DECEMBER EDITION, VOLUME 2016, NO. 12
To our members and their families, our sponsors, and our friends… Happy Holidays from the Capital Medical Society and Capital Medical Society Foundation Staff
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CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY 2017 MEETINGS CALENDAR January 26, 2017 Installation of New CMS President, Tracey Hellgren, M.D. 6:00 pm FSU Alumni Center
February 9, 2017 CMS Connect the Docs Whiskey Tasting hosted by Waddell & Reed Financial Advisors 5:30 - 8:00 pm LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts
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February 11, 2017 Women in Medicine Brunch 9:00 - 11:00 am Goodwood Museum Carriage House
BOARD OF GOVERNORS J. Daniell Rackley, M.D., President Tracey Hellgren, M.D., President-Elect
I N T H I S I SS U E :
MISSION: TO PROMOTE THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE FOR THE ULTIMATE BENEFIT OF THE PATIENT. (850) 877-9018 Fax: (850) 878-0218 www.capmed.org
David Dixon, D.O., Secretary/Treasurer Joshua Somerset, M.D., Immediate Past-President
Announcements … Newly-Redesigned CMS Website … 2017 CMS Presidential Installation … New CMS Members … CMS Lunch and Learn … CMS Connect the Docs Happy Hour … Florida Department of Health Updates … Alliance Corner … Viewpoint … Medical/Legal ... CMS Membership Meeting Minutes … A Student’s Perspective … 2016 CMS Meeting/Event Sponsors … CMS Foundation … CMS Foundation: We Care Network …
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Christie Alexander, M.D. Shelby Blank, M.D. Hien Guyer, CMS Alliance President Rohan Joseph, M.D.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Shakra Junejo, M.D. Maribel Lockwood, M.D.
{DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS}
Paresh Patel, M.D. Gregory Perry, M.D. Ernesto Umaña, M.D. Kenneth Whithaus, M.D.
Stephen Duncan, M.D. – 1st
Milagros Pescador, M.D. – 15th
Pam Wilson, Executive Director
Terry Sherraden, M.D. – 1st
Gary Winchester, M.D. – 15th
Family Medicine Residents Todd Hewitt, M.D./Meredith Maxwell, M.D.
Chaowen Chen, M.D. – 2nd
Michele Hoggatt, M.D. – 16th
J. Orson Smith, Jr., M.D. – 3rd
Praful Patel, M.D. – 17th
Internal Medicine Residents Vishal Dahya, M.D./Rachel Russell, M.D.
Dorothy White, M.D. – 3rd
Cristina Rodriguez, M.D. – 18th
General Surgery Residents Emanuela Alvarenga, M.D./Paul Clark, M.D.
Raul Fernandez, M.D. – 4th
Arthur Clements, M.D. – 20th
C. William Applegate, M.D. – 5th
Cynthia Tie, M.D. – 20th
Jeffrey Kirk, M.D. – 5th
David Jones, M.D. – 21st
Jonathan Appelbaum, M.D. – 8th
Dale Wickstrum, M.D. – 23rd
Arjun Kaji, M.D. – 8th
Angelo Ayar, M.D. – 25th
Elizabeth Curci, M.D. – 9th
Isaac Moore, M.D. – 25th
Joshua Somerset, M.D. – 9th
Efren Baltazar, M.D. – 28th
Larry Taylor, M.D. – 9th
Michelle Miller, M.D. – 28th
Nighat Ahmed, M.D. – 11th
Robert Watson, M.D. – 28th
Charles Kent, M.D. – 11th
Bobby Abraham, M.D. – 29th
Thomas Lawrence, M.D. – 11th
Daniel Bernabe, M.D. – 29th
William F. Lindsey, M.D. – 11th
Tim Broeseker, M.D. – 31st
Paul Katz, M.D. – 13th
Iman Imanirad, M.D. – 31st
W. Brad Stephens, M.D. – 13th
Matthew Lee, M.D. – 31st
Julie Kelch, M.D. – 14th
Gregory Todd, M.D. – 31st
PUBLICATION EDITOR Frank Skilling, M.D.
MANAGING EDITOR Shannon Boyle
GRAPHIC DESIGN Gandy Printers
EDITOR EMERITUS Charles E. Moore, M.D.
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Lincoln Roland, M.D. – 14th
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WE ARE SO GLAD YOU WERE BORN!
If you are a member of the Capital Medical Society and would like a copy of the Minutes from the Board of Governors meeting, please call the CMS office. Thank you. 2
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
PROFESSIONAL NOTES
Wayne Batchelor, M.D. presented outcomes from the PLATINUM DIVERSITY study at TCT 2016, the world’s largest and most important educational meeting for interventional cardiovascular medicine on November 1, 2016 in Washington, DC.
IN MEMORIAM
T. Bert Fletcher, Jr., M.D. 1917 – 2016
Congratulations, Dr. Batchelor! CMS Members: If you receive accolades, please let us know so we can include you in the Professional Notes section! Email the details to Shannon Boyle at sboyle@capmed.org.
Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors Tallahassee’s First Active Postvention Workshop & LOSS Team Training
Our purpose is to help relieve survivors’ suffering, strengthen their mental health, & decrease their risk of suicide.
LOSS Team Conference
WHEN Friday, January 27- Saturday, January 28 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. 11 CEs offered for both days or 5 CEs offered for a single day
WHERE Tallahassee Community College, Student Union Ballroom (Bldg. SU 35), 444 Appleyard Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32304 WHO Mental health providers, suicide loss survivors*, first responders, law enforcement, social workers, nurses, counselors, therapists, clergy, educators, policy makers, peer support specialists, and community advocates. *This conference is not recommended for those who have experienced a recent loss
Presented by Frank R. Campbell, PhD, LCSW, CT. Day 1: Hope & Healing: The Aftermath of Suicide 7:45 a.m: Registration (5 CEs per day or 11 for both days) 8:30 a.m- 4:30 p.m: Workshop Sessions (buffet lunch included) Day 2: LOSS Team Training 8:00 a.m: Registration (5 CEs per day or 11 for both days) 8:00 a.m- 4:30 p.m: Training (box lunch included) NAMI Tallahassee P.O. Box 14842 (mailing address) Tallahassee, FL 32317 www.nami-tallahassee.org/lossregistration CAP SCAN - A CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION 3
NEWLY-REDESIGNED CMS WEBSITE
IT’S HERE! ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH OF OUR NEWLY-REDESIGNED WEBSITE! We’ve redesigned our website with you in mind. Capital Medical Society is proud to launch our newly-redesigned website. Visit capmed.org to check it out! If you are a Capital Medical Society member physician, please contact Rosalie Carlin to receive your new member password at 850.877.9018 or rcarlin@capmed.org. The primary objectives of our site development were focused branding, simplifying our content, and increasing the visibility of our physician directory, donation page, and dropdown menus for topics that matter to our members. The new design allows for streamlined menus and clear navigation. Explore the site to learn more about member benefits, events calendar, and topics that matter to the medical community! A special thanks to the Curiosity team, Shannon Boyle and the rest of the CMS staff for participating in the redesign process. The CMS Foundation donation page has been redesigned to enable donors, like you, to designate your gift and honor a friend or colleague online by credit card and to set up recurring gifts. In addition to the changed design and layout of the pages, new functions have been implemented in this version: • Donate • Physician Wellness • Public Health Updates/Zika Updates
• Legislative • MACRA • ACA-1557
• Disaster Preparedness and Recovery • Florida Board of Medicine
The Find a Doctor Directory has been enhanced. Please take a look at your directory page to confirm your information is up-to-date. Three things you’ll love about the new Capital Medical Society website right now: Homepage – See upcoming events, featured resources, recent news and quick links to get to where you want to go with one click. Search – Powerful yet simple search feature, facilitating faster location of multiple sources and locations of information on Find a Doctor. Calendar – Click and preview listings while remaining on the monthly view with easy to read dates and details. We will continually be expanding our online content (especially under the Resources section) to bring you updated and relevant information, so we encourage you to bookmark it, check back often and connect with us on Facebook. Start exploring: • Learn about our current workshops, signature educational offerings, and presenters, and view the improved Calendar of upcoming events. • Connect with your colleagues at networking, educational, and social events designed to keep the medical community connected to each other. • Discover resources to improve physician wellness. • Read about pending legislation impacting the practice of medicine. • Give Back to support We Care Network, Capital Medical Society Foundation, and Scholarship Fund. Thank you to Capital Health Plan for their support of nonprofits in the community and for generously funding this website redesign of the Capital Medical Society Foundation page. Your feedback is very important to us as we strive to develop a website that is valuable to you. If you would take a brief moment to share your thoughts using the website feedback form (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/67RSPFX), we’d appreciate hearing how the experience is for you and how we can continue to improve it.
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2017 CMS PRESIDENTIAL INSTALLATION
2017 CMS PRESIDENTIAL INSTALLATION HONORING TRACEY HELLGREN, M.D. Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 6:00 pm FSU Alumni Center - 1030 West Tennessee Street CMS Members and their Spouse/Guest are invited
Keynote Speaker John Katopodis, M.D., Florida Medical Association President-Elect ~ Also Honoring ~ Outgoing CMS President – J. Daniell Rackley, M.D. Outgoing CMS Board Members – Shelby Blank, M.D., Shakra Junejo, M.D., and Joshua Somerset, M.D. Outgoing CMS Foundation Board Member – J. Daniell Rackley, M.D. Outgoing CMS Services Board Member – J. Daniell Rackley, M.D. Outgoing CMS Alliance President – Hien Guyer Invitations will be mailed in mid-December. CAP SCAN - A CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION
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NEW CMS MEMBERS
CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY IS PLEASED TO WELCOME THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS: Matthew T. Hoffmann, M.D. Medical School: LSU Health Sciences Center Internship/Residency: LSU Health Sciences Center Practice: Dermatology Associates of Tallahassee Specialty: Dermatology
Kimberly I. Smith, M.D. Medical School: Meharry Medical College Internship: Naval Medical Center, San Diego Residency: Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton Practice: TMH Physician Partners – Quincy Specialty: Family Medicine
Cielo Z. Rose, D.O. Medical School: Nova Southeastern University Internship/Residency: Broward Health Medical Center Practice: Preventive Cardiology & Medicine Associates Specialty: Internal Medicine
Samuel D. Yu, M.D. Medical School: University of Miami Internship: HarborUCLA Medical Center Residency: Indiana University Fellowship: Indiana University Practice: Radiology Associates of Tallahassee Specialty: Radiology, Neuroradiology
George Rust, M.D. Medical School: Loyola University Internship: Combined Dennis A. Fried,Licensing, M.D., J.D. Discipline & P Internal Medicine/ Licensing, Discipline & Peer for Review All Defense Medical Profess Pediatrics Residency Licensing, Discipline & PeerforReview Defense All Medical Professionals in Florida Loyola University for All Medical Professionals in Florida Medical Center Free Initial Con Free Initial Consultation Residency: Cook County Blanchard, Blanchard, Merriam, Adel & Kirkland, P.A. Merriam, Ade Hospital Free Initial Consultation 4 S.E. Broadway Street, 4 S.E. Broadwa Office: FSU College of Blanchard, Merriam, Adel & Kirkland, P.A. Ocala, FL 34471 Ocala, FL 3 Medicine 4 S.E. Broadway Street, Specialty: Professor, 352-732-7218 www.bmaklaw.com Ocala, FL 34471 352-732-7218 FSU COM
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CMS LUNCH AND LEARN
CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY LUNCH AND LEARN SEMINARS On October 19th, Jason Vail with Allen Norton and Blue, P.A. gave an excellent program on employment law. You can reach Mr. Vail at (850) 561-3503 or jvail@anblaw.com. Florida Insurance Consultants sponsored the October 19th Lunch and Learn. Tommy Folsom was in attendance representing Florida Insurance Consultants. You can reach Mr. Folsom at (850) 894-3641.
Mark Your Calendars for the Spring 2017 Lunch and Learn Seminars: February 15, 2017 • March 15, 2017 • April 19, 2017 • May 17, 2017 Seminars are held at the Capital Health Plan on Governors Square Blvd – and we thank them for providing this venue to us.
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CMS CONNECT THE DOCS HAPPY HOUR
CMS hosted another great Connect the Docs Happy Hour on October 24th at Food Glorious Food. Guests enjoyed delicious food, refreshing beverages, and connecting with their peers!
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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH UPDATES
MQA has launched a new Online Services Portal. It incorporates updated technology and additional services that enable you to manage your Florida medical license. The ability to complete online license renewals is now available. In order to access the Online Services Portal, a one-time registration is required. Re-registration is necessary for licensees who have previously used Online Services. The use of CEBroker is required to record CME course credits. CEBroker reports CME completion to the MQA portal for renewal compliancy. License holders are encouraged to personally complete the one-time registration in the Online Services Portal. Verification of your Practitioner Profile and the completion of two surveys can only be completed by the license holder. License holders should be familiar with accessing and using the Online Services Portal in order to manage their license. It is up to the license holder’s discretion to share their log-in information after the initial registration process is complete. Visit www.FLHealthSource.gov/mqa-services to begin the registration process. Follow the steps provided or reference the online tutorial and/or webinars for additional instructions.
If you have any questions, please contact: Susan Ragsdale, Health Care License Educator Florida Department of Health|Division of Medical Quality Assurance|Bureau of Operations|Strategic Planning Services Phone: 850.245.4444 ext. 3640 | Cell Phone: 850.591.0140 I Fax: 850.414.7754 | Susan.Ragsdale@flhealth.gov Mission: To protect, promote and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county and community efforts.
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ALLIANCE CORNER
We are excited to announce the 2017 CMSA Executive Board Members: President.............................. President-Elect...................... VP Membership.................... Secretary..............................
Ida Thompson Sarah Ho Andrea Stephens Malena Allison
Treasurer............................... Lisa Umaña Treasurer-Elect...................... Danielle Martinez Immediate Past President ...... Hien Guyer
Detailed program information will be provided in the December Capillary!
Please join us for our 3rd Annual Christmas Ornament Exchange: Location: Home of Andrea Stephens Date: December 6, 2016 Time: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. RSVP: Evite
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March 30, 2017 Celebration Awards Dinner 6:30 pm FSU University Center Club April 18, 2017 CMS Membership & Educational Meeting (no CME credit) 6:00 pm Maguire Center for Lifelong Learning at Westminster Oaks May 16, 2017 CMS Membership & CME Meeting 6:00 pm Maguire Center for Lifelong Learning at Westminster Oaks May/June 2017 CMS Family Night Time & Location: TBA 10 CAP SCAN - A CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION
September 19, 2017 CMS Membership & CME Meeting 6:00 pm Maguire Center for Lifelong Learning at Westminster Oaks October 17, 2017 CMS Membership & CME Meeting 6:00 pm Maguire Center for Lifelong Learning at Westminster Oaks November 7, 2017 CMS Membership & CME Meeting 6:00 pm Maguire Center for Lifelong Learning at Westminster Oaks December 7, 2017 CMS Foundation Holiday Auction 6:30 pm FSU University Center Club
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WAKING TO A NIGHTMARE By Lisa Jernigan, M.D.
“You’re going to need to come down here for this one,” said the resident, my first warning that this four a.m. interruption of my sleep would be the final one of a long night. Most calls had been to check out his impressions and treatment of an endless series of triage patients. Several that night had thought they were in labor, but weren’t – those I had to check with him to be sure they could safely be sent home. Others had been worried about some symptom, or about decreased baby movement, or spotting (after vigorous intercourse at 31 weeks), and a simple phone call to check out and guide the treatment was enough. This call is different, and the very tension in his tone of voice is enough to wake me up fully. Pain and bleeding, heavy, at 27 weeks, and the nurses unable to get heart tones. We hang up and I am on my way downstairs. This patient had refused to see the physician who had done all of her prenatal care, and this is an early red flag that lodges in my thoughts with a “why?” attached. A quick look at the very brief intake data reveals she is just past the middle of her tenth pregnancy, and has six living
children. The fetal monitoring display screen is ominously blank as I pass the nurse’s desk. Other than that, we know little about her as yet. Her cubicle is obvious, the one with the three sets of feet scurrying about below the level of the curtain. Inside, there is a youngish man slumped in the chair and a skinny woman with a very large belly slowly writhing in the bed. She is clearly in pain, but not severely so. She is quiet, shifting constantly to try to find some comfort, and she doesn’t look as worried as I would have expected. She looks more blank than anything, dull, hidden even. Lifting the sheet as I introduce myself, I confirm that the bleeding has slowed to a trickle. In medical school we are taught to introduce ourselves, explain our presence and what we are going to do, and ask permission. With the brand new resident just behind me it occurs to me that I might not be setting the greatest example, but I need to do an ultrasound of her belly which is already well coated with gel from the attempt of the nurse to find heart tones, I begin immediately. Part of my brain is thinking how crowded everything seems and how big she is for 27 weeks, another part is watching her reaction to the images (still blank), and my mouth is trying to narrate to the
resident, when the nurse asks the patient almost casually (and clearly for my benefit) “you did say you were carrying twins, right?” Click. That is why the ultrasound shows so many arms and legs and so much cord. I seem to find the head wherever I look. That is why she is so big, and that placenta looks huge. On the downslope of that thought I am searching for the chest cavity, following the spine down from the first head I found to the ribs, holding my breath. There is the heart. Not moving, and my face assumes the fixed feeling that it gets at the times I have bad news but am not ready to share it. Back up to the head, over to the other head, and down again. Another heart, also not moving. Glancing up at the nurse and the resident I see the understanding on their faces. Two thoughts come to mind, seemingly in conflict. First is a misplaced relief that there is no need to rush now, as long as she remains stable, followed closely by the strange quiet sadness that comes with the death of the unborn child in such circumstances. I already know what has happened. She has abrupted, meaning the placenta has come off the wall of her uterus, depriving the CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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babies of their blood supply, and putting her in danger of bleeding to death as well. Putting that together with her unwillingness to see her own doctor (we later found he had dismissed her from his practice), her unusual thinness, and the haunted look of her, one word comes to mind. Cocaine. But I don’t say it, only murmur to her that I also have been unable to find any sign of a heartbeat in either baby. Trying to lessen or delay the blow I inform her that we will need to call in Dr. B. who can do a C-section if needed, and that his ultrasound will confirm our findings. The resident and I leave the room to discuss things. He hadn’t gotten much of a history yet, only of hypertension (again I think, cocaine). The nurse points out that she has already had two previous C-sections, one emergent for a miscarriage. She’s done this before, I think, she must already know, she must. Returning to the room alone, I ask if she is taking any medicine, allergic to anything, smokes tobacco, drinks alcohol, or uses cocaine. Somehow, running all those questions together feels better, like I am not accusing her, but that drug use is similar to an allergy, a condition you have. Not looking at me, she says “alcohol, yes”. “And cocaine?”, I ask. “Yes…. cocaine”. Her dead affect thickens to become a wall between us. We are suddenly miles apart, and it almost feels like I need to shout to be sure she can 12
hear my next question about when she last drank or used cocaine. “Yesterday,” she says, “yesterday,” and turns away. The man is still silent, slumped in his chair staring only at his kneecaps. Then the resident and I get down to the business of writing orders, documenting our findings, and wait for Dr. B to do the C-section. I am very glad that she isn’t bleeding so fast, and he only has a fifteen-minute drive to the hospital. I ask the resident to see if she would like her tubes tied. She consents, and we add it to the operative permission. Dr. B. arrives, confirms the ultrasound, and again we look at the two babies. They seem to be embracing one another on the screen, and I wonder if they somehow knew what was happening and reached out for comfort. At surgery a large clot is found behind her uterus and two apparently perfect girls, not really embracing, in separate amniotic sacs. Once the fallopian tubes are removed and the abdomen closed, she is soon on the way to the recovery room. I have the dead feeling brought on by fatigue and events too large to be truly comprehended. A thought is running through my brain: should I now be more troubled, more something, anyway. Angry? Should I be angry with this mother? IS she a mother? The resident tells me that she told them at first that the pain
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and bleeding started after her eight-year-old son put his knee into her stomach. As I am about to leave, I turn back suddenly. Please, I ask the resident, again because I don’t want to do it myself, please be sure she knows this was not the fault of her eight-year-old, and that she knows it was the cocaine. Yes, it was the cocaine. This woman has three dead babies from cocaine, and the killing of the spirit of an eight-year-old to protect her from knowing the truth, to make it his fault instead of hers, is a possibility that must be made impossible. Would she sacrifice him for this purpose? Would she? Would she even know she was doing such a thing? Or is she so dead inside at this point that she is incapable of such knowledge? It is very early in the morning and neither my brain nor my heart can take any more, and I go home, and to bed. CMS Dr. Jernigan is the Associate Director at the Tallahassee Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program.
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FLYING HIGH: MY EXPERIENCE AS A NAVY FLIGHT SURGEON By George Slade, M.D. Ever since I was a kid, flying was the one thing I wanted to do for sure, even more than being a physician, a decision I came to after graduating from a Catholic boys’ high school run by the Marist priests. I grew up off Clifton Road in Atlanta within 2 miles of Emory University so it was natural that I’d go to undergraduate and medical school there. (Our family ate at the Emory cafeteria almost every Friday night, mainly because it was a source of baked, rather than fried, fish on those Catholic “no meat” days, even though Emory was a Methodist institution.) Pre-med studies seemed the thing to do since most other entering males were in it, including a skinny blonde kid from Valdosta, Georgia named Comer Cherry. I met him during freshman orientation; later he became one of the top two in our medical school class. Back then he spoke in mostly unintelligible South Georgia parables, an entirely new dialect for me, a transplant from New York’s Spanish Harlem, a “boricua”, from W. 136th Street and Broadway. So, after professing my love for math and chemistry (and of course 3 years of Spanish), I decided to take the MCAT and apply to med school with the rest of my fraternity brothers. All things changed quickly in med school: by Christmas of the first year I was set to quit. Why I continued is beyond me, but my fate was sealed when I missed all of embryology while
bleeding from every orifice with Stevens-Johnson syndrome and erythema multiforme in the new DeKalb General Hospital for five weeks. At that point I discovered how important physicians were, somewhat less than the orderly who cleaned me up each day, changed my bedclothes and gave me baths. My first lesson in communicating with patients stuck with me…don’t suppose you are as important as you think because “you are” the physician…the sick tend to depend on the one most often caring for the more mundane needs of the day, not the pontificating physician. After that first summer break between the freshman and sophomore years, I realized that running a service station at night wasn’t going to sustain me later in the clinical years, so I got an OB/GYN externship at Crawford Long Hospital in downtown Atlanta, not too far from Grady Memorial. By the end of my senior year I had delivered quite a few babies, used forceps for difficult deliveries and assisted in surgeries, an experience far beyond some OB/ GYN residencies at the time; but I spent my last four weeks in a neurology elective solidifying my eventual choice of specialty. I spent my last year at Grady when I didn’t match with a Navy internship and “got” my second choice, a mixed internal medicine/OB-GYN internship at Grady.
I had joined the Navy Reserve the year before because I saw that as my best chance for aviation medicine, the right choice since flight surgeons learned to fly and actually soloed. The first plane I ever was in was the first plane I “flew” … in the front seat of a tandem seat T-34 with a maniacal Marine Corps Captain in the rear intent on killing me! Until 2000 the Naval Flight Surgeon was expected to learn to fly on the theory that a pilot’s family physician could better serve his squadron’s needs by understanding the stresses experienced by the pilot, flying crew members and the ground crew dedicated to keeping everyone safe. Like so many things in caring for others as a physician, a military pilot’s individual personal stresses affect his skills, whether in peacetime or in combat. In fact, military pilots are much like physicians: dedicated to their profession with a compulsive attention to details and willingness to make decisions affecting others. I met Ray Bellamy in July, 1966 at the Naval Aero-Medical Institute (NAMI) in Pensacola during our flight surgeon’s course with its intense concentration in ENT, optics, ophthalmology, high altitude physiology and psychiatry. The flight school portion was a hoot with meteorology, aerodynamics, flight systems and emergencies, much like any other aviation ground school. In the Navy’s version CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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we crashed into the water, turning upside down and sinking while trying to remember the sequence of releasing restraints to get the hell out of a cockpit before descending beyond 10 ft! Another cute trick was being towed behind a landing craft in Pensacola Bay while wearing a parachute harness to simulate landing in a windy sea and escaping restraints by not being flipped so that you’re dragged face down by your legs and drowned. Finally, a lower force, rocket ejection seat tower “exercise” supposedly acclimated the future flight surgeon to that event… just in case. We received ten to twelve hours of flight instruction including solo flight. The first two hours were purposely stressful to immediately wash out any “softies” who had no business flying. Very few did wash out or were not allowed to solo, and this was probably the first time any doctor failed in a school. We then moved up to the back seat of a T-28 trainer without an ejection seat. We learned to open the canopy latch and stand on the seat before jumping toward the trailing edge of the wing in case we had to abandon the plane. This was finally followed by experiencing jet flying and aircraft carrier landings. Our final common experience was a 3-day survival trip equipped with a knife, canteen, no food and a parachute to help with various chores (fishing, tent construction, etc.). I can attest to the fine rattlesnake roast prepared by our distinguished future orthopedic tennis champion (Bellamy). But we hadn’t trapped it: some lost farmer in a truck ran over the viper on a dirt road and took pity on us.
and squadron spouses. I also acted as the flight surgeon OOD (officer of the day) for air/ sea rescue helicopter missions, crashes, crash investigation team duties and miscellaneous other responsibilities. The variety of experiences stimulated me (and made me fly with the squadron every chance available).
Open cockpit carrier landing day in the T-28 in 1966
Once in the fleet as a qualified Navy flight surgeon with newlyminted wings proudly worn, the maneuvers I practiced became reality. More than three quarters of our class of December 1966 were assigned USMC billets. Mine was with the 2nd Marine Air Wing in Cherry Point, NC and Marine Attack Squadron 332 (VMA 332). My first orders from the Marine Air Group commander was to join my squadron in Key West and insist on flying at night with my future squadron commander, since the older Irish Major had an aversion to night flying, a wellknown cause of “fear-of-flying” in mid-career pilots. Less known to me at that time was that avoidance of nocturnal “sorties” also indicated a proclivity for the bottle in the evening hours. This was my initiation into attack jet night flying in close air support, formation flying and nocturnal “dog-fighting”, all at 400 to 500 knots with an alcoholic skipper! When not flying with the squadron in NC, I was assigned OB/GYN “call” delivering babies and treating menstrual cramps in young female Marines
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After leaving the Navy to begin my neurology fellowship, I continued to fly and obtained a civilian pilot’s license, commercial ticket and instrument rating. I lived that boyhood dream of seeing a different painting every day or night while flying my plane for the next 3000+ hours over the next 30 years for business and pleasure… WOW! Why is medical service in the PHS, USN, USAF, Army or Coast Guard discouraged and frequently by those who never served and know the least about uniformed service? Many of us are risk-averse to a fault, but the potential benefits of service medicine are many. Foremost is serving with people who have chosen a way of life that few of us even ponder. Yes, I know all the arguments, most of which are false, misdirected or politically biased. Our uniformed services attract the brightest and most patriotic amongst us. Why is that anathema? Young physicians should seriously consider “service”, particularly if going to med school poses a parental/ spousal financial burden or debt. Consider the financial help and “vacation-time” guaranteed, wellpaid job offered by the various services. Who knows? You might find a niche unmatched by any other to practice medicine. CMS
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OPTIMIZE THE EHR: BETTER WORKFLOW MEANS BETTER WORK-LIFE BALANCE By Chad Anguilm, Director of Professional Services, Medical Advantage Group Today, physicians have access to more data than ever before, and complying with new quality programs and pay-for-performance initiatives requires doctors to aggregate that data in various ways. Physicians and their office staff now spend a significant amount of time sorting through data in order to satisfy all the checkboxes—leaving them overwhelmed and dissatisfied. But there are tools that can streamline patient care and payment workflows in the electronic health record (EHR). By dedicating time and effort up front to optimize the EHR, physicians can get relief from administrative tasks, reduce duplicate entry of data, and save time by not having to search for records in multiple places. Effectively maintaining an EHR is an ongoing process— the industry offers near-constant improvements—but the reward is a better work-life balance. Enhancing the EHR means focusing on these four top areas: 1. Building a direct data interface. When all patient data, from both within the practice and from outside sources, is routed through the EHR in a structured format, a physician has all the information required at the point-of-care when treating a patient. The interface can include data from lab tests, radiology, and health information exchanges (HIEs); devices like blood pressure cuffs and health trackers; and other outside vendors. 2. Organizing patient data to provide a central point of access in the EHR. Immediate and organized access to complete patient information can help reduce unnecessary office visits, imaging, and labs tests.
3. Establishing predefined care alerts to guide physicians through the treatment portion of the visit. The parameters of each alert should be set by the physician, based on the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) or other quality metrics or quality-based programs the doctor participates in. By setting up alerts that are triggered by the receipt of structured data instead of being manually triggered, a practice can see more patients and provide customized treatment plans without running recalls or prepping charts prior to the patient’s arrival. Setting up alerts is a one-time effort—then, armed with the right tools, the physician can rely on educated decision-making at the point-ofcare, when time is of the essence. At a minimum, the EHR should identify gaps in care and alert the physician in real-time as to what the patient needs. 4. Integrating population health management reporting tools that allow the physician to see gaps in care or future care needs based on gender, age, and medical history, such as foot exams, immunizations, and colonoscopies. These tools—offered in many EHRs through the EHR vendor or a clinically integrated network (CIN)— analyze data from the EHR, HIEs, payer claims systems, and lab and radiology facilities, so that a physician can make decisions based on the patient’s longitudinal medical record. This offers the ability to bill for services during the office visit, send campaign messages (such as for a flu shot or annual physical) to patients, and report data in a useful format to referring physicians. In addition, a clinical rules engine takes action based on what is documented in the chart. For example, when a patient is diagnosed with asthma for the CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE CAP SCAN - A CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION 15
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first time, it automatically recommends a medication and a follow-up appointment.
• What inbound interfaces can be set up to accept ADT data, structured data from other physicians, or vaccine registries?
