News
NOVEMBER 2016 · VOLUME 26 & ISSUE 11
A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE GREATER LOUISVILLE MEDICAL SOCIETