, and psychiatric attendant, and one of my jobs was to walk around and light the patients’ cigarettes.”
As physicians, we truly do make a difference in the lives of our patients, but we make an impact in other ways, too. Mark talked about the three years he spent working as a wrestling coach before medical school, and he recalls this as one of his favorite jobs. “I was able to help kids become outstanding citizens in their respective communities by instilling the discipline that they needed, and they still call or write me thanking me for teaching them,” says Mark.
This made me think about my own days volunteering in hospitals and clinics to boost my medical school application. I remember how excited I was when a nurse let me check a patient’s blood sugar—I even wrote about it my diary. That pre-med student would be thrilled to know that she would one day not only 18
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It's easy to focus on our shortcomings. Instead, take a moment to think about all the people you have helped
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and inspired over the years. Maybe it was through your work as a doctor, but maybe it was just through a kind word or deed. Know that you make a positive impact on the lives of others every single day.
Talk to colleagues who have opened practices or check your state medical society for resources. As Mark says, “Follow your dreams!” 6. Don’t be afraid to speak out.
Often, just being there for someone is enough. “Sometimes we cannot cure or treat. All we may have is our human touch.” He notes that medicine has been moving away from touch over time. “It’s ok to hug. It’s ok to just hold their hand and comfort them.” 4. Focus on your friends and family. An entourage of family members accompanied Mark to celebrate his award, and his family’s pride truly touched me. “Mark is the smartest person I know,” his older brother said, beaming from ear to ear. “The kid always had his head in a book.” He laughed with the memory. “I remember the rest of us had to be quiet because he was always studying for some kind of test.” Rather than focusing on people who don’t matter, like social media trolls or anonymous reviewers, let’s give our attention to the people who really matter. Remember that we all have our own cheering section of friends and family who want to see us succeed and will be proud of us no matter what. 5. Own yourself. “My entrepreneurial spirit began when I was around thirteen years old,” said Mark. “Everyone in the neighborhood was getting an allowance of $2-3 per week. So, I asked my dad if I could have an allowance, too. My dad thought about it for a while and finally answered, ‘Yes. I’ve decided I’m going to allow you to continue to live here.’” So, Mark started his own business with his friends, mowing lawns and making $20-30 per week. He continued his entrepreneurship as a physician, opening a solo practice, Naples Nephrology in 2002. In 2007, he added a partner “who is like a sister to me.” Mark encourages physicians to take a chance on self-ownership, and I couldn’t agree more. After 15 years of employment, opening my own practice was the best thing I ever did. I never thought I could run a business but having physician mentors like Mark helped me to realize that I could—and you can too.
“During the pandemic, I was saddened to see mostly politicians speaking about the illness. I yearned to see more physicians,” Mark said. “Many of us answered the call and educated our citizens, leading us to have a strong response to Covid. But when we tried to stand up and guide our leaders, we were pushed aside.” In addition, doctors who tried to speak up were harassed, heckled, and even threatened, abuse I experienced firsthand when I attended county commissioner and school board meetings on behalf of our medical society. “What I learned is that we need more voices, we need to be louder we need to be tougher, stronger,” said Mark, who offered to get out his wrestling whistle to motivate physicians. “We need to take back control. This is our lane; this is our automobile, we know how to drive it, not the politicians.” 7. Give back to your community. Mark reminds us that as physicians, we all trained at top-notch, highly competitive universities. “We bring special skills and experience from these tertiary centers into our own communities. We must continue to recruit new physicians to meet the needs of the community.” Consider precepting medical students or residents and taking newer doctors under your wing to show them the ropes and provide support. Mark also challenges physicians to serve the community outside of medicine. Volunteer work has been shown to lead to improved physical and mental health, and also allows us to be a part of molding the community that we want to live in. “If we don’t do it, someone less qualified will.” Reprinted with permission by the author. About the Author Rebekah Bernard, M.D. is a family physician practicing in Fort Myers, FL and the author of How to Be a Rock Star Doctor.
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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)
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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)
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) 7.
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I can tolerate the pressure of my work well. Strongly Agree (+1) Agree (+2) Disagree (+3) Strongly Disagree (+4)
I find my work to be a positive challenge. Strongly Agree (+1) Agree (+2) Disagree (+3) Strongly Disagree (+4)
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8. During my work, I often feel emotionally drained. 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)
9. Over time, one can become disconnected from this type of work. Strongly Agree (+4) Agree (+3) Disagree (+2) Strongly Disagree (+1)
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)
12. After my work, I usually feel worn out and weary. Strongly agree (+4) Agree (+3) Disagree (+2) Strongly Disagree (+1)
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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 – We Care Network Endowment
Honor a Doctor – The Charles D. “Pedro” Williams, M.D. Scholarship Endowment
Robin B. McDougall
Dr. and Mrs. Charles D. Williams – In Honor of James Killius, M.D., Michael W. Forsthoefel, M.D. and David L. Saint, M.D.