Getting Help in Optimizing the EHR When optimizing their EHR, physicians would benefit from working with an experienced consulting team that understands the tools available as well as the flow of the practice. An outside firm with wide knowledge and perspective on the industry and various EHR systems will be most aware of the optimization opportunities available. The firm might also be able to use economies of scale to integrate the EHR systems of multiple practices within a physician organization, physician-hospital organization, CIN, or accountable care organization through a HUB or HIE—increasing the flow of data or decreasing cost. The EHR vendor will often be involved in the optimization process, but an outside consulting firm should lead the project. Many EHR vendors offer a complete EHR solution but are ineffective at optimizing workflow during implementation. And once the EHR is implemented, an inexperienced office manager may be charged with managing the vendor relationship remotely to ensure the full functionality of the EHR. At this point, the office manager or physician may not be aware of the full capabilities of the EHR and may not be equipped with the questions to ask a vendor to determine if the vendor can help the practice get the most out of the EHR—or if it’s time to hire a consulting firm. Here are the questions a practice should ask the vendor: • What local laboratory/radiology/report interfaces are available in the area that may help streamline the flow of data in and out of my practice? • What data can be submitted electronically through a commonly accepted file for incentive programs like PQRS, Meaningful Use, and other payer-directed programs in order to decrease duplicate entry? • What devices such as trackers, kiosks, or EKGs connect directly to the EHR to decrease manual entry?
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• What type of remote access capabilities— such as smartphone or tablet apps or web-based accessibility—are available in order to complete tasks without being tied to the office? Maximizing Workflow to Minimize Work Time Ultimately, when an EHR system is optimized, physicians can focus their time on caring for patients and maintaining a good work-life balance. Take the example of Michael Little, MD, a pediatrician in Clinton Township, Michigan. Dr. Little was staying at his practice until late at night to enter data due to an inefficient EHR system that caused him to take notes by hand and then enter them manually into the EHR. By working with an outside consultant to redesign workflows, optimize templates, and complete a HIPAA analysis, Dr. Little reduced the amount of time he spent entering data from 30 minutes per patient to 2 to 3 minutes. He now has more direct face-to-face interactions with his patients and no longer stays late to update his charts, providing him more time at home with his wife and small children. The guidelines suggested here are not rules, do not constitute legal advice, and do not ensure a successful outcome. The ultimate decision regarding the appropriateness of any treatment must be made by each healthcare provider in light of all circumstances prevailing in the individual situation and in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which the care is rendered. _________ Contributed by The Doctors Company. Medical Advantage Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Doctors Company. For more patient safety articles and practice tips, visit www.thedoctors.com/patientsafety.
CMS MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES
MINUTES CMS Membership Meeting October 18, 2016 The mission of the Capital Medical Society is to promote the practice of medicine for the ultimate benefit of the patient. I. Business Meeting A. Welcome – Dr. J. Daniell Rackley, President, called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. Dr. Rackley thanked Westminster Oaks for use of their incredible facility.
Meeting Sponsor, MagMutual: Angela Ross. Supporting Sponsor, Doctors’ Armor by Physicians Indemnity: (l-r) Dr. Ben Kirbo and Jennifer Langston.
B. Dr. Rackley welcomed and thanked our sponsors for the evening: Presenting Sponsor SunTrust Private Wealth Management – Brett Allen, Charles Hopkins, and Karen Watts
Meeting Sponsor, Sanofi: (l-r) Gavin Boone and Eddie Hendry.
Supporting Sponsor, Waddell & Reed Financial Advisors: (l-r) Alan Null and Tim Dean.
Supporting Sponsors Doctors’ Armor by Physicians Indemnity – Dr. Ben Kirbo and Jennifer Langston Waddell & Reed Financial Advisors – Alan Null and Tim Dean
Presenting Sponsor, SunTrust Private Wealth Management: (l-r) Charles Hopkins, Karen Watts, and Brett Allen.
(L-r) Pam Wilson, CMS Executive Director and Susan Ragsdale, Health Care License Educator for the Florida Department of Health. Meeting Sponsor, AstraZeneca: (l-r) Sandy Roberts and Whitney Marston.
Meeting Sponsor, Tallahassee State Bank: (l-r) Patricia Griffin and Mary Colonese.
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Meeting Sponsors AstraZeneca – Sandy Roberts and Whitney Marston MagMutual – Angela Ross Sanofi – Gavin Boone and Eddie Hendry
December 1, 2016 CMS Foundation Holiday Auction 6:30 pm University Center Club at Florida State University
Akshay Manohar, M.D.– Southeastern Center for Infectious Diseases, P.A. Jayan Nair, M.D. – TMH Physician Partners, Cancer & Hematology Specialists
II. Tonight’s CME Program – this is a 2 Hour Category One Program
E. Mark Your Calendars Tallahassee State Bank – Patricia Griffin and Mary Colonese C. Dr. Rackley introduced Susan Ragsdale, Health Care License Educator for the Florida Department of Health. Ms. Ragsdale briefly explained the changes to the online licensure process in the Department of Health’s Division of Medical Quality Assurance. She encouraged all practitioners to register on their website for licensure to avoid delays in the renewal process. D. New Members a. Dr. Rackley introduced new CMS Members in attendance: Hiren Joshi, M.D. – Capital Nephrology Clinic, P.A.
Topic: Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Speakers: Suzanne Harrison, M.D., FSU College of Medicine, and Terry Coonan, J.D., Center for the Advancement of Human Rights
Dr. Rackley announced the upcoming meetings/events: October 24, 2016 CMS Happy Hour hosted by Capital City Bank 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Food Glorious Food November 15, 2016 ANNUAL MEETING-in which we will vote for our 2017 Board of Governors and CME Periodontal Disease and Systemic Disease Speakers: William Baldock, D.D.S. and Spencer Gilleon, M.D. 6:00 pm Maguire Center for Lifelong Learning at Westminster Oaks
Please Thank Our Sponsors for the October 18th CMS Membership Meeting
Dr. Harrison and Dr. Coonan gave an excellent and informative program on domestic violence and human trafficking.
Physician CME Proof of Attendance Forms will be sent to participants who attend the entire CME program. III. Adjourn – Dr. Rackley adjourned the meeting at 8:30 pm.
Supporting Sponsors Doctors’ Armor by Physicians Indemnity Waddell & Reed Financial Advisors
Presenting Sponsor Meeting Sponsors AstraZeneca MagMutual Sanofi Tallahassee State Bank
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A STUDENT’S PERSPECTIVE
A STUDENT’S PERSPECTIVE: COMMUNITY MEDICINE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE By Acton Pifer, Florida State University College of Medicine, Class of 2019 In 2015, the Capital Medical Society (CMS) Foundation graciously donated $5,000 to help fund The FSUCares Chapman Community Health Program (CCHP) at the Florida State University College of Medicine (FSU COM). Founded in 2014 by then-first year FSU medical student, Susanna Zorn, CCHP is a student run health service at the FSU COM that introduces medical students to the various aspects of patient-centered, community medicine. The program seeks to work with and empower underserved communities in the form of medical and non-medical programs by emphasizing a humanistic approach to medicine that strives to implement sustainable solutions to numerous social determinants of health faced by such communities1. We at CCHP would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to the CMS Foundation for its generosity as we continue to fulfill our mission. CCHP is now entering its third year working with Maryland Oaks Crossing (MOC). MOC is a subsidized housing community in Tallahassee, Florida, that consists of low income residents who are predominantly single mothers, disabled citizens, refugees, and those dealing with chronic homelessness. In its beginnings, CCHP sought to address barriers to care facing MOC through needs assessments, social gatherings, and health screenings; however, it was soon realized that there were fundamental needs that had to be met before the goals of narrowing the gap to healthcare access could be realized. To best address these diverse needs, a Resident Advisory Committee (RAC) was established. The RAC consists of residents from MOC who help provide recommendations for CCHP’s services and interactions with the community. This has allowed active participation within MOC and has begun to facilitate sustainable, community ownership.1 Through feedback and partnership with MOC, CCHP has expanded beyond the traditional medical model of health screenings to help address the social determinants FSU COM students from a Fall 2015 screening at MOC. of health of the Included are (front row) 2016 president, Stefano Leitner; community. This (2nd row from left to right) Brittany Kalbac, Olivia Tighe, 2014 president and founder of CCHP, Susanna Zorn; our has led to the faculty advisor and FSU COM professor, development of Dr. Christie Alexander, MD, FAAFP; FSU COM professor, programs such as Debra Danforth, MS, ARNP, FAANP; P.J. Dara, a monthly food Anna Fulgham, Olenka Caffo; (3rd row from left to right) market through Keith Kincaid, Adhish Singh, Devan Patel, 2015 president, a partnership Dijo Joseph; Juno Lee, and Acton Pifer. with the local food co-op New Leaf Market, the establishment of a community garden, weekly academic tutoring by pre-medical students of the
FSU undergraduate organization Nole-Med, a local basketball tournament with participation and coaching by the FSU Women’s Basketball team, and the distribution of cookbooks made by medical students and faculty consisting of affordable and healthy meals. In striving to model a team-based approach to healthcare, interdisciplinary care has also been introduced to the community through work focusing on children’s education by the FSU College of Nursing, additional needs assessments and social services from the FSU College of Social Work, medical health screenings by the Tallahassee Memorial Family Medicine and Internal Medicine Resident Physicians, mental health screenings provided by FSU COM psychologists, as well as smoking cessation and education courses provided by the FSU COM Area Health Education Center (AHEC). Our future endeavors will also include expanding our services through a partnership with Grace Mission Episcopal Church to better serve the homeless and impoverished populations of Tallahassee. As a student, the real-world experiences I have had through CCHP cannot be replicated in a classroom. Having been able to directly learn from and grow to develop relationships with so many Maryland Oaks Crossing community members and other healthcare professionals has shown me that leadership in medicine is more than what occurs in the clinical setting on a day to day basis. Investing in a community takes time, effort, frustration, learning from failures, and innovative thinking; but, ultimately leads to greater satisfaction and better outcomes for those in our society who need it most. Whether they be unfairly beneficent to some or unfairly maleficent to others, the structural policies intact within our governing and social systems influence our patients in numerous ways. Seeking to promote social equality through innovative healthcare on multiple levels is vital to our identities as both future and current clinicians. Taking time to invest in those communities which face the greatest social determinants to not only health, but also in areas which we may not associate with traditional healthcare, is vital. Social justice is health justice. If you would like to get involved or have questions, please contact: Acton Pifer, Medical Student, CCHP Executive Board Member Florida State University College of Medicine Email sap15f@med.fsu.edu • Phone 404-358-3590 Christienne P. Alexander, MD, FAAFP Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health Florida State University College of Medicine 1115 W. Call St., Suite 3210-B Tallahassee, FL 32306-4300 Email christie.alexander@med.fsu.edu Phone 850-644-2373 • Fax 850-645-2859 References: 1. Dijo Joseph, B.S., Stefano A. Leitner, B.S., Jessica De Leon, Ph.D., Christienne P. Alexander, M.D. Florida Care Beyond Numbers: A Journey Into Community Medicine. College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee. 2016 CAP SCAN - A CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION 19
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2016 CMS MEETING/EVENT SPONSORS
WE THANK THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPONSORING CMS MEETINGS/EVENTS IN 2016:
ASP Pools
Hancock Bank
AstraZeneca
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Tallahassee
Big Bend Hospice
FSU College of Medicine – Tallahassee Regional Campus
Home Instead Senior Care James Campbell & Associates Leon County Dental Association MagMutual North Florida Nephrology Associates Pfizer Radiology Associates of Tallahassee Rotary Club of Tallahassee Sanofi St. John Paul II Catholic High School Strategic Benefits Group Southern Medical Group, P.A. Southeastern Urological Center, P.A. SunTrust Surterra Therapeutics Tallahassee Ear, Nose & Throat, P.A. Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Tallahassee State Bank Tapestry Senior Care of Tallahassee The Eliquis Team The Naumann Group The Wharf Thomas Howell Ferguson, P.A., CPAs TMH Federal Credit Union Trulieve
FSU College of Music
Waddell & Reed Financial Advisors
Boehringer-Ingelheim Brett Thompson Financial Group of Raymond James CampusUSA Credit Union Capital City Bank Capital Health Plan Capital Medical Society Alliance Capital Regional Medical Center Centennial Bank John Curry, Senior Associate, North Florida Financial Doctors’ Armor by Physicians Indemnity Ekk & Hamilton Realty Electronet Express Printing First Commerce Credit Union/Six Pillars Financial Advisors Florida Insurance Consultants Florida Medical Association FMA PAC FSU College of Medicine
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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.”
DONATE TO THE CMS FOUNDATION
WE THANK OUR DONORS We thank the following people/organizations who made a donation to the CMS Foundation this past month: For Access to Care Grants Anonymous For the CMS Foundation Endowment Richard Zorn, M.D. For the We Care Network Wilford and Mildred Dorsey Maribel Lockwood, M.D. J. Orson Smith, M.D. The Perkins Charitable Foundation Mervin Wallace, M.D. Year-End Appeal for the CMS Foundation-Area of Greatest Need Kenneth Wasson, M.D. Year-End Appeal for the Scholarship Fund James Cavanagh, M.D.
The Capital Medical Society Alliance presented a $500 check to Pam Wilson for the Capital Medical Society Foundation Holiday Auction at their October 26, 2016 meeting.
Your gifts to Capital Medical Society Foundation transform lives in the Big Bend.
• 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. • 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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CMS FOUNDATION: WE CARE NETWORK
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We Care Network
THANK YOU To our CMS members and We Care partners who saw new patients for the We Care Network in October 2016. Your generosity and support of the We Care Network makes a difference. Physicians Gregory Albright, D.O. Aaron Appiah, M.D. Arvind Bakhru, M.D. Wayne Batchelor, M.D. Raj Bendre, M.D. Richard Blackburn, M.D. Tim Broeseker, M.D. Logan Brooks, M.D. Acquinonette Bryant, M.D. Joseph Camps, M.D. Ann Carr, M.D. Stephen Carr, M.D. Michael Cavallaro, M.D. George Cohen, M.D. Jeffrey Crooms, M.D. David Dixon, D.O. William Dixon, IV, M.D. Ray Dolly, M.D. Mark Fahey, M.D. Alberto Fernandez, M.D. Alexander Franz, M.D. Akash Ghai, M.D. Spencer Gilleon, M.D. Frank Gredler, M.D. Gregory Hartlage, M.D. Dwight Hooper, M.D. James Hunt, D.O. Julian Hurt, M.D. Iman Imanirad, M.D. Marc Inglese, M.D. Barbara Jaeger, M.D. Simha Jagadeesh, M.D. Amit Jain, M.D. Rohan Joseph, M.D. John Katopodis, M.D. Farhat Khairallah, M.D. Kurt Luhmann, M.D. Michael Mangan, M.D. Mitchell Massie, M.D. Kenneth McAlpine, M.D. Hector Mejia, M.D. Jayan Nair, M.D.
Steven Ostrov, M.D. Richard Palmer, M.D. Thomas Park, M.D. Praful Patel, M.D. Timothy Paulk, M.D. Michael Pentaleri, M.D. Duncan Postma, M.D. Christopher Price, M.D. Shawn Ramsey, D.O. Andres Rodriguez, M.D. Tim Ruark, M.D. David Saint, M.D. Roy Schwartz, M.D. Gadi Silberman, M.D. Hardeep Singh, M.D. David Smith, M.D. Bhavik Soni, M.D. Timothy Sweeney, M.D. John Thabes, M.D. Graham Whitaker, M.D. Dorothy White, M.D. Daniel Yang, M.D. Richard Zorn, M.D. Dentists Eric Amundson, D.D.S. Marcos Barrera, D.M.D. Brian Beck, D.M.D. Glenn Beck, D.M.D. Steven Bryan, D.M.D. Walter Colón, D.M.D. Rosalia Kolokithas, D.M.D. Nathan Kupperman, D.M.D. Ashok Manocha, B.D.S. William McFatter, D.D.S. Robert Murrell, D.M.D. Frank Swerdzewski, 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 October 2016 and your name was omitted.
We thank our referring providers from October 2016: Eboni Allen, ARNP
Ashok Manocha, B.D.S.
Anne Ananga, ARNP
Ovidiu Marina, M.D.
Aaron Appiah, M.D.
Kenneth McAlpine, M.D.
Jonna Bradley, ARNP
Kelley Miller, ARNP
Daniel Breivogel, ARNP
Marcia Morris, ARNP
Alexander Brickler, III, M.D.
Rose Origa, ARNP
Kendall Campbell, M.D.
Thomas Park, M.D.
Lysmar Carrion-Dinguis, M.D.
Lisa Perkins, M.D.
Todd Chenicek, ARNP
Shawn Ramsey, D.O.
Raymond Cottrell, M.D.
Marlaine Registe, ARNP
William Dixon, IV, M.D.
Charlie Richardson, M.D.
Shirley English, ARNP
Stephen Richardson, M.D.
Cynthia Evans, ARNP
Lucilita Salvador, ARNP
Alberto Fernandez, M.D.
Roy Schwartz, M.D.
Sharron Foster, M.D.
Gadi Silberman, M.D.
Alexander Franz, M.D.
Jeannine Silberman, M.D.
Anneka Gaffney, ARNP
David Smith, M.D.
Shirleen Greene, ARNP
Robert Snider, M.D.
Judy Griffin, ARNP
Bhavik Soni, M.D.
Carol Harrington, ARNP
Alanna Steaple, ARNP
Muhanad Hasan, M.D.
Nina Sumlar, M.D.
Hantz Hercule, M.D.
Tallahassee VA Health Care
Iman Imanirad, M.D.
Center
Amit Jain, M.D.
Faye Tinson, ARNP
Rohan Joseph, M.D.
Leonard Tolley, D.D.S.
Narayanan Krishnamoorthy, M.D.
Marianne Towler, ARNP
Elaine Larkins, ARNP
Jeffrey Wasserman, D.O.
Janice Lawson, M.D.
Graham Whitaker, M.D.
Esaias Lee, M.D.
DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, THE WE CARE NETWORK: RECEIVED 148 REFERRALS, WITH 84 PATIENTS NEW TO THE PROGRAM
SCHEDULED 154 APPOINTMENTS WITH VOLUNTEER PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS
$363,755 IN DONATED CARE WAS REPORTED BY WE CARE VOLUNTEERS
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