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2022 Celebration Awards Dinner
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The 20th annual Celebration Awards Dinner honored Dr. Robert D. Snyder and Dr. Carlos Campo. The event was held on March 31, in honor of Doctors’ Day, at the Dunlap Champions Club at FSU (formerly the University Center Club). There was a room full of proud supporters of the award winners. Dr. Robert D. Snyder received the I.B. Harrison, M.D. Humanitarian Award, and Dr. Carlos Campo received the Thomas L. Hicks, M.D. Outstanding Physician Award. Our 2022 CMS President, Dr. Paresh Patel, did a great job emceeing the event.
Dr. Patel thanked the Celebration Awards Dinner Steering Committee and the Capital Medical Society staff for their hard work in organizing and coordinating this event.
Steering Committee Alfredo Paredes, M.D., Chair Shannon Boyle, CMS Communications and Events Coordinator Codie Bryant, CMS Alliance Valerie Draper, CMS Alliance Tami Frankland, CMS Alliance Pam Irwin, CMS Executive Director Rita Kaelin, CMS Alliance Cynara Miller, CMS Alliance Andrea Stephens, CMS Alliance Gillian Stewart, CMS Alliance
Dr. Patel recognized four new CMS members in attendance: Dr. Joshua Dault, Dr. Tony Bryant, Dr. Ira Wayne Freilich, and Dr. Rajeshri Parag Patel. Dr. Patel also recognized a new member applicant, Dr. Christine Fitzsimmons. We welcome them to the Tallahassee medical community.
Dr. Patel recognized all CMS members who retired this past year. Sadly, our newly retired physicians were not able to attend, but we wish them well in their retirement.
A moment of silence was held to honor the physicians who passed away since September 2021: Dr. George Bonk, Dr. William Price, and Dr. Julia Revell St. Petery.
Dr. H. Avon Doll, Jr., We Care Network Advisory Committee Chair and donating provider, shared that the We Care Network is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. He gave a brief overview of the program and noted that We Care Network providers and partners have donated more than $120 million in donated healthcare to the neediest adults in our community since its inception. He recognized and thanked the We Care Network staff, referring and donating physicians, dentists, and healthcare providers, donating hospitals, ancillary and durable medical equipment providers, and grantors and supporters.
Dr. Patel shared a brief history of the I.B. Harrison, M.D. Humanitarian Award. The criteria for the award are predicated on the values that came to be associated with the late Dr. I.B. Harrison: compassion, service, respect, wisdom and integrity. He asked all past recipients of this award to stand and be recognized. Dr. Robert D. Snyder joined the esteemed physicians that previously received this award, as the 2022 recipient of this prestigious award.
Dr. Richard Zorn, longtime friend and colleague of Dr. Snyder, presented him with the I.B. Harrison, M.D. Humanitarian Award. (You can read Dr. Richard Zorn’s remarks on page 14, and Dr. Snyder’s remarks upon receiving the award on page 15.)
Dr. Patel then gave a brief overview of the Thomas L. Hicks, M.D. Outstanding Physician Award. The award honors a physician who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the profession of medicine. This year, the CMS Board of Governors voted to rename the award in honor of the late Dr. Thomas L. Hicks, the first recipient of this award in 2006. Dr. Hicks’ family was in attendance to commemorate this recognition. Dr. Patel asked all past recipients of this award to stand and be recognized. Dr. Carlos Campo joined the esteemed physicians that previously received this award, as the 2022 recipient of this prestigious award.
Dr. Alberto Fernandez, longtime friend and colleague of Dr. Campo, presented him with the Thomas L. Hicks, M.D. Outstanding Physician Award. (You can read Dr. Campo’s remarks upon receiving the award on page 16.)
The Capital Medical Society would like to extend their appreciation to the CMS Alliance for providing the beautiful floral arrangements. The red carnation is the symbol for Doctors’ Day.
We thank our 2022 Celebration Awards Dinner supporters. Without their generous support, this event would not have been possible.
Title Sponsor
Presenting Sponsors
Supporting Sponsors
Anonymous in honor of the Capital Medical Society Administration & Staff
Audiology Associates of North Florida
Florida State University College of Medicine
FSU College of Medicine Tallahassee Regional Campus
HCA Florida Capital Hospital
MagMutual
Radiology Associates of Tallahassee
Tallahassee Ear, Nose & Throat, P.A.
