AUGUST EDITION, VOLUME 2016, NO. 8
CMS Members, CMS Alliance Members, and Members of the Leon County Dental Association are cordially invited to attend
CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY’S MEET THE CANDIDATES FORUM This event is not a fundraiser. It is an opportunity to interact with candidates. Thursday, September 8, 2016 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Goodwood Museum & Gardens Carriage House 1600 Miccosukee Road
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Moderator Skip Foster, Publisher, Tallahassee Democrat ~ Light hors d’oeuvres and cash bar ~ Invited Races United States Representative Leon County Sheriff Leon County Superintendent of Schools Florida House, District 8 Florida House, District 9
Event Sponsor Hancock Bank Please RSVP by August 30th to Rosalie Carlin at rcarlin@capmed.org.
Please send your questions for the candidates (with the race specified) to Shannon Boyle at sboyle@capmed.org by August 23. CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY 2016 MEETINGS CALENDAR September 8, 2016 CMS Meet the Candidates Forum 5:30 pm Goodwood Museum Carriage House
September 20, 2016 CMS Membership & CME Meeting America’s End of Life Ethical Dilemma: Is there a Time When It Is OK to Die? Monica Williams-Murphy, M.D., Huntsville Hospital, author of “It’s OK to Die” 6:00 pm Maguire Center for Lifelong Learning at Westminster Oaks Spouses Welcome ($20 fee)
BOARD OF GOVERNORS J. Daniell Rackley, M.D., President Tracey Hellgren, M.D., President-Elect
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CMS Meet the Candidates Forum … CMS Announcements … New Resident CMS Board Members … New CMS Member Benefit … CMS in the Community … Reflections from the Editor … Viewpoint … FSU College of Medicine – Student Pathography … 2016 CMS Meetings Calendar … CMS Connect the Docs Happy Hour … Medical/Legal … CMS Foundation News … CMS Foundation … CMS Foundation: We Care Network …
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Shakra Junejo, M.D. Maribel Lockwood, M.D.
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Paresh Patel, M.D. Gregory Perry, M.D. Ernesto Umaña, M.D. Kenneth Whithaus, M.D.
Michael Douso, M.D. – 2nd
Stephen Sgan, M.D. – 15th
Pam Wilson, Executive Director
Christopher Rumana, M.D. – 3rd
Gadi Silberman, M.D. – 17th
Family Medicine Residents Todd Hewitt, M.D./Meredith Maxwell, M.D.
Ronald Ray, M.D. – 4th
Joshua Fuhrmeister, M.D. – 18th
Stacia Groll, M.D. – 5th
Joan Meek, M.D. – 18th
Internal Medicine Residents Vishal Dahya, M.D./Rachel Russell, M.D.
William Paul Sawyer, M.D. – 5th
Dung Nguyen, M.D. – 18th
General Surgery Residents Emanuela Alvarenga , M.D./Paul Clark, M.D.
Bob Soni, M.D. – 6th
Terence Reisman, M.D. – 18th
Emily Ashmore, M.D. – 7th
Marie Becker, M.D. – 20th
T. Adam Oliver, M.D. – 7th
William Morse, M.D. – 20th
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John Williams, Jr., M.D. – 7th
Frank Walker, M.D. – 20th
EDITOR Frank Skilling, M.D.
MANAGING EDITOR Shannon Boyle
T. Dean Dalrymple, M.D. – 8th
Eric Bouchard, M.D. – 22nd
Lisa Flannagan, M.D. – 8th
Michael Forsthoefel, M.D. – 22nd
GRAPHIC DESIGN Gandy Printers
EDITOR EMERITUS Charles E. Moore, M.D.
Stanley Gwock, M.D. – 8th
Shayla Gray, M.D. – 22nd
David Pascoe, M.D. – 8th
Tracy Graham, M.D. – 25th
Nancy VanVessem, M.D. – 8th
P.S. Krishnamurthy, M.D. – 25th
Akash Ghai, M.D. – 9th
James Thomas, M.D. – 26th
Marc Inglese, M.D. – 11th
Richard Dozier, M.D. – 27th
Rick Damron, M.D. – 12th
Jeffrey Ferraro, M.D. – 27th
Sergio Ginaldi, M.D. – 13th
Stan Whitney, M.D. – 28th
Alice Pomidor, M.D. – 13th
Camille Blake, D.O. – 29th
David Craig, M.D. – 15th
Ashton Byington, M.D. – 30th
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CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY LUNCH AND LEARN SEMINARS Mark Your Calendars for the Fall 2016 Lunch and Learn Seminars September 21, 2016 Time Management in a Medical Practice As the saying goes, “Someday is not a day of the week.” However, we treat it as if it is. Everyone gets 24 hours every day and what we do with our 24 hours is a choice we make each second. We can’t control time but we can manage it. “Do It Now” are three of the most powerful words we can put into action. In this session on Time Management, we will discuss some powerful ideas to improve your time management skills. Remember, “The best time to start was yesterday, the next best time is now.” Speaker: Bert Mitchell Sponsor: Tony Shah, Express Printing
Margaret Neal, M.D. has served as President of the Florida Society of Pathologists since February 2015 and will finish her term in February 2017. “It has been a privilege to work with Dr. Margaret Neal in her role as President of the Florida Society of Pathologists (FSP),” said Erin Corrales, Executive Director of FSP. “Dr. Neal’s term commenced in February 2015 and over the past 1 ½ years she has worked tirelessly to ensure that FSP is seen as one of the leading state pathology societies in the country. Her passion and enthusiasm for the society is immeasurable and FSP has seen great growth in membership and attendance at its conferences during her tenure.” Congratulations, Dr. Neal!
CMS Members: If you receive accolades, please let us know so we can include you in this section! Email the details to Shannon Boyle at sboyle@capmed.org.
October 19, 2016 Are you Keeping Up with the Changing Landscape of Employment Law? Join us for a Lunch and Learn to discuss how labor and employment law changes in 2016 will impact your practice including: the final countdown to the DOL’s new overtime rules, the EEOC’s work regarding protections for the LGBT community, OSHA’s recently published guide to restroom access for transgender workers, the current status of wellness programs in light of new EEOC regulations, new guidelines for joint employer/joint liability, the NLRB’s recent decisions impacting non-union workplaces, guidance for employee leave as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA, enforcement initiatives by government agencies, and more. Speaker: Jason Vail, Allen, Norton and Blue, P.A. Sponsor: Tommy Folsom, Florida Insurance Consultants November 16, 2016 Wellness Begins Within The Medical Practice Whether you are a medical practice administrator, supervisor, human resource manager or team leader, you know a healthy office equals a successful practice. Offering health and financial wellness perks help to provide a positive culture for any business. Come hear a panel of experts discuss workplace wellness program activities developed for their practice. Speaker: Kim Quackenbush, Bill Hambsh, and Troy Johnson Sponsor: Scott Fenstermaker, RHU, Strategic Benefits Group Time: 12 Noon to 1:30 PM (Seminars start at 12:30 PM) Place: CHP Auditorium, 2nd Floor, 1491 Governors Square Blvd. Cost: $10 per person, per seminar For more information or to RSVP, contact Rosalie Carlin at (850) 877-9018 or rcarlin@capmed.org. CAP SCAN - A CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION 3
NEW RESIDENT CMS BOARD MEMBERS
THE CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY BOARD OF GOVERNORS WELCOMES THE NEW RESIDENT BOARD MEMBERS Todd Hewitt, M.D., Family Medicine Dr. Hewitt joins TMH after a successful career as a Chiropractor for 13 years in Pasadena, Calif. While in practice, he served on many professional, as well as volunteer health related organizations. Through his exposure and close work with other medical specialties (and with the support of an incredible family), he decided to fulfill a goal set as a child and left practice to enter medical school. He considers being active one of the key tenants in achieving and maintaining a healthy lifestyle and has been extremely fortunate to be involved in and associated with a wide variety of athletic activities in his life. He was a college football player and attended East Texas State University for undergraduate education and he earned his Doctor of Chiropractic from Parker College of Chiropractic in Dallas, Texas. While there he was a member of the U.S. National Rugby League team and a student member of an organization that provided care to professional Rodeo cowboys. He received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Medical Health Sciences in 2014. While a medical student, he was privileged to serve as one of the Team Physicians for the nation of Nevis’s Olympic Triathlon/Cycling team. He is extremely enthusiastic about returning to practice and thankful for the opportunity to continue his education in a dynamic community like Tallahassee. Through all of his experiences and training, Dr. Hewitt has maintained strong interest in Rural Medicine, Sports Medicine and Pain Management, but also appreciates the comprehensive role a Family Medicine physician is entrusted to play in the lives of their patients. Dr. Hewitt and his wife Michelle have been married for 18 years and welcomed a joyous and enthusiastic daughter, Campbell, to their family three years ago. As a family they celebrate any activity that allows them to be outside and on the water and are excited by the many unique opportunities in their new North Florida home. They share a passion for college football and thanks to Campbell, throw one heck of a “Fancy Tea Party.” Meredith Maxwell, M.D., Family Medicine Originally from New Jersey, I moved to the southeast in 2003 to attend college at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. I received a bachelor’s degree summa cum laude with a dual degree in Psychology and Asian Studies. During my time at Emory I completed a neuroscience research project and publication on the effects of hormones on attention in songbirds. After graduation I worked for a year as a paralegal at a criminal defense law firm, followed by a post-baccalaureate pre-medical program at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA. I was subsequently part of the inaugural class of the Medical Partnership of Augusta University/ University of Georgia, in Athens. I am very happy to be starting my second year at the Family Medicine Residency at TMH. My plans post-residency are not yet set in stone, but I am currently considering a post-graduate fellowship in Palliative Care and Hospice. I spend my spare time with my husband and 2 year old daughter, Caroline. I am also a certified scuba diver who enjoys exploring wrecks (of the shallow variety) and marine wildlife in the Caribbean. 4
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Vishal Dahya, M.D., Internal Medicine Dr. Dahya was born and raised in Okeechobee, Florida and graduated with honors from the University of South Florida with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences and a minor in public health. As an undergraduate student he became involved with various volunteer organizations and premedical societies. He then moved on to medical school at the Florida State University and chose the school because of its commitment to aiding the medically underserved, its wonderful facilities and its focus on patient-centered health care. He completed his clinical rotations in South Florida and was also able to work on multiple clinical research projects before returning to Tallahassee to continue his medical training. In his free time, Vishal enjoys participating in all kinds of sports, outdoor activities, and spending time with family and friends. Rachel Russell, M.D., Internal Medicine Dr. Russell was born and raised in the small town of Old Myakka near Sarasota, Florida. She graduated from New College of Florida with a bachelor’s degree in biology. Upon graduation from New College, Rachel then entered the University of South Florida’s medical master’s program and earned a Master’s of Medical Science with a concentration in women’s health. As an undergraduate she volunteered at Genesis Behavioral Health Clinic of Sarasota, as well as volunteered at Sarasota Children’s Clinic, and was an intern for the Sarasota County Health Department’s CHAT program. Rachel’s motivation to enter medicine is derived from her desire to serve the medically underserved, and thus she chose the Florida State University College of Medicine for its patient-centered mission. Finding a passion for serving the people of Tallahassee, Rachel returned to TMH for residency and looks forward to continuing to provide care to the Big Bend area as a hospitalist at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.