Honor a Doctor – Capital Medical Society Foundation – Area of Greatest Need Anonymous – In Memory of William Pericles Miller, M.D.
Capital Medical Society Foundation – Area of Greatest Need
Big Bend Hospice – In Appreciation to Dr. Niharika Suchak, BBH Medical Director and her team of physicians
Charles L. Cooper, M.D.
Codie Bryant – In Honor of Tony Bryant, M.D.
Bonfire in partnership with the FSU College of Medicine
Temple Robinson, M.D. – In Honor of Adrienne George, M.D. Joedrecka Brown Speights, M.D. – In Honor of Temple Robinson, M.D. Andrea Stephens – In Honor of W. Brad Stephens, M.D. Brett A. Thompson – In Honor of Joseph M. Gray, M.D., Maribel U. Lockwood, M.D., Peter E. Loeb, M.D., and Spencer Stoetzel, M.D.
Honor a Doctor – The CMS Foundation Physician Wellness Fund Gloria Rollins – In Honor of Andres Rodriguez, M.D.
Honor a Doctor – We Care Network Gloria Rollins – In Honor of Hugh VanLandingham, M.D.
Honor a Doctor – We Care Network Endowment
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Rotary Club of Tallahassee St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church
The CMS Foundation Scholarship Fund David Bellamy, M.D. – In Memory of Dolores C. Leffall David Bellamy, M.D. – In Memory of Clara Inez Leonard David Bellamy, M.D. – In Memory of Dorothy Jean Messer
The Julia Revell St. Petery, M.D. Scholarship in Pediatrics Endowment – In Memory of Dr. Julia St. Petery Dr. Duncan S. Postma and Dr. Marie Hayes Dr. and Mrs. D. Paul Robinson
Anonymous – In Honor of Dean Watson, M.D. and Julia Weeks, M.D. Gavin Boone – In Honor of Shamil Castro, M.D.
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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 $120.7 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 2020-21, which ended June 30, 2021, more than $8.4 million in healthcare 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 CMS Foundation 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. $44,000 was awarded in 2021. An additional $1,500 was awarded from The Anesthesiology Associates of Tallahassee Scholarship Endowment. ➢ 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 2021, the CMSF awarded a total of $15,000 in grants to Elder Care Services for their In-Home Services Program, the Big Bend Hospice Foundation for bereavement services, and to Lighthouse of the Big Bend for aids for the visually-impaired. 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) The Capital Medical Society Foundation – Area of Greatest Need 2) The Capital Medical Society Foundation General Endowment 3) We Care Network 4) We Care Network Endowment 5) The Ronald G. Pickett Endowment 6) The CMS Foundation Physician Wellness Fund 7) The CMS Foundation Scholarship Fund 8) The Anesthesiology Associates of Tallahassee Scholarship Endowment 9) The Julia Revell St. Petery, M.D. Scholarship in Pediatrics Endowment 10) The Julia Revell St. Petery, M.D. Scholarship in Pediatrics Fund (unendowed) 11) The Charles D. "Pedro" Williams, M.D. Scholarship Endowment Gifts should be made payable to the CMS Foundation. 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 (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 February 2022. Your generosity and support of the We Care Network makes a difference. Physicians Jay Allard, M.D. Julia Barry, D.O. Venkata Bavikati, M.D. Dhanajay Bendre, M.D. Michael Bernhardt, M.D. Eric Berenson, M.D. Francisco Carpio, M.D. Bria Casperson, M.D. Eric Chung, M.D. Armand Cognetta Jr., M.D. William Dixon IV, M.D. H. Avon Doll, M.D. Wade Douglas, M.D. Alberto Fernandez, M.D. Hong Gao, M.D. Frank Gredler, M.D. W. Harris Green, M.D. Muhanad Hasan, M.D. Todd Hewitt, M.D. Marc Inglese, M.D. Amit Jain, M.D. Farhat Khairallah, M.D. Kurt Luhmann, M.D. Michael Mangan, M.D. Megan March, M.D. Tod Morris, M.D. Jayan Nair, M.D. Thomas Noel, M.D. Mitchell Peabody, D.O. Jorge Perez de Armas, M.D. Cybelle Pfeifer, M.D. Michael Pentaleri, M.D. Hussein Rayatzadeh, M.D. James Renehan, M.D.