TMH Federal Credit Union
TMH Physician Partners - Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep
Truist Wealth and Truist Mortgage
Event Sponsors
Airway Works, LLC
Hancock Whitney
PHILIPS
SYNOVUS
Tallahassee Primary Care Associates
The Gantt Financial Group
In-Kind Sponsor
Title Sponsor, Capital Health Plan: (front row, l-r) Dr. Krista Rankin, Vicki McRary, Dr. Roy Forman, (back row, l-r) Dr. Helen Paulson, Dr. David Jones, Dr. Amy Reimer Neal, and Dr. Stanley Gwock.
Presenting Sponsor, Southern Medical Group: (l-r) Dr. John Katopodis, Dr. Michael Forsthoefel, Dr. Narayanan Krishnamoorthy, Dr. Frank Gredler, and Dr. Thomas Noel.
(Front row, l-r) Theresa Cochran, Presenting Sponsor, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare; Josh Epps, Presenting Sponsor, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare; Ryan Smith, Presenting Sponsor, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare; Dr. Dean Watson, Presenting Sponsor, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare; (back row, l-r) Andrew Starr, Presenting Sponsor, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare; Mark O’Bryant, Presenting Sponsor, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare; Diana O’Bryant, Event Sponsor, Hancock Whitney; Farra Noel; and Dr. Andrea Friall, Presenting Sponsor, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare.
Presenting Sponsor, TC Federal Bank: (front row, l-r) Lori Rawlings, Caitlin Moore, Linda Bergman, (back row, l-r) Sheila Rogers, Meka McCaskill, and Patricia Griffin.
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(Front row, l-r) Dr. H. Avon Doll, Jr., We Care Network Advisory Committee Chair; Dr. Paresh Patel, President, Capital Medical Society Board of Governors; Pam Irwin, Executive Director, Capital Medical Society; (back row, l-r) Louie Doll; Dr. Alfredo Paredes, Chair, Celebration Awards Dinner Steering Committee; Maria Paredes; Dr. Sarah Ko, President-Elect, Capital Medical Society Board of Governors; and Joe Farenden.
(L-r) Ben Gantt, Event Sponsor, The Gantt Financial Group; and Melissa Corson and Jeff Corson, Supporting Sponsors, Audiology Associates of North Florida and Tallahassee Ear, Nose & Throat, P.A.
(L-r) Pam Irwin, Executive Director, Capital Medical Society; and Supporting Sponsor, Florida State University College of Medicine: Gentle Littles, Dr. Alma Littles, and Dr. John Fogarty.
(L-r) Dr. D.J. Underwood; Dr. Stanley Gwock; Dr. Sandeep Rahangdale, Supporting Sponsor, FSU College of Medicine Tallahassee Regional Campus; and Dr. Kaushal Patel. (Front row, l-r) Supporting Sponsor, HCA Florida Capital Hospital: Dr. Joshua Dault, Dr. Sherif Nour, and Alan Keesee; (back row, l-r) Event Sponsor, SYNOVUS: Tina Darnell and Chattie Winton.
Supporting Sponsor, MagMutual: Kim Harris and Brad Harris.
(L-r) Kim Williams; and Supporting Sponsor, TMH Federal Credit Union: Liz Thiele, Harry Burn, and Paula Burn.
(Front row, l-r) Brandon Hogue, Supporting Sponsor, Truist Wealth and Truist Mortgage; Thomas Dietrich, Supporting Sponsor, Truist Wealth and Truist Mortgage; Leigh Graham, Supporting Sponsor, Truist Wealth and Truist Mortgage; Kimberly Price, Supporting Sponsor, Truist Wealth and Truist Mortgage; (back row, l-r) Dr. Sarah Ko; Dr. Allison Retzer, Supporting Sponsor, Radiology Associates of Tallahassee; Dr. Maribel U. Lockwood, Supporting Sponsor, Radiology Associates of Tallahassee; Karen Watts, Supporting Sponsor, Truist Wealth and Truist Mortgage; and Dr. Carl David Vegas, Supporting Sponsor, Radiology Associates of Tallahassee.