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CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY INTRODUCES NEW MEMBER BENEFIT
Capital Medical Society members can now receive a discount on certain events at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center by using our promo code “CMS” which can be used to save dollars off tickets to upcoming designated events. You can use our promo code on the upcoming: Sesame Street Live: Elmo Makes Music! – November 8, 2016 – 10:30 AM & 6:30 PM Future discounted events will be posted in CapMed Today which is distributed by email on Fridays. When an event is announced: Go online to the following link (http://ev11.evenue.net/ cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ EVExecMacro?linkID=globaldtcc&evm=prmo&caller=PR) and enter in promo code “CMS”;
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Promoting healthy development for every child, birth through eight in the Big Bend region. Many families need help to determine if their children are achieving developmental milestones. Help Me Grow staff at 2-1-1 Big Bend can assist you in making sure families get linked to the help they need by providing initial assessments, referrals, follow-up and care coordination. Help Me Grow is uniquely positioned within 2-1-1 to assist families with all of their needs. Anyone can call 2-1-1 for information, resources & referrals.
Visit www.211bigbend.org/helpmegrow Call 850-617-6306 for more info.
Help Me Grow is a national model that works! Contact the Help Me Grow Program Coordinator at 850-617-6306 for information on how we can support your practice. 2-1-1 Big Bend is a nonprofit agency that is accredited and supported though contracts, grants and contributions. Sponsored by the Children’s Forum, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning
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CMS IN THE COMMUNITY
CMS MEETS INCOMING RESIDENTS AND THIRD YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS Dr. David Dixon, CMS Secretary/ Treasurer, and Pam Wilson, CMS Executive Director welcomed the incoming residents from the TMH/FSU Internal Medicine and General Surgery Residency Programs during a New Resident Orientation Luncheon at TMH on June 22, 2016. (Not all residents pictured.)
Dr. J. Daniell Rackley, CMS President, and Pam Wilson, CMS Executive Director welcomed the incoming residents from the Tallahassee Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program during a New Resident Orientation Luncheon at TMH on June 27, 2016.
Dr. Christie Alexander, CMS Board Member, and Pam Wilson, CMS Executive Director met with incoming third year medical students from the FSU College of Medicine Tallahassee Regional Campus on June 23, 2016 for a brief introduction and orientation. Dr. Alexander and Ms. Wilson also presented a $2,000 check to Dr. Ron Hartsfield, Dean of the FSU College of Medicine Tallahassee Regional Campus to be used to fund scholarships for third and fourth year medical students at that campus.
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OMAHA BEACH: A D-DAY REMEMBRANCE By Frank Skilling, M.D.
My father in law, John A. Watson, was one of the most honest, direct and least pretentious people I’ve ever met. He loved the woods around his Pennsylvania home, hunting, his family and his dogs. He never drank alcohol or used tobacco. He liked to kid with his old friends, eat breakfast at the Family Tradition Restaurant in Harrisville, and visit with the “shut ins” on his mail route. He was a rural mail carrier in his hometown after The War. He rarely spoke about his Army service in World War II, but when pressed he would let you know that he’d been in Europe. He also survived landing with the US First Army on Omaha Beach on D-Day. After the film Saving Private Ryan was released I took my father in law and my two sons to see it. The depiction of the savagery and slaughter of young Americans on a French beach was searing, and when my younger son John asked his grandfather and namesake if that was what it had really been like, he softly responded, “It was much worse.” Unfortunately, by this time John Watson was
in the early stages of dementia and had developed expressive aphasia so he could not lucidly recount his experiences of that day or the subsequent incursion across France and Germany. He was unable to tell my sons what it was like to huddle down in a Higgins boat under intense, unexpected machine gun fire while riding into the beach at 7:30 AM. Once ashore, he was told that the initial beachhead was going to collapse and he had to return to his transport ship. Three hours later his landing party was told that his unit was going back in since the infantry had gained a toehold and was hanging on. He’s the only person I knew personally who landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day, and he had to survive two landings. John Watson had graduated from Slippery Rock State Teachers College (now Slippery Rock University) in Pennsylvania in 1940. He was immediately drafted into the US Army and was selected to go to Cartography School to become a mapmaker, draftsman and photographer. He was assigned to G-2, the intelligence section, and became a member of the group headed by Colonel Benjamin Dickson. By 1943 his unit had been transferred to England to prepare for the invasion of France. He
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experienced the blitz in London and was involved with the planning of the invasion. Since he was part of Dickson’s unit, he accompanied the colonel ashore that day. No one expected that the German forces would be still so lethal after the naval bombardment that took place beforehand. The beach master in charge of their landing zone perceived that the colonel was in danger of being killed or captured, and it was the duty of the men in his unit to get him alive back to the ship, hence the need for a second trip later in the morning. On June 6, 2016 my wife and I stood on the seawall overlooking Omaha Beach. A few of the hardened gun batteries still remain, but the barbed wire, beach obstacles, machine guns and mortar pits are all long gone. The sea wall where Allied troops hunched up on the shingle has been removed. There is a road that winds its way along the shore, and there is a modern stainless steel sculpture embedded in the sand near the exit where the US Second Division disembarked. There are numerous memorials to individual units, but the ruined assault boats, vehicles, and barges have been swept away so that the only memories of the blood spilled and lives lost remain in photos. A few
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of the original combatants visit even today. They are in neat blazers with their medals fastened to their chests, and they come in wheelchairs. The enormity of a 62-mile front encompassing five individual beachheads is not easy to comprehend, even in person. The thought of a six thousand-ship armada, which materialized out of the fog over the English Channel that morning, beggars the imagination. Just conceptualizing how to mesh individual transports, landing craft, airplanes and combat units kept thousands of men occupied for over a year beforehand. John Watson was one of them. But despite the impeccable planning, the success of the invasion still hinged on the resourcefulness of individual small groups of men who persisted in going forward in the face of certain slaughter to carry out their missions. My father in law never spoke directly about the rest of his day on Omaha Beach, but for years after he returned home his wife Irene would find him waking up at night in cold shaking sweats with recurrent dreams of that day. The cost to the Allies is not seen on the landing sites now. There are a few small French museums scattered about that recall individual aspects of that day: a C-47 transport plane that carried US paratroopers; a Horsa glider that served the British airborne; a Sherman
tank; a German personnel carrier; rusted machine guns and mortars. The real price paid for the conflict is found in the cemeteries. British and American troops lie separately in memorial fields dedicated by their countries. The British cemetery is smaller, more individualized, with grave markers recalling the names, and their branches of service, but also preserving a small space at the base where the families can memorialize their fallen service member with a Biblical phrase, a tribute, or a verse. Flowers are planted in front of the gravestones. There are no sculptures. In contrast the American cemetery is large, spacious, and uniformly covered with crosses and stars of David that commemorate only the name, service and date of death in acres of closely mown grassy lawns. The memorial statue of the spirit of a rising young man at the center of the cemetery is bold, solitary, and tragically triumphant. Karen and I wandered through the rows of crosses where we placed individual roses on random headstones. The remains of many teenagers lie there. I chose the grave of a young Floridian named Marvin Booth. He survived D-Day, but his future was gone the morning he crashed ashore, and he didn’t live through the summer. Karen marked a Pennsylvania boy’s with her rose. A light mist covered the field even at mid-day. It veiled the sun and
blocked our view of the fateful beach that ranged several hundred meters beyond the perimeter of the cemetery. The calm belied the struggles and deaths that saturated a similar June day 72 years ago. Before we left Omaha Beach Karen scooped up enough sand to give to each of our children and grandchildren. Her father would be 100 years old in August. He’s buried beside his wife, to whom he was married nearly fifty years and who outlived him by seven years, in the family plot in Slippery Rock. Their son Bob has planted pansies, Irene’s favorite flower, at the base of the headstone. After we returned from Normandy, Bob sprinkled the sand Karen brought from Omaha Beach on their graves. D-Day was the most significant day of her father’s long life. None of us in his family would be here if he hadn’t made it off that beach on that day. His life was permitted to run its long course and to create the family and memories that we have been left with. There are no memories left for the boys who lie alongside each other in those cemeteries. It remains for us to remember them, what they did on that day, and who they might have become had they not landed on Omaha Beach. CMS
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WINNING THE LOTTERY CHANGES YOUR LIFE By Marcus S. Fisher, D.D.S., M.D.
Much to the frequent consternation of my colleagues and friends, and even occasionally to the love of my life, Carol, I was born with a triple dose of conservatism. My father was a career military man (surviving both WWII and Korea); my parents were from the South; and they were Presbyterian / Southern Baptist. As they say in Texas, that’s a five-alarm chili! Growing up on military bases at the height of the cold war, we used to practice crawling under our school desks in the event of a nuclear attack. I felt safe and confident there. My father gave me one dollar a month allowance. I always spent it the same way – a model airplane to build and paint, plus ten cents for church. I would suspend the models from the ceiling of my room, and lie in bed at night dreaming of being up there. After school it was a short bike ride to the runway, where I could watch the pilots come and go in their sports cars and fly their jets into the wild blue 12
yonder. We watched every Mercury and Gemini space launch on TV in school. My dreams were but a few years from fulfillment: until I was fitted with eyeglasses, that is. As the saying goes, we make plans, and God laughs. The Air Force and Naval Academies required uncorrected vision of 20/20. The only person more disappointed than I was my father. Since I had poor vision, I decided to become a dentist. But before that could happen, I had to win the lottery. It was 1973, and my winning lottery number was 275 (out of 366). This number meant that I would not be drafted into the Army. How ironic – I wanted to be in the military. The previous year two of my dorm mates who were lottery losers and headed off for the military. That did not seem fair, and I did not like it. After I finished dental school and residency, I was broke and newly engaged. I asked Carol if she would like me to join the Air Force for three years and pay off the debts. It would be a temporary diversion, and I would finally be able to do my part. Being the incredibly good egg that she is, Carol said yes.
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My first hospital and dental commanders were just like my father – career Air Force and estimable rock solid conservatives. They were also consummate and inspirational healthcare providers. I was home again. Carol amazingly liked the military more than I did. Soon I asked the Air Force dental command to send me for Oral Pathology residency training – I had admired those mentors in dental school. The answer was an emphatic “No! We already have enough of those.” What was I to do now? On a whim, I called the physician office at command headquarters, and asked if I would be eligible for a military scholarship to medical school and pathology residency. A few days later, with a voice that implied “you’re nuts,” the answer was “yes.” Durham, North Carolina was Carol’s hometown, and for some reason the Duke University School of Medicine really liked my Air Force scholarship money. Medical school there became a “short” four year break from active duty.
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The Air Force sent Carol and me far and wide. I was general dental officer and Chief of Hospital Dentistry (Malmstrom AFB, Montana); Chief of Base Dental Services (RAF Fairford, England); resident and chief resident in pathology (Lackland AFB and Ft. Sam Houston Texas); Chief of Pathology and Chief Medical Officer (Offutt AFB Nebraska); Chief of Pathology (RAF Lakenheath England); fellow in Dermatopathology (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Washington DC); and Chief of Dermatopathology (Lackland AFB and Ft. Sam Houston Texas). As consulting pathologist and medical director of the laboratory, I semiannually visited the hospitals at Whiteman AFB Missouri, Cannon AFB New Mexico, Aviano AFB Italy, RAF Croughton England, Incirlik AFB Turkay, and Ismir AFB Turkey. I was assigned temporary duty stints at Sheppard AFB Texas, Brooks AFB Texas, Travis AFB California, and Elmendorf AFB Alaska. I conducted College of American Pathologists laboratory inspections for the Air Force in Charlottesville Virginia, Lincoln Nebraska, Edinburgh Scotland, Brussels Belgium, Lajes Azores, and Keflavik Iceland. Combine all of this with living as a child in Bermuda, Georgia, Colorado, Hawaii, the Pentagon, and North Carolina, and you can see I’ve literally been around the world.
second reason was the people: there were sterling characters everywhere, many of them young kids from less privileged backgrounds who were trying to better their lives. I was able to mentor them, and many went on to become nurses, doctors, pilots, and dentists themselves. I also served the spouses and children of those deployed around the world in our protection. How cool is that? Call me crazy, but I love being a part of the rich heritage and professional family of Washington, The Minutemen and those at Valley Forge, Lee and Grant, Rickenbacker, Doolittle, the Red Tail squadron, and Eisenhower, to name a few. I pray that one day God will give me the privilege of saluting Pat Tillman and Chris Kyle. These guys and gals are heroes. How privileged Carol and I were to serve among them and in their footsteps. We all have regrets in life – mine are monumental. But my military career is not one of them. I wish everyone could be so blessed. CMS
After twenty five years, our military career ended, and I was unbelievably fortunate to find a position with KWB Pathology Associates here in Tallahassee. What a wild ride and amazing string of good fortune it all was! Still the question remains – why voluntarily make the Air Force a healthcare career? There are many answers to that question, but I’ll mention the two most important ones. First, as our clergy and police often say, I revered being part of something larger and far more important than myself. Like my Christian walk, I was attempting to serve a greater good and felt blessed by God to be doing so. They say it takes 100 people on the ground to put one pilot in the air, and I was thankful to be part of that ground force. The CAP SCAN - A CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION 13
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Florida State University College of Medicine – Student Pathography (Student essay on one of their patients from their rotation. All patient names are fictitious.)
As far back as I can remember I have always had a problem with my weight. I was raised in a family with a weight problem. My mother and father both were very large; obese I guess it would be considered. I am sure their weight had plenty to do with their health issues later in life; my father having been diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure and my mother having diabetes for most of her life. Now as I am getting older I find myself with some of the same problems. Growing up south of Tallahassee my family ate all the usual southern style food, loads of fried fish and chicken with sweet tea along with other family favorites. My sister and I did things outside; it was not like we just sat indoors watching television all day. But maybe we just did not do the type of exercise that is required to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight. I would have to say that my weight definitely affected my life during grade school. I did not like school as a child. I’m sure my weight was a major part of my problems in school. I can easily recall some of the other kids, on the bus mainly, saying things about my weight. I think this became a vicious cycle because I would come home and just snack the rest of the day and not do much else. I figured I was not athletic enough to participate in any school sports so I did not ever try out for anything. During physical education class I would walk some but never really played any group sports. As I got older though, it got better later in high school. I think this was probably due to adapting a sense of humor and not dwelling on my weight. I became the class 14 CAP SCAN - A CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION
clown so to speak. I have continued to carry a sense of humor with me throughout my life. Humor has been something I rely on quite often. After high school I tried junior college for a couple semesters but decided I would rather work instead. So I started working at a retail store in Tallahassee. It was around that time when I was diagnosed with my first life-changing health problem, diabetes. I had started noticing at work I was always hungry and had to go to the bathroom far more often than usual. After a couple of weeks with these symptoms I visited the doctor. I remember talking with him about how my weight was an issue and that it most certainly was part of the problem. This was upsetting for me because I remember how my mother struggled with her blood sugar when I was growing up. I did not what to go through the same problems. Over the next few years, even though I knew better, I did not try to do much about my weight. I was living in a small apartment and working quite a bit. I often did not take the time to cook and usually would pick up fast food for lunch and dinner. My weight continued to go up. Eventually my blood pressure started to rise and I was having a lot of trouble breathing and coughing. My blood pressure was climbing higher and higher each time I went to the doctor for my diabetes visits. Finally my doctor diagnosed me with hypertension. He had me start taking a new medication for my blood pressure and he wanted me to see a lung doctor as well for my breathing. It was explained to me by the pulmonologist
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that due to my obesity it had become hard for my lungs to get the amount of air that my body needed. I eventually had to start wearing an oxygen cannula and a CPAP at night. It did not take long for me to learn just how different my life would be. Now I always have to make sure I have oxygen in my tank before I leave the house and I cannot stay out very long. Now at that point I was in my late thirties and was taking a handful of medications throughout the day. I began to feel down about my health. I was having trouble getting out of bed in the mornings. All I wanted to do was sit in my house and snack. I was diagnosed with depression and started taking an antidepressant in addition to my other medications. Shortly thereafter, my insurance provider contacted me about switching my care over to a specialty care center. I was told that my health might benefit if I switched providers. When it came time for me to see my new doctor we sat down and discussed a lot of my health issues. We discussed how important it was for me to exercise and watch what I eat. We also discussed bariatric surgery for me to lose weight, something I had been reading a lot about. But my doctor said that I would have to try several different options before I could potentially get the procedure, a few things being exercise and diet.
to get the operation. Everything went well for the first visit, I was overjoyed. But at the follow up visit before my operation I was told I was no longer eligible for the procedure due to my insurance. How could this be? Needless to say I was devastated. I stopped exercising and started eating fast food again. I was feeling down about everything. I discussed this with my doctor who believes there must have been a mistake with my insurance. Now we are working together to try and become eligible for the procedure again. So here I am back on my exercise routine, my weight has dropped even further than where it was at the time of my first pre-operative visit. I think it’s probably the least I have weighed in many years. I am spending a great deal of time with my niece and nephew, who have been instrumental in helping me stick with my exercise and diet. They have been an inspiration throughout this whole ordeal. I am going to continue to try for the operation and I will remain hopeful for the future. - Jared Davis
Inspired by the hope that I could eventually qualify for bariatric surgery I began to walk and tried the gym in my neighborhood. It was so difficult at the beginning, mostly because of my breathing. Over the next few months, with encouragement from my niece and nephew, I added more time to my daily walks and was exercising most days of the week. I felt as if I was making quite a bit of progress. I even began going to the Diabetes Center since my blood sugar would need better control for the procedure. During the next visit to my doctor I discovered I had lost over ten pounds. That was great news! Only a few months later and I had my first visit to the bariatric center to begin the process for me CAP SCAN - A CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION 15
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available at night or on weekends should have transfer agreements with open facilities in place so there are no delays in urgent MRIs or CT scans. The failure to transfer an obese patient to a facility with an open MRI machine or CT scanner in a timely fashion may result in a delay of diagnosis and/or surgical treatment—and, ultimately, in a malpractice claim. Practices should have appropriately sized furniture in the waiting areas and exam rooms to meet the needs of obese patients. They should also have equipment—such as blood pressure cuffs, needles, and wheelchairs—designed for obese patients. It’s key to understand the importance of talking about weight with patients—the conversation should take place early for better prevention and treatment. Many factors can arise that inhibit a practitioner from speaking frankly about weight with a patient. As obesity rates continue to increase, it is worthwhile for doctors and other healthcare professionals to recognize that they might have their own barriers to such communications.
Increased Risks: Complications and Access Issues Obese patients commonly have a variety of comorbidities. Many are associated with a metabolic syndrome, such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and hyperglycemia, which increases the risk of stroke, ischemic heart disease, and diabetes mellitus. These patients also have increased risk of obstructive sleep apnea (which often contributes to opioid-induced respiratory depression), susceptibility to nosocomial and postoperative infections, and weight-associated wear and tear on joints that can lead to osteoarthritis. Additionally, bariatric surgery can be associated with both surgical and metabolic complications. In addition to the risks of comorbidities, healthcare facilities also face risks if they are unprepared to accommodate obese patients. An inability to fit a morbidly obese patient into a conventional MRI machine or CT scanner is a unique problem necessitating use of an open MRI or CT. Healthcare facilities that are unable to accommodate morbidly obese patients in their MRI machine or CT scanner or if their MRI or CT isn’t
Sensitive treatment of obese patients involves attending to their needs for comfort, safety, and respect. Obesity can be viewed as one of the many chronic health conditions afflicting patients. The person, not the obesity, should be the focus of treatment. As with any patient with a chronic health condition, a relationship with respectful caring forms the bedrock of medical care. Reference Trends in obesity among adults in the United States, 2005 to 2014. JAMA. 2016;315(21):2284-2291. doi:10.1001/ jama.2016.6458. http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article. aspx?articleid=2526639. Accessed June 9, 2016.
