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President’s Letter
Dear colleagues, This holiday season reminded me of gratitude. I want to take this moment and thank each and every one of you for your support of the Memphis Medical Society. Without it, we simply could not continue our mission. Furthermore, I am grateful for the care you provide in our communities each and every day. Curing some, healing others but always CARING. Caring and kindness are attributes of our profession we must never sacrifice. I am confident all of you could recite Hippocrates’ most famous oath- primum non nocere. There is another which I’ve held with a deep sense to our profession and have impressed upon our residents and medical students- “some patients though conscious their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through the contentment with the goodness of the physician.” In our current climate of societal and political “illness”, I pray we see more of our professional attributes leading to some much needed healing. May your new year be joyous with friends and family. With warmest regards, I remain,
Jimmie Mancell, M.D. Chief of Medicine and Assoc. Dean for Clinical Affairs President, UT Methodist Physicians Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Medicine, UTHSC Team Physician, Memphis Grizzlies
Winter 2019-2020
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