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In this issue . . .
• Society Meeting - Join fellow physicians for good food and ale
• Meet a GCMS Officer - Get to know your officers
• A note from Your President - Stefanie M. Putnam, MD
• Save the Date! - Put these important GCMS dates on your calendar!
• LiveWell Greenville - Be part of a pilot program in Greenville schools
• Mirroring - Seeing yourself in your patients, authored by 3rd year medical student, John Eberly, Jr.
• Emeritus Breakfast! - Save t h e D a t e s f o r t h e E m e r i t u s Breakfasts in 2016-17
• The Curious Physic ian returns! - See the latest installment from this favorite series
• GCMS Alliance - News, updates and upcoming events
• Traveling with a doctor - See what Chicago has to offer your family
• MEDPAC - Update about political opportunities for physicians
• SCMA - News and Updates from the Annual Meeting and House of Delegates
SAVE THE DATE!
Thursday, September 15, 2016 6:30 PM
GCMS Membership Meeting ✤ spouses invited ✤
Details to follow in August!
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Save the Dates!
• July 26, 2016 — GCMS serves breakfast to USCSOMG students at Orientation, 7:30 AM, members are invited to join
• Tuesday, August 9, 2016 — Emeritus Breakfast, 9:00 AM, Tommy’s Ham House
• September 15, 2016 — Society Meeting, 6:30 PM, location/information to follow
• October 11, 2016 — Emeritus Breakfast, 9:00 AM, Tommy’s Ham House
• November 10-13, 2016 — Positive Exposure Greenville Gala, Exhibition, Po p - u p Ce n t e r a n d Wo r k s h o p s , Greenville Center for Creative Arts, details/schedule to follow
• November 17, 2016 — Society Meeting and Veterans honored, 6:30 PM, location TBA
• November 18-19, 2016 — GCMS A l l i a n c e N u t r i t i o n a n d A u t i s m Conference
• December 13, 2016 — Emeri tus Breakfast, 9:00 AM, Tommy’s Ham House
• January 19, 2017 — GCMS Officer Installation and Meeting, 6:30 PM, location TBA
• February 25, 2017 — GCMS and GCMS Alliance Clay Shooting Event, Clinton, SC
• March 7, 2017 — Emeritus Breakfast, 9:00 AM, Tommy’s Ham House
• M a r c h 2 9 , 2 0 1 7 — W h i t e C o a t Wednesday in celebration of Doctors’ Day, State House in Columbia, SC
• April 20, 2017 — GCMS Society Meeting, 6:30 PM, location TBA
• May 4-7, 2017 — SCMA and SCMA Alliance Annual Meeting and House of Delegates, Charleston, SC
• May 16, 2017 — Emeritus Breakfast, 9:00 AM, Tommy’s Ham House
• June 10-14, 2017 — AMA and AMA Alliance Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
Robert “Rob” O. Brown, III,
MD, is an ENT at Greenville ENT Associates and serves as Secretary for the GCMS. He lives in Greenville with his wife, Lynn and three sons.
What made you enter the .ield of medicine? I saw my dad, an ophthalmologist, love his patients and enjoy what he did daily.
What is a hobby or something that you enjoy doing during time off? I love 6ly 6ishing! Nothing is a stress relieving as standing quietly in a remote river with no phone and throwing fake bugs at 6ish who do not care if I have locked my of6ice notes. Brag about your family a little bit. I have three teenage sons who are my best friends aside from my awesome, supportive and loving wife, Lynn. What has been your favorite vacation? My wife and sons went to Kenya with me on a mission trip. They were able to help in the clinic and even the OR, and we worked together as a family. They were able to see what I do but also able to serve others. And we did a cool safari while there, too! Who is your hero and why? One hero is my grandfather whom I never met but the stories of his kindness, humor, respect for all, integrity and humility have impacted me. What would you consider to be your greatest accomplishment thus far in life? Raising three young men to be con6ident but humble servant leaders in a world desperate for hope. What has been your funniest moment or experience? I had a patient whose family member misunderstood “ENT” and “EMT” and kept asking why someone who worked on an ambulance was doing his wife’s broken nose surgery. If you could give a medical student or a resident advice, what would it be? I would tell them to try different specialties and ask tons of questions before you decide what to do “when you grow up.” Take time to stay in touch with your humanity and life outside of medicine, as well. What made you become involved in GCMS? WE have to stand together as physicians and support each other regardless of hospital af6iliation — we are physicians 6irst and foremost, and we have to encourage the reclaiming of our profession. Our patients need us to do that.
MEET A GCMS OFFICER!
Please notify the GCMS office if you have a change in contact information or address. We want you to know all the latest information!
To notify us of any changes, please contact Executive Director Suzanne Manning by calling 864.370.9083 or by emailing [email protected].
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In this summer issue of The Bulletin, I, as President of the GCMS, along w i t h o u r membe r s wan t t o acknowledge all those that have accomplished great things these past several months.
First, I want to express the heartiest of congratulations to the charter graduating class of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville! Not only was this a proud moment for each student and their families, but it was also a proud moment for us as physicians to witness this accomplishment of our future colleagues. We wish them great success in their medical career journeys!
Secondly, many of our own members and representatives from Greenville have attained new levels of leadership in a variety of organizations. Their willingness to serve in these capacities attests to their passion for improving healthcare for all patients.
The GCMS is privileged to have a medical school and amazing leaders in our community. As you see folks a round town , remember to o f fe r your own congratulations, encouragement and suggestions. I hope you and your families have wonderful summer vacations, and we will look forward to seeing you in September!
Regards,
Stefanie President
A NOTE FROM YOUR PRESIDENT Stefanie M. Putnam, MD LEADERSHIP IN MEDICINE
Charter Class
of 2016
GCMS wishes you great success in your medical
career!
Congratulations to Dr. Amy H. Picklesimer & Dr. Jay A. Crockett! On April 30, 2016, they invited their friends to a dinner at Restaurant 17 but surprised them with a wedding ceremony instead. Best wishes on their marriage and new life together!
Representatives from SC traveled to Chicago in June to serve as AMA Delegates and AMA Alliance Representatives. Thank
you to Dr. Bruce Snyder and Dr. Stefanie Putnam (YPS) for serving as AMA Alternate Delegates. Congratulations to Mrs. Benji (Suzanne) Manning and Mrs. Alan (Deborah) Peabody who were installed on the AMA Alliance Board of Directors 2016-17. We greatly appreciate everyone’s service to
Greenville and to the family of medicine!
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Schools in Greenville County need your help by serving on a School Wellness Committee in a new initiative in Greenville known as Physicians as Liaisons in Schools, PALS. PALS seeks to support a culture of school health matching a physician with a local school that is actively work ing to c rea te a hea l thy environment for students and staff.
A 2008 study of Body Mass Index (BMI) of youth in Greenville County Schools demonstrates that the children are following a similar trend as adults:
• 4 1 . 2 % o f y o u t h w e r e overweight or obese with higher rates among African Ame r i can s ( 49 . 1%) and Hispanics (44%)
• Only 20% of middle school students and 15% of high school students reported eating E i ve o r more f ru i t s and vegetables a day.
• Parents report that 71% of children ages 6-‐17 watch TV 1 to 3 hours a day and 49% use computer on school days for at least two hours.
The medical community recognizes that decreasing childhood obesity w i l l r e q u i r e p u b l i c h e a l t h i n te rven t ions i n add i t i on to traditional health care, including policies and environments that promote healthy nutrition and physical activity. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the Institute of Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all recommend that physicians be involved with these public health efforts, though few have found an
avenue through which to become engaged. Schools provide an ideal setting for these efforts since the great majority of children ages 5-‐17 are in school, and a large portion of daily food consumption and exercise occurs at school.
Frequently Asked Questions:
What is PALS?
Physicians As Liaisons in Schools (PALS) is an initiative in Greenville County to partner area physicians with schools. For at least one academic school year, the physician will serve on the school’s wellness team to support efforts to create and sustain a healthy environment for students and staff.
What is the time commitment for participating physicians?
One academic year commitment (2016-‐2017) is expected. There will b e o ppo r t un i t y t o c o n t i n u e involvement in following years. At minimum, physicians will attend one hour training with principals and other schools representatives, and participate in monthly School Wellness Committee meetings. Involvement can expand to include supporting wellness activities at school (examples include: addressing stress management at a staff meeting, sharing your expertise or interests through monthly heal th t ips , assistance with family health events, etc.). No clinical services are involved; physicians simply serve as a health resource to their school.
What does the training include?
The one hour training will offer information on school policies related
to health and wellness, the latest research in childhood obesity, local and national obesity statistics, as well as nutrition and physical activity standards/programs. This meeting will also offer an opportunity for the physician and school representatives to meet and plan.
How will physicians be matched with schools?
Physicians can request to volunteer in a speciXic school such as your child’s school, request a school level (elementary, middle or high), type of school (Title One), or school location (near home or practice). Schools will be recruited starting in late April. Once lists of interested physicians and schools have been created, we will do our best to match according to requests.
Can the role of the liaison be shared among more than one physician?
Yes, physicians in one group can share school responsibility as long as communication between physicians is consistent.
Will participating physicians receive any recognition?
Yes, participating physicians will be recognized at annual LiveWell School celebration and receive a plaque to display in ofXice.
We need you! Doctors have the opportunity to lead the charge in reversing the trend toward childhood obesity, not only by providing expert clinical care, but also by working within their communities to shape policies that create environments in schools, surrounding children with
Physicians as Liaisons in Schools
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healthy choices throughout their day, a n d t h r o u g h o u t c h i l d h o o d . Supporting a culture of health that makes healthy choices the norm rather than the exception helps create lifelong healthy habits and an environment where children have every opportunity for success. ●
F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n regard ing the Phy s i c i an s a s L i a i s o n s i n Schools (PALS) program, please contact Catherine P u c k e t t o f
L i v e W e l l G r e e n v i l l e . [email protected] or 864-‐238-‐5304.
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Dante’s Divine Comedy is an allegorical epic, which rises among the peaks of Western poetic achievement. As C. S. Lewis wrote to a close friend, “[Dante] reaches heights of poetry which you get nowhere else; an ether almost too Nine to breathe.” In the three-‐part Comedy, the poet Dante descends into Hell in the Inferno to eventually rise to climb Mount Purgatory in Purgatorio and Xinally ascend into Heaven in Paradiso. Darkness and stagnation give way to warmth and movement, which Xlower into light and eternal motion. The themes of desire, love, justice, and mercy pulsate throughout the poem.
In Inferno, Canto (or “section”) XXXII, Dante is speaking with one of the damned souls or “shades” trapped in the lowest level of Hell, a frozen lake as Dante imagines it, representing the cold, motionless, enslaving prison which pride, betrayal, and self-‐
sovereignty create. At this point Dante’s relentless curiosity and questioning begins to frustrate the ice-‐bound shades. A sad and irritated soul looks up, and delivers this penetrating line to Dante and to us:
Perché cotanto in noi ti specchi? “Why are you mirroring yourself in us?”
A pause with a couple of thoughts Xirst: One, I don’t just sit around reading Dante. I’m a medical student, not a classicist. Most nights my wife and I watch NetXlix or simply hang out with friends. Nevertheless, these ancient texts have a wisdom and a movement that I think we lack in our lives. As C. S. Lewis said, we need to, every now and again, let the “clean sea breezes of the centuries” gust through the dusty furnishings of our minds. Or as aphorist Gómez-‐Dávila has written, “books are not tools for perfection, but barricades against tedium.” Literature is meant to enrich and clarify, not perfect. And if you Xind yourself, perhaps like me, wondering why you can never quite remember all the words and books you’ve read, Xind comfort in Emerson: “I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
The reason I say all this is I’ve been frustrated recently with the way philosophers and those of erudition can write (or not write) – making me feel as though I just haven’t quite read enough or thought hard enough. For example, I’m reading a book right now
which is excellent, but blasts me with words l i ke “per E idy ”, “ ennu i ”, “sybaritic”, “treacly”, and “jejune”. In this case it may just be my insecurity, but then there are times where I think the writer could truly do a better job of inviting the reader into the learning and into the knowledge, rather than alienating with his or her intellectual acumen. I don’t need to make the connection to how this cerebral alienation can rear its proud head in the shrewd landscape of medical science and education. It is obvious. This is one of my greatest fears as a young and restless student. I tremble at the prospect of creating art that is kitsch or proud, or teaching with words and rhetoric that are as plastic as they are condescending.
Dante stands in sharp contrast to these attitudes. He’s writing at the highest level of poetic and artistic excellence – referencing and building a world that echoes knowledge of Florentine pol i t ics , theology, numerology, mythology, history, and the like – and yet, Dante writes as everyman. And he constantly addresses us, as ‘you, reader’. Dante writes his poem not in the contemporary high Latin one would expect, but in the everyday Italian his people are used to, the vernacular – the everyday common speech of everyday common man. Dante, like the best of leaders, descends from his high station to become common man, inviting us to walk with him in the darkness, the self-‐reElection, and the light. We get to be fellow sojourners with il somma poeta,
Dante shown holding a copy of the Divine Comedy, next to the entrance to Hell, the seven terraces of Mount Purgatory and the city of Florence, with the spheres of Heaven above, in Michelino's fresco, La commedia illumina Firenze on the wall of Florence Cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore.
MIRRORING JOHN BREWER EBERLY, JR.
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“The Supreme Poet.” We get to ask questions with the inquisitor.
Which brings us back to this great line, “Why are you mirroring yourself in us?” Stephen W. Smith, Professor of English at Hillsdale College, states that Dante encounters mirror after mirror in the souls of the Inferno, mirrors that do not Dlatter, but reDlect the state of brokenness and bent desire in Dante himself, and in all of us as readers. The souls are mirrors to Dante as his great poem is a mirror to us.
It seems to me that we could learn something of this in how we mirror ourselves in our patients. How are our patients mirrors? What do we see when we look at the reDlections? Do we mirror ourselves in them at all? Are we like the proud religious elite at the wall in that famous parable by the Christ in Luke 18? “…thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week...” It is so easy for me to mirror myself against my patients in this way. We can imagine my thoughts rendered, “…thank you that I am not like other patients, lazy, manipulative, unjust, ungrateful, or even like this obese, noncompliant patient. I run twice a week….” Perhaps we could get even more penetrating, “…thank you that I am not like other physicians, insurance agents, politicians, administrators, or even like this pharmaceutical rep.” I mirror myself against much more than I mirror myself in.
This sort of response comes from what Allan Bloom calls a “psychology of separateness,” quoting Jean-‐Jacques Rousseau’s Emile: “Each sets up his own little separate system.” In our modern American individualistic culture, we each set up our own little systems, built on a foundation of being separate from patients and from others. At best, we create a since of obligatory, professional distance. At worst, we maintain a quiet since of superiority or protection. And this is precisely why the question “Why are you mirroring yourself in us?” is so powerful, because it rips us back into
the reality of messy and beautiful community in which all of us cry out in humble self-‐reDlection, as the tax collector next to the Pharisee, “…be merciful to me.”
I think there is much we can learn from looking into the eyes of our patients and seeing a reDlection of our own humanity, our own potential for laziness or non-‐compliance or corruption or injustice. This is where true empathy is born, and not the pale, emaciated, buzzword empathy we hear about all the time – that sort of vague, sugary, social ‘niceness’ that everyone in the South has. Authentic empathy is closer to this Danteian concept of intentional, self-‐reDlective mirroring, which reaches beyond merely ‘being nice’ to our patients. Genuine mirroring can be the physician’s barrier against zero-‐calorie empathy, the decaying effects of cynicism, and the blunting defense mechanisms of blasé humor at the patient’s expense. Mirroring allows true compassion.
I doubt that our patients are looking up at us, perhaps frozen or cold in their own hospital inferno, and asking, “why are you mirroring yourself in us?” (If they are doing that, please let me know, because that sounds epic). I understand most patients, let alone most people, are not going to talk that way. However, all the more, I think the question is worth asking of ourselves, ‘Am I mirroring myself in my patients?’
No doubt our relentless curiosity and questioning begins to frustrate those we are trying to heal. We can imagine a sad and irritated patient looking up, and delivering the penetrating line:
“Why aren’t you mirroring yourself in us?”
i C. S. Lewis, Letter to Arthur Greeves, quoted by Christiana Hale, “3 Ways Dante Influenced C.S. Lewis: Part I” 25 June 2015, https://romanroadsmedia.com/2015/06/3-ways-dante-influenced-lewis/
ii Stephen W. Smith, Great Books 101: Ancient to Medieval Dante, “Inferno.” April 28, 2014 Lecture - http://online.hillsdale.edu/course/books101/part09/week-9/lecture. I
have a soft spot for Robert Pinsky’s translation, which warmed me to Dante in high school. Unfortunately this line is a bit under-translated: “Why stare at us so long?” – Robert Pinsky, The Inferno of Dante, Inferno, Canto XXXII: 51, pg. 343. Alternatively, there is also Longfellow’s classic translation: “Why dost thou so mirror thyself in us?” Henry W. Longfellow, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto XXXII: 54, pg. 147. Finally, Princeton’s Dante Project’s impressive translation is worth looking up for yourself, as I cannot include it due to copyright restrictions: http://etcweb.princeton.edu/dante/pdp/ (Search for Canto XXXII, line 54).
iii C. S. Lewis, quoted by Art Lindsley, C. S. Lewis: His Life and Works, C. S. Lewis Institute, http://www.cslewisinstitute.org/node/28
iv Nicolás Gómez-Dávila, Scholia To An Implicit Text, 2013,
pg. 49
v Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted by Michael Stevens on the
YouTube channel Vsauce in the video essay “The Zipf Mystery,” September 15, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCn8zs912OE. Some debate it seems on whether this quote is authentic.
vi Thomas Howard, Christ the Tiger, 1990
vii Stephen W. Smith, Ibid.
viii Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind, pg. 117
ix Emile, pg. 53, ed. Bloom, Basic Books, 1979, quoted by
Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind, pg 117
Brewer is an MD Candidate and t h i r d y e a r medical student at the University o f S o u t h Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, SC. After finishing his current third
year, he is taking a of leave of absence to join Duke Divinity School's Theology, Medicine, and Culture Fellowship in the fall, where he will pursue a Master of Arts in Christian Studies over the course of the next year. He plans to return to USC School of Medicine, joining the Class of 2018, for his fourth year with hopes to eventually practice OB/GYN. He is interested in the philosophy of beauty, philosophical theology, ethics, art, and music. Brewer is the son of Dr. John and Mrs. Ronda Eberly. He and his wife, Dendy, live in Columbia, SC.
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★★Calling all Veterans★★ We want to honor you!
At a special GCMS meeting on November 17, 2016, we want to say “thank you” for your service to our country.
If you or another physician you know is a veteran, please call the GCMS Office at (864) 370-9083 to let us know. Spouses are invited to attend this special meeting.
Emeritus Members’ Breakfast Schedule
2016-2017
Tommy’s County Ham House 9:00 AM
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
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The CURIOUS PHYSICIAN IS BEGINNING to wind down — not because he/she doesn't still feel PASSIONATELY ABOUT CURIOSITY, but because it is time for a new physician to take over. Now isn't the time for a REVIEW OF CURIOSITY, of course, maybe that will take place next column, when another doctor can state their views, with a little humor and irony, of course. And, of course, using whatever literary skills they can bring to bear so that the column remains as interesting as, say, the witches on the heath in Macbeth! Something I picked up recently — Double, double, toil and trouble — perhaps a prophecy for doctors as well as the doomed King.
Pondering the legacy of the column — I want to leave you with something in addition to the moments of frivolous thought and connections that you
might not have made without CP's help. Hmm — how about EVIDENCE-‐ BASED CURIOSITY — that’s right. For now we have been educated to swallow and apply all the crap that the administrative and Winancial class of people in our medical care system dish out daily — using different vocabulary and different modes of action than we typically favor. Show me a doctor who likes committee meetings and I will show you somebody whose credentials need investigating. Please show me a "health care decision-‐making model" or even "health-‐care" at all. Whatever happened to being "sick" and "getting well?” Add algorithms based on different "decision-‐making pathways" and whoa the mule left the barn — now you can't make a decision, give an order, and expect something will get done — add a few steps, make sure it is "entered" correctly, and then turn around and whistle hard — or better yet — "eye of newt and toe of frog" (witches spell) — and something might, just might, happen. Please — forgive me — I have gotten carried away again — the reason I need to hand this dog over to a new writer. Okay, CURIOUS PHYSICIAN, so what is evidence-‐based curiosity? It is simply allowing yourself to explore the
literature outside the box (OTB) of the medicine that we practice every day — this would include whole categories of thought from philosophy to poetry to Wiction and journalism. Good Wirst person essays and personal memoirs are excellent sources of inspiration and evidence-‐based curiosity — try The Second Brain by Michael Gershon, MD, — a banger of a book, easily readable, very medical and something that should Wlood you with curious possible connect ions . In our current lamentable educational environment (whoa, is it on the test — I'm not sure — well, then you don't have time to study it), we are over tested from grade school forward, and there is no time nor credit given for anything but the memorization of facts! Facts which might not even be facts! GET CURIOUS! Even polemics against or for some supposedly discounted theory can be valuable. Vitamin theory — remember Vitamin C and one of the greatest scientists of all time, Linus Pauling. Now I would discount him only while running away, and if Vitamin C is useful, maybe some other Vitamin would work, too. It would be rejected by the thesis committee no doubt, and not published in the NEJM but they like to publish fake statistics instead (old,
(continued on page 10)
Double, double toil and trouble . . . for the king and the doctors!
Patrick B. Mullen, MD
C h a n t o f t h e t h r e e w i t c h e s i n Shakespeare’s MacBeth.
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old news story). And don't bother to memorize this for I can guarantee you that IT IS NOT ON THE TEST. One great source for just about anything is the New York Review of Books — it is a monthly review of books and often written by another expert in the Lield reviewed. A great economist reviewing other great economists, historians reviewing historians, etc. The reviews are fairly long and comprehensive, and you either want to read the books you've read about or you don't need to get them for you know them well enough. They have medical topics fairly often and they are usually spot on — without statistical baloney but with graphs occasionally — all made very readable. Come to think of it, one reason I don't like medical journals is that they are written in a stultifying manner, with formulaic prose as dull as a Bolshevik report on the Gulag — all the same, all calling for more research, all opaque as muddy ponds. The students posters at the SCMA were sparkling beacons of light and would be marred by the typical medical journal's editorial policies. I would like to rush into their ofLices carrying a sword as sharp as Macbeth's — “GET CURIOUS OR DIE!” I would say, and they would all change in the wink of a witches spell, plucking "from memory a rooted sorrow,” and calling for Vitamin papers, and, and and . . . .