Pablo Rengifo-Moreno, M.D. Allison Retzer, M.D. Davis Rierson, M.D. Adrian Roberts, M.D. Karen Russell, M.D. Eliot Sieloff, M.D. Gadi Silberman, M.D. Hardeep Singh, M.D. David Smith, M.D. Joshua Somerset, M.D. Bhavik Soni, M.D. Lucas Stowers, M.D. Timothy Sweeney, M.D. John Thabes, M.D. Ernesto Umana, M.D. Beatriz Cepeda Valery, M.D. Kaisa van der Kooi, M.D. Graham Whitaker, M.D. Chien-Yi Williams, M.D. Daniel Yang, M.D. Charles Yowell, M.D. Dentists Briano Allen, D.D.S. Melissa Amundson, D.D.S. Jean-Pierre Bastien, D.M.D. Brian Beck, D.M.D. Walter Colón, 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 Bastien Dental Care Beachton Denture Clinic Bond Community Health Center Care Point Health & Wellness Center CESC Dental Clinic Dermatology Associates Digestive Disease Clinic Enhanced Endodontics Eye Associates of Tallahassee Frank Swerdzewski, DDS Gadsden County Health Department HCA Florida Capital Hospital Cancer Center Jessie Furlow Medical Center Ketchum, Wood, & Burgert Pathology Associates Madison Medical Center Neighborhood Medical Center North Florida Nephrology Associates
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North Florida Women’s Care North Monroe Medical Center Oral & Facial Surgery Center Periodontal Associates of North Florida Radiology Associates of Tallahassee Southeastern Surgery Center Southern Medical Group, P.A. Tallahassee Dental Associates, PLLC Tallahassee Diagnostic Imaging Tallahassee Ear, Nose, and Throat Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Family Medicine Residency Program TMH Physician Partners Cancer and Hematology TMH Physician Partners Cardiology and Internal Medicine TMH Physician Partners Gynecologic Oncology Specialists TMH Physician Partners Heart Rhythm Clinic TMH Physician Partners Hospitalists Group TMH Physician Partners Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Specialists TMH Physician Partners Radiation Oncology Specialists 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 February 2022, 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 February 2022:
Ebonie Allen, APRN
Gabrielle Gardner, APRN
Charlie Richardson, M.D.
Anne Ananga, APRN
Ciara Grayson, M.D.
Adrian Roberts, M.D.
Jonathan Appelbaum, M.D.
Judy Griffin, APRN
Expedito Salvador, P.A.
Katrina Ball, APRN
Aixa Guzman, D.M.D.
Lucilita Salvador, P.A.
Marie Becker, M.D.
Hantz Hercule, M.D.
Kyla Shillington, APRN
Michael Bernhardt, M.D.
Elaine Larkins, APRN
Eliot Sieloff, M.D.
Shelby Blank, M.D.
Jessica Lea, APRN
Lorie Simmons, APRN
Kendra Brady, APRN
Michael Mangan, M.D.
Alanna Steaple, APRN
Daniel Breivogel, APRN
Damon McMillan, M.D.
John Thabes, M.D.
Francisco Carpio, M.D.
Marie Methellus, APRN
Faye Tinson, APRN
Bria Casperson, M.D.
Kelley Miller, APRN
Barrett Tolley, D.D.S.
Carlos Castro, M.D.
Marcia Morris, APRN
Nadege Toussaint, APRN
Stephanie Chandler, APRN
Manoela Mota, M.D.
Teresa Tullos, APRN
Victor Chou, D.M.D.
Alfredo Nova, M.D.
Ramona Vossler, RDH
Melba Colon-Renta, M.D.
Abiodun Ogunremi, APRN
Dwanna Ward-Boahen, APRN
Jill David, APRN
Chukwuma Okoroji, M.D.
Jeffrey Wasserman, D.O.
Matthew Davis, M.D.
Rose Origa, APRN
Eula Weaver, APRN
H. Avon Doll, M.D.
Paresh Patel, M.D.
Shana Wood, APRN
Joyce Dwyer, APRN
Mitchell Peabody, D.O.
Nathalie Esellem, APRN
Lisa Perkins, APRN
DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2022, THE WE CARE NETWORK: RECEIVED 218 REFERRALS, WITH 134 PATIENTS NEW TO THE PROGRAM
SCHEDULED 68 APPOINTMENTS WITH VOLUNTEER PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS
$190,978 IN DONATED CARE WAS REPORTED BY WE CARE VOLUNTEERS
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CMS FOUNDATION RECEIVES FUNDS FROM MEDICAL COMMUNITY
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