Dr. Rajeshri Parag Patel (back row, far right), and Supporting Sponsor, TMH Physician Partners - Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep: (front row, l-r) Dr. David Huang, Steve Marquis, Dr. Cybelle Pfeifer, (back row, l-r) Dr. Clifton Bailey, Dr. Chien-yi Ruby Williams, Dr. Forrest Ray Dolly, Dr. Alberto Fernandez, and Dr. Muhanad Hasan.
(L-r) Lewis James, Event Sponsor, Airway Works, LLC; Dr. Muhanad Hasan; and Susan Aultman, Event Sponsor, Airway Works, LLC.
Event Sponsor, Tallahassee Primary Care Associates: Dr. Gregory Williams and Kim Williams.
The family of the late Dr. Thomas L. Hicks were present for the unveiling of the Thomas L. Hicks, M.D. Outstanding Physician Award. The Outstanding Physician Award was renamed in honor of the late Dr. Thomas L. Hicks, the first recipient of this award in 2006. Dr. Paresh Patel (left) and Dr. Richard Zorn (right) presented the 2022 I.B. Harrison, M.D. Humanitarian Award to Dr. Robert D. Snyder (middle).
Dr. Alberto Fernandez (left) and Dr. Paresh Patel (right) presented the 2022 Thomas L. Hicks, M.D. Outstanding Physician Award to Dr. Carlos Campo (middle).
Dr. Robert D. Snyder’s family were present to honor him with the I.B. Harrison, M.D. Humanitarian Award.
Dr. Carlos Campo’s family and friends were present to honor him with the Thomas L. Hicks, M.D. Outstanding Physician Award.
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DR. RICHARD ZORN’S INTRODUCTION OF DR. ROBERT D. SNYDER, RECIPIENT OF THE 2022 I.B. HARRISON, M.D. HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Managing Editor’s Note: These are Dr. Zorn’s notes and not a formal write-up. Please excuse grammar and punctuation errors.
Mr. President, distinguished honoree, CMS sponsors, fellow CMS members, family, and friends, first of all I would like to congratulate Dr. Carlos Campo for receiving the Thomas L. Hicks, M.D. Outstanding Physician Award. It is highly deserved especially for his work with the trials and tribulations of the Covid pandemic over the past two years. Congratulations Carlos. It is a great privilege to speak about this year’s I.B. (Bud) Harrison, M.D. Humanitarian Award winner, Dr. Robert D. Snyder. Bob and I came to town in 1978 as friendly competitors. All of the general surgeons were in solo practice and formed alliances for call and assistants. Bob was in with Charlie Harvey, Al Deeb, and John L. Williams. I was in with Hank Watt and Jim Cavanagh. I think there were seven new physicians that came in the summer of 1978. I can remember five for sure. Dr. Gary Hansen, Dr. Lou Hill, Dr. Frank Skilling, Bob, and me. The late Matt Cohen may have been one of the other two. It was customary for the new physicians to meet with Dr. Harrison after getting their TMH privileges. He was the Chief Medical Officer of TMH at that time. We met in a small room close to the Medical Staff Office. He described in no uncertain terms what was expected of us regarding patient care, ER coverage, and interacting with the nursing staff. There were no questions about “what ifs.” He made it very clear who you would have to deal with if you fell short of his expectations. I remember the meeting being very short.
The medical scene in 1978 was very different than it is today. There was only one hospital. There was no Capital Health Plan. Anesthesiologists had just come to town in the last few years so there were two systems of general anesthesia administration, MD and CRNA. Physicians who worked full-time in the ER were a new thing. Physicians still saw their own patients in the ER or the infamous Unit II. There were no CT scanners. One of the first EMI scanners in the country for heads only had been ordered and would arrive shortly. A majority of Tallahassee physicians came to TMH on a regular basis so you saw your colleagues on a fairly regular schedule although the Physicians’ Dining Room was years away. Into this scene Bob came and set up his practice with one office person and one nurse. They would stay with him for many years. They established a very patient-centered practice trying to be very responsive to their patients’ needs.
Over the years Bob developed a reputation for excellent care of breast cancer patients. In 1978 a lot of women went to the OR without a tissue diagnosis. They were put to sleep and a biopsy with frozen section was done. The women would wake up not knowing if they had lost their breast. Bob was a leader in bringing new treatment options to this area. Breast conservation became an alternative to mastectomy. Bob helped bring stereotactic needle biopsy technology to town to avoid a large percentage of open biopsies. Bob and his CRNA Sue Fischera participated in the study that established sentinel lymph node biopsy as an alternative to axillary dissection saving many women from the complications of this procedure. Bob worked with the plastic surgeons to develop techniques for immediate reconstruction after mastectomy. From the beginning Bob was known for spending great amounts of time with new breast cancer patients to make sure that all of their questions were answered. Early on a lot of women viewed a breast cancer diagnosis as a death sentence. Bob made sure they all left his office with one very precious commodity – hope.
Guys like to talk about male bonding. Take my word for it you haven’t bonded with someone unless you have operated with them on a difficult case that lasts for hours and hours. Two come very quickly to mind. The first was a very, very large male with an acute abdomen. Upon opening his abdomen, we found a gangrenous, necrotic colon. Knowing your anatomy, you remember that the right and left colon are located in the posterior abdomen. Removing these portions of the colon requires traction to elevate them out of their posterior position. With each pull a piece of colon came out followed by more poop and pus than you could ever imagine. We were finally able to get him off the table but he died of overwhelming infection several days later. All later difficult abdominal cases were compared to that one. The second case was a total parathyroidectomy on a patient with a previous tracheostomy. This produced an incredible amount of
scarring such that finding the glands took hours and hours of tedious, difficult dissection. With this procedure finding four glands is an A whereas finding three glands is an F. You keep looking over your shoulder to the surgical bullpen for your relief but it never comes. We finally found all four glands and the patient made an uneventful recovery. During these experiences you see the true nature of your fellow surgeon’s soul. Bob’s soul never came up wanting.
Bob and Patti came to town ahead of me in the offspring category. They came with three daughters Kristi, Katie, and Kelly already on the scene and two more on the way, Lindsey and Theresa. Susanna would come a little later. While I dealt with some infertility issues, Bob had some Y chromosome issues. He told me several times that he should have invested heavily in Johnson and Johnson stock. The Snyder household was one of the few Corvette and Suburban families in town. While Bob worked Patti would ferry the daughters to multiple events around town racking up hundreds of thousands of miles on several Suburbans. Over a period of many years, it was unusual not to see a Snyder name on the playbill of the Young Actors Theatre. Even after her diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, Patti continued to support her family’s numerous activities as long as she was physically able. Her long life after diagnosis is a testament to the loving care she received from Bob, her family, and caretakers. This just further documents the statement “that behind every successful man is a strong woman.”
Congratulations Bob, my former partner and very good friend, on this much deserved award.
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FROM DR. ROBERT D. SNYDER, 2022 I.B. HARRISON, M.D. HUMANITARIAN AWARD RECIPIENT
Managing Editor’s Note: These are Dr. Snyder’s notes and not a formal write-up. Please excuse grammar and punctuation errors.
“Brevity is the soul of wit” – Hamlet.
I would like to first thank my family for being here.
I had the good fortune to know Bud Harrison. They say you can’t buy happiness and you can’t buy class. Bud was a class act through and through. A true friend and mentor and great physician.
I am truly surprised, humbled, and honored to be chosen for this award by my colleagues.
A short story…I received my Miami medical school acceptance just seven days before I was headed to boot camp in probably Vietnam. My life was on hold. Wow – what a fork in the road for my future. I even got to marry my fiancé, Patti – my bride of 50+ years and biggest cheerleader. Sadly, her presence here tonight wasn’t meant to be.
OK…fast forward 50+ years and six daughters later (my pride and joy), and here we are! What a great ride. My family and practice were the dream of my life. I hit it out of the park! How many people can say that?
Lastly, it was my pleasure and privilege to practice with a medical staff I respected and admired so much. They were so talented. They were the best, and always had my back!
It was a great run, so let’s press on. God bless!
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FROM DR. CARLOS CAMPO, 2022 THOMAS L. HICKS, M.D. OUTSTANDING PHYSICIAN AWARD RECIPIENT
Managing Editor’s Note: These are Dr. Campo’s notes and not a formal writeup. Please excuse grammar and punctuation errors.
Thank you, Albert, for your kind introduction.
Good evening to all. It is humbling to be the recipient of the Tom Hicks Outstanding Physician Award. As the most recent recipient, I follow a rich tradition of excellence in medicine.
First, I would like to congratulate Dr. Snyder for receiving the I.B. Harrison Humanitarian Award. I was lucky to have practiced medicine side by side with Dr. Snyder and also with his partner of many years Dr. Richard Zorn, also an I.B. Harrison Humanitarian award recipient in 2017. Congratulations Bob, well deserved.
Thank you to Capital Health Plan and the Capital Medical Society for this great honor. A very special thank you to Shannon Boyle for all her work organizing this wonderful evening. Thank you to Pam Irwin, Rosalie Carlin, and all the other staff at the Capital Medical Society. Thank you also to the selection committee at the Capital Medical Society.
My brief acceptance speech has one common thread – gratitude. Gratitude to all who have helped me along the way in the never ending journey of being a better doctor, many of you are present in this room, others could not make it for one or another reason, but I am very grateful for your support, guidance, and example.
In my book, medicine is a team sport, there is no individual glory, success depends on the effort of an entire team determined to achieve the best outcome possible. In the last couple of years, the COVID-19 pandemic has tested all of us in many different ways. It has been a great challenge and unfortunately patient outcomes have not always been what we wished, but such is medicine. When the pandemic first started back in February and March of 2020, I had no idea what we were up against. I quickly realized that we were about to experience something not seen in generations. I followed the news coming from Italy and Spain, thereafter Washington, New York and Albany, Georgia, staying up until 3 and 4 in the morning trying to learn as much as possible about a virus we knew so little about. Soon enough in the summer of 2020 Tallahassee was hit with the first COVID-19 wave and tragic as it was it could have been much worse. Tallahassee was blessed to have a great team, doctors, nurses, midlevel practitioners, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, environmental services, purchasing, security, administration, clinical documentation, food services, and every other department in the hospital. All team members and colleagues worked together and tirelessly to care for not just COVID-19 patients but all patients. Other communities unfortunately did not do as well; they did not have the wonderful team we had. We also had great leadership under Dean Watson, Andrea Friall, Mark O’Bryant, Bill Giudice, Ryan Smith, Allyson Marsh, David Adkins, Jana Iezzi and so many more, I could spend the whole night here rattling off names. I consider myself a very lucky man, I was hired to join Tallahassee Pulmonary Clinic in March 2001 and joined the practice January 2002. Thank you very much to Dan Davis, Bud Bailey, Ray Dolly, David Huang, and John Thabes for offering me this job and allowing me to become a part of this practice.
Thank you to my younger partners, Albert Fernandez, Muhanad Hasan, Ruby Williams, Andrea Venturini, Cybelle Pfeifer, Anthony Otekeiwebia, and Inga Forde for their unconditional support and friendship.
Within the practice of pulmonary and critical care medicine we have been able to do wonderful things at Tallahassee Pulmonary Clinic now part of Tallahassee Memorial Physician Partners. I am very excited about the future, I see many opportunities for growth and continued improvement in the services we provide at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, not just to the residents of Leon County but to all surrounding counties in the Big Bend region.
I would like to thank my sister, Dr. Ana Campo and her husband Tom Gilligan for making the trip to celebrate with me tonight. I would also like to thank my brother Dr. Rafael Campo and his wife Gelcys Campo for also making the trip to celebrate with me tonight. Medicine as a career was looked upon favorably at home, perhaps even encouraged. I would like to thank my late mother Dr. Gloria Campo for all her sacrifices, as a young widow she raised the three of us and put us through medical school, she had a full life, she was so proud of her children and grandchildren, I am sure she is enjoying this event, no question, we are equally proud of her. My mother taught me the value of hard work, service to others, sacrifice, and so much more, thanks mom, she was my hero.
Lastly, I would like to thank my wife of 25 years, Kim, those of you who know her, a force of nature to be reckoned with. She has always pushed me to be the best version of me, she has always supported me, has had my back, has loved me through the thick and thin, unconditionally been by my side. She has kept me humble and has reminded me that I am just a pulmonologist in Leon County, don’t take yourself too seriously. My children Sebastian, Patrick, and Bella, they are away in college at the University of Florida, University of Georgia, and the University of Pittsburgh, I am sure on a Thursday night studying hard, doubt it, but hope so. Thank you for their understanding of how my career sometimes ruined some family plans or made me absent from some of their events, although I made it a top priority to always be there for the big events. Thank you to my partners for switching call so I could be there for those events.
It has been a privilege and an honor to serve this community and I certainly hope to continue to do so for many years to come, thank you, and I love you all.