After all what is an RVU? I asked a friend this and, of course, it was a RECREATIONAL VEHICLE UNLIMITED — I can walk the halls of the hospital and imagine them sprinkled about like antiseptic dispensers . . . oops! It looks like I forgot a dose of my medicine for today! So the lesson here for our CURIOSITY is that legitimate medical curiosity can be satisLied in all sorts of places, not just medical journals or textbooks. There are lots of sources for good knowledge that can be useful in medical care or can lead you to some
things you were never taught nor never exposed to — yes, even patients, my colleagues — a wise doctor learns a lot from them, even though we don't get enough time to talk to them nowadays. Well I have ranted again, so time to make my leave for now — we didn't get to discuss NOVELS AND MOVIES, the kings and queens of Liction. There is much to gather to our bosoms there. So let your CURIOSITY FLOURISH, and know you are doing it with the blessing and encouragement of one of your own — I am still and will remain THE CURIOUS PHYSICIAN.
Pat
T h e G C M S w i s h e s t o express its gratitude to Dr. Patrick B. Mullen for his t ime and devot ion to w r i t i n g “ T h e C u r i o u s Physician” for many issues of the The Bulletin.
If you would like to write an article or column for The Bulletin, please contact Suzanne at the GCMS Office at (864) 370-9083 or John B. Eberly, MD, Interim Editor, at (864) 268-1119. All topics are welcome!
Still need to pay your GCMS Annual Dues?
We now accept credit cards for your convenience!
Call Suzanne at the GCMS Office at (864) 370-9083 to pay today!
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With deepest sympathy . . . The members of the Societ/ would like to ex6end deep and hear6felt
sy;pathy to . . .
the family of Dr. C. Blake Myers
following the passing
of his father
on Febr?ar/ 22, 2016
the family of Dr. Michael E. Tollison
following the passing
of his mother
on April 24, 2016
the family of GCMS Member Dr. Ragesh D. Pandya
following his passing
on April 29, 2016
Dr. Pandya was an OB-‐GYN in Greenville and a member of GCMS since 1998. He will be
gUeatly missed.
Our intention is to be supportive, not intrusive. Please contact the Society office at 370.9083 if a note or announcement for births, marriages or deaths is desired.
Mrs. Craig (Laurie) McCotter (second from left) pictured with her family at her installation as 2016-17 GCMSA President
Mrs. Rick (Sherry Anne) Gettys, 2016-17 SCMA Alliance President ( lef t ) and Mrs. Steve (Abbie) Freeman, SCMA Alliance Immediate Past President (right) at the GCMSA Installation
Members of the GCMSA stand on the steps at the Poinsett Club following the 2016-17 Installation Reception on May 11, 2016. Congratulations to all the new officers!
Upcoming GCMSA Meetings • August 21 (4-6 PM) — Family
Bowling Event at AMF Star Lanes, 740 S. Pleasantburg Dr.
• September 13 (9:30 AM) — Coffee and Membership Meeting with Jane Robelot as guest speaker, Home of Donna Frazier at 7 Woods Edge Ct.
• October 4 (9:30 AM) — Coffee and Membership Meeting with guest speaker from Safe Harbor, Bon Secours Wellness Arena
• October 16 (5 PM) — Oyster Roast for Alliance members and spouses, Home of Laurie and Craig McCotter at 6 White Crescent Lane, Simpsonville
Dear Physician Spouse,
The GCMSA is looking forward to an exciting year! With activities and m e e t i n g s t h a t i n c l u d e b o w l i n g , information about domestic violence, an oyster roast, clay shooting, trips to Biltmore, women’s health and heart disease, and a conference on the role of nutrition in children living with autism, we want to invite you to be a part of this special nonprofit organization.
The Alliance provides a great way for you to meet new people, have fun and learn about the Greenville community along the way. Membership dues start at only $35 per year.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me directly for more information, or check out our website at www.gcmsa.org at your convenience.
Best, Laurie ([email protected])
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Frank Sinatra said Chicago was his kind of town, and Nat King Cole thought the Windy City deserved its very own “boogie woogie.” The “toddlin’ town” and its unique charms have been immortalized in no less than 300 songs by wildly diverse artists from country to rap.
There’s even a song about the night Chicago died – but rumors of the city’s death are much exaggerated according to the 48 MILLION visitors each year who Plock this city of staggering architecture, magniPicent green spaces, endless water, and restaurant and retail opportunities to please every palate and pocketbook.
Chicago is a perfect place to attend a medical conference with or without children, on a tight budget or if the sky’s the limit.
Get a Bird’s Eye View First
The former John Hancock Observatory is now 360 Chicago, 1,000 feet above the Magni;icent Mile and Lake Michigan. You can experience the view in a gut-‐crunching moving glass enclosure called The Tilt. www.360chicago.com.
Or check out the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), home of the 103rd Ploor Skydeck Chicago, 1,353 feet above the street. The truly courageous will venture onto The Ledge, a suspended glass box, for a take-‐your-‐breath-‐away view. SkyDeck: www.theskydeck.com.
Chicago – The Great OUTDOORS
Beaches, sports venues, blue water and green parks beckon, and many of the best outdoor offerings are FREE.
Magni;icent Millennium Park is Pilled with eye-‐catching structures; the most visible may be the shiny Cloud Gate sculpture lovingly known as “the Bean.” Children love the Crown Fountain, spouting water from ever-‐
changing digital faces. There’s lots to d o a n d a d m i s s i o n i s f r e e : www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/d e p t s / d c a / s u p p _ i n f o /millennium_park.html.
With so much green space, it’s no wonder Chicago is known as the City in a Garden: www.choosechicago.com/articles/view/CITY-‐IN-‐A-‐GARDEN/978.
Grant Park boasts the magniPicent Buckingham Fountain, one of the largest in the world, with colorful light a n d m u s i c a l d i s p l a y s : www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/clarence-‐f-‐buckingham-‐memorial-‐fountain.
Everybody loves a zoo – especially a
Going to Conferences
with Your Doctor: By Donna B. Rovito
CHICAGO
Above: Ariel view of Millennium Park; ©City of Chicago Editor’s Note: Traveling with or without children to medical conferences is a great way to carve out some important family time. Several cities are conference favorites, and in this issue, our focus is on Chicago.
“The Bean” a sculpture at Millennium Park; ©City of Chicago
“The Ledge” at Willis Tower; ©Skydeck Chicago
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FREE one. The Lincoln Park Zoo is o n e o f t h e n a t i o n ’ s o l d e s t : www.lpzoo.org. While you’re there, check out the magni@icent @loral d isp lays a t the Lincoln Park C o n s e r v a t o r y , a l s o f r e e : www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/lincoln-‐park-‐conservatory.
There are unlimited ways to get close and personal with Chicago’s famous H2O – boat tours, cruise ships, charters, even kayaks! Chicago by boat: www.choosechicago.com/articles/view/TOUR-‐CHICAGO-‐BY-‐BOAT/252.
You and the family can get dizzy on the 150 foot tall Ferris wheel at Navy Pier, with more than 50 acres of rides, parks, shops, restaurants, and the Chicago Chi ldren’s Museum : www.navypier.com.
Children can be forgiven for mistaking Chicago’s wide blue expanse of water for an ocean – with 26 miles of shoreline and 33 beaches, all of which are open to the public and completely f ree : www.choosechicago .com/articles/view/CHICAGO-‐BEACHES/223.
Love sports? There are lots of reasons Chicago was selected “Best Sports
C i t y ” b y S p o r t i n g N e w s : www.choosechicago.com/things-‐to-‐do/sports-‐and-‐recreation.
Chicago – The Great INDOORS
Whatever your interest, there’s a museum for it in Chicago.
Love a T-‐Rex? (Who doesn’t, right?) Meet “Sue” and lots of other cool exhibits at The Field Museum, on the M u s e u m C a m p u s : www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/d e p t s / d c a / s u p p _ i n f o /chicago_culturalcenter.html.
A l s o a t t h e Museum Campus overlooking the lake you’ll @ind the s t r i k i n g Ad l e r P l a n e t a r i um (www.adlerplanetarium.org) and the world ’s largest indoor marine mammal habitat, the three million gallon Oceanarium, at the Shedd Aquarium: www.sheddaquarium.org.
Love French impressionists? Check out The Art Institute of Chicago – don’t miss the Modern Wing: www.artic.edu. Or watch science come to life at the Museum of Science and Industry: www.msichicago.org.
Check out the biggest Tiffany art glass dome in the world, art and music exhibits at the Chicago Cultural Center – admiss ion i s FREE : www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/d e p t s / d c a / s u p p _ i n f o /chicago_culturalcenter.html.
Chicago is a musical mecca, with clubs, concerts and special events for every k i n d o f m u s i c a l t a s t e
(www.choosechicago.com/articles/view/MUSIC-‐BUFF/126/?fmid=930) and theatre lovers will feel like they’re on Broadway with @ive regional theatre c o m p a n i e s a n d m o r e : www.choosechicago.com/articles/view/THEATER-‐LOVER/921/#.
Visitors to Chicago can take advantage of CityPASS, which may save on attractions which charge admission: www.citypass.com/chicago.
Food and Shopping Chicago Style
While Chicago is famous for hot dogs and deep dish pizza, there’s every other cuisine you can imagine: www.choosechicago.com/things-‐to-‐do/dining. But don’t forget to try the p i z z a -‐ a n d t h e p o p c o r n : www.garrettpopcorn.com.
And what more do we need to say about Chicago shopping than this – MAG N I F I C E N T M I L E . We a r comfortable (but STYLISH) shoes: www.choosechicago.com/things-‐to-‐do/shopping.
For more information, check out C h o o s e C h i c a g o ® www.choosechicago.com and www.facebook.com/ChooseChicago.
Th i s a r t i c l e was originally published in t h e S p r i n g 2015 issue of P h y s i c i a n Family, which is published quarterly by t h e A M A
Alliance and works specifically to address topics that are of interest to physicians and their families. Copies m a y b e o b t a i n e d f r o m physicianfamilymedia.com and are complimentary for members of the AMA Alliance.
The Navy Pier; ©Choose Chicago
Enjoying on of Chicago’s many beautiful beaches; ©City of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago has been named the world’s best museum.
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POLITICAL
AND MEDPAC
3M Doctor of the Day 50% One MEDPAC
Politics and Medicine for $200 . . . 1. What is the committee in the SC House of
Representatives where most healthcare-‐related bills go for initial discussion?
2. What is the program where any SCMA physician can spend a day in the Statehouse seeing a few patients and talking to legislators?
3. What percentage of bills introduced during each legislative session have an impact on health and healthcare in SC?
4. How many physicians serve in the SC House or Senate?
5. What is the political and advocacy "arm" of the SCMA that represents you at the Statehouse?
How did you do? For the price of a basic Jeopardy question — $200 — we need you to join MEDPAC in 2016. The questions above should frighten and motivate each of us. Nearly half the bills introduced in Columbia impact you and your patients. And we have one physician with an ofKicial vote on those bills.
MEDPAC exists to represent our interests and to work with legislators, whether Democrats or Republicans, to educate them about the impact these bills may have on our practices
and patients. You could spend six months each year in Columbia as a House or Senate member. Or spend a day off, as your Executive Committee members do, serving as Doctor of the Day, taking care of legislators’ minor health issues.
At the very least, you can join MEDPAC, and together with other physicians around the state, have your voice represented by the talented team we have at the Statehouse every day of the legislative session in Columbia. Just like the real Jeopardy, you've got competition on nearly every issue, from reimbursement, to scope of practice, to prior authorization, to civil immunity for providing free medical care.
Make a contribution. Get involved. If you don't pick a category and answer the questions, someone else will.
For more information or to join MEDPAC, visit www.scmedical.org/content/medpac.
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Highlights from the SCMA Annual Meeting . . .
On April 28 - May 1, a group of 12 physicians and spouses headed to Myrtle Beach for the SCMA and SCMA Alliance Annual Meeting. Throughout the weekend, physicians served in the House of Delegates and represented GCMS. Resolutions were debated and passed that dealt with such topics as healthcare for the uninsured, timelines for opioid prescriptions, and the medical licensure compact agreement. Not all the time was spent working, however! Those from Greenville, including medical students, enjoyed visiting during a delicious dinner on Friday evening and the Gala on Saturday. Next year’s meeting will be in Charleston May 4-7, 2017. Make your plans now to attend and enjoy a fun weekend with your spouse or family! We’ll look forward to seeing you there!
(Top row from left) Dinner with friends from Greenville; Dr. Chip and Mrs. DeAnn Walpole; Dr. Stephen Gardner addresses the House of Delegates; (Middle row from left) physicians having fun at the SCMA Gala; Dr. Laurie Theriot Roley and her daughter; Dr. John Satterthwaite speaks to the House of Delegates; (Bottom row from left) Dr. John Eberly reports on reference committee activities; members of the Greenville Delegation; Dr. Stefanie Putnam with medical students from Greenville
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