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CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION PROVIDES GRANTS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE Pam Wilson, Executive Director, Capital Medical Society Foundation presented grant checks to Mark Baldino, Executive Director of Elder Care Services and to Kimberly Galban-Countryman, Executive Director of Lighthouse of the Big Bend and her Development Director Yolanda Robles on June 16, 2016 on behalf of the CMS Foundation’s Board of Directors. The two $5,000 grants were given in fulfillment of 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.” And quietly with little fanfare, that is exactly what it has been doing since 1975, when it was first incorporated as The Foundation for Medical Care of the Big Bend Area of Florida. Elder Care Services will use its grant funding to provide basic in-home services to low income seniors. Lighthouse of the Big Bend will use its funding to provide aids needed by the visually-impaired to manage their health and medical care independently. CMS Foundation was recently recognized as a Finalist for the Nonprofit Category of the Tallahassee Chamber Award and is a past recipient of the Blue Foundation’s Sapphire Award.
grants to support health-related programs in the community. Capital Medical Society Foundation, Inc. impacts health outcomes for area low income, uninsured residents through its We Care Network program. Through its staff of case managers it coordinates between $4.5 and $6 million in donated specialty medical and dental services to low income, uninsured residents of Leon, Gadsden, Jefferson, and Wakulla Counties through its network of donating 315 specialty medical physicians, 45 dentists, and area hospitals, and ancillary providers. In addition to this coordinated care, Capital Medical Society Foundation, Inc. raises funding and distributes up to $50,000 annually in scholarships to FSU College of Medicine students. Priority is given to those students who come from a rural background, have financial need, and have expressed an interest in returning to the Big Bend to practice medicine upon completion of their residencies.
Capital Medical Society Foundation, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) organization who fulfills its mission to increase access to healthcare through the coordination of donated health care, supporting the next generation of physicians through scholarships to medical students, and through
Capital Medical Society Foundation, Inc. also awards the Robin McDougall, LCSW Access to Care Award annually in the amount of $1,000 to an FSU College of Medicine student whose efforts and activities during medical school have increased access to healthcare for uninsured, low-income and underserved patients with the hopes that this young physician will take an ongoing interest in increasing access to medical care for the underserved.
Pam Wilson, Executive Director of Capital Medical Society Foundation presented a grant check to Mark Baldino, Executive Director of Elder Care Services.
Pam Wilson, Executive Director of Capital Medical Society Foundation presented a grant check to Kimberly Galban-Countryman and Yolanda Robles from Lighthouse of the Big Bend. CAP SCAN - A CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION
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The Impact of Private Support: 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 We Care Network and the We Care Network Endowment Fund. Over $77 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 2015-16, which ended June 30, 2016, over $5 million in health care was donated. Gifts support the salaries and benefits of the case management team who coordinate donated care. • To provide incentives to keep medical students trained at 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. $50,000 was distributed to seven medical students in 2015.
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Your gifts to Capital Medical Society Foundation transform lives in the Big Bend.
• Gifts to Capital Medical Society Foundation help provide operation resources for Capital Medical Society Foundation. In 2015-16, funds were used for a roof repair, purchase of a computer firewall upgrade, rental unit maintenance, exterior painting, and office renovations to accommodate additional staff. In addition, modest grants to area non-profits whose programs improve access to health care for the underserved. In 2016, CMSF awarded $10,000 in grants to Elder Care for their In-Home Services Program and to Lighthouse of the Big Bend to provide tools to the visually impaired to improve their access to health care. Gifts to Honor and In Memoriam: You can make a donation 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. 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 donate at any time to one of 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) Scholarship Fund Checks should be made payable to the CMS Foundation and indicate on the memo line of your check to which designation you would like to donate. Bring your check to the CMS Office or mail it: Capital Medical Society ~ 1204 Miccosukee Road ~ Tallahassee, FL 32308. 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 Wilson, Executive Director pwilson@capmed.org or (850) 877-9018
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THANK YOU To our CMS members and We Care partners who saw new patients for the We Care Network in June 2016. Your generosity and support of the We Care Network makes a difference. Physicians J. Galt Allee, M.D. Arvind Bakhru, M.D. Raj Bendre, M.D. Robert Bradford, M.D. Ashton Byington, M.D. Joseph Camps, M.D. Ann Carr, M.D. Michael Cavallaro, M.D. Gilbert Chandler, M.D. George Cohen, M.D. Marilyn Cox, M.D. Michael Douso, M.D. David Durden, M.D. Akash Ghai, M.D. Frank Gredler, M.D. Muhanad Hasan, M.D. David Huang, M.D. Hank Hutchinson, M.D. Iman Imanirad, M.D. Marc Inglese, M.D. Simha Jagadeesh, M.D. Rohan Joseph, M.D. Lawrence Kaelin, M.D. John Katopodis, M.D. Farhat Khairallah, M.D. James Killius, M.D. Jeffrey Kirk, M.D. Fang Ko, M.D. Hari Kolli, M.D. Amulya Konda, M.D. Matthew Lee, M.D. Stephanie Lee, M.D. Carey Linker, M.D. Kurt Luhmann, M.D. Michael Mangan, M.D. Ovidiu Marina, M.D. David Oberste, M.D. Steven Ostrov, M.D. Rodolfo Oviedo, M.D. Richard Palmer, M.D.
Timothy Paulk, M.D. Michael Pentaleri, M.D. Andres Rodriguez, M.D. Philip Sharp, M.D. Gadi Silberman, M.D. Joshua Somerset, M.D. Bob Soni, M.D. Robert Steinmetz, M.D. William Stephens, M.D. Mary Swain, M.D. Timothy Sweeney, M.D. Scott Tetreault, M.D. Jean-Paul Tran, M.D. Kaisa Van Der Kooi, M.D. David Vermess, M.D. Tony Weaver, M.D. Dorothy White, M.D. Anthony Wright, M.D. William Yaakob, M.D. Daniel Yang, M.D. Richard Zorn, M.D. Dentists Eric Amundson, D.D.S. William T. Baldock, D.D.S. John S. Dozier, D.M.D. William McFatter, D.D.S. Ralph Montalvo, D.M.D. Robert Murrell, D.M.D. Lawrence Pijut, D.M.D. Frank Swerdzewski, D.D.S. James Sykes, D.M.D. Lawrence Weaver, D.D.S. Ed Zapert, D.M.D.
Facilities Affordable Dentures Anesthesiology Associates Beachton Denture Clinic Capital Regional Medical Center Desloge Home Oxygen Leon County Dental Clinic Neighborhood Medical Center Dental Clinics Pathology Associates Radiology Associates Seven Hills Surgery Center Smile Connection at Bond Community Health Center Southeastern Surgery Center Tallahassee Diagnostic Imaging Tallahassee Endoscopy Center Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Tallahassee Outpatient Surgery Center TMH Family Medicine Residency Program Women’s Imaging Center
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. Also, 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 Rosemary Evans at (850) 201-0085 or mail to 1204 Miccosukee Road, Tallahassee, FL, 32308. Thank you! Please contact Rosemary Evans at revans@capmed.org or 201-0130 if you are a We Care volunteer and you provided volunteer specialty care in the month of June 2016 and your name was omitted.
We thank our referring providers from June 2016: Eboni Allen, ARNP Anne Ananga, ARNP Arvind Bakhru, M.D. Raj Bendre, M.D. Viral Bhanderi, M.D. Jonna Bradley, ARNP Sherry Bramblett, ARNP Daniel Breivogel, ARNP Acquinonette Bryant, M.D. David Burday, M.D. Jana Bures-Forsthoefel, M.D. Kendall Campbell, M.D. Joseph Camps, M.D. Lysmar Carrion-Dinguis, M.D. Sheryl Cowan, ARNP Julia Drude, C.N.M. Mignon Emenike, M.D. Shirley English, ARNP Tommy Enoch, M.D. Elizabeth Fajer, M.D. Sharron Foster, M.D. Anneka Gaffney, ARNP Judy Griffin, ARNP Muhanad Hasan, M.D. Hantz Hercule, M.D. Dwight Hooper, M.D. Susan Horton, ARNP David Huang, M.D. Iman Imanirad, M.D. Amit Jain, M.D. Rohan Joseph, M.D. Lawrence Kaelin, M.D. Rebecca Keaton, ARNP
William Kepper, M.D. Jeffrey Kirk, M.D. Elaine Larkins, ARNP Esaias Lee, M.D. Ashok Manocha, B.D.S. Damon McMillan, M.D. Kelley Miller, ARNP Robert Murrell, D.M.D. Rose Origa, ARNP Paresh Patel, M.D. Andrea Plagge, D.O. Stephen Quintero, M.D. Alexander Ramirez Valderrama, M.D. Gloria Ramos, M.D. Marlaine Registe, ARNP Charlie Richardson, M.D. Jose Rodriguez, M.D. Lincoln Roland, M.D. David Saint, M.D. William Shaner, D.D.S. Philip Sharp, M.D. Hardeep Singh, M.D. Nina Sumlar, M.D. Tallahassee VA Clinic Leonard Tolley, D.D.S. Marianne Towler, ARNP Jean-Paul Tran, M.D. Jeffrey Wasserman, D.O. Franklin Watson, D.D.S. Quandra Whaley, ARNP Dorothy White, M.D. Anthony Wright, M.D.
DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, THE WE CARE NETWORK: RECEIVED 164 REFERRALS, WITH 103 PATIENTS NEW TO THE PROGRAM
SCHEDULED 92 APPOINTMENTS WITH VOLUNTEER PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS
$93,117 IN DONATED CARE WAS REPORTED BY WE CARE VOLUNTEERS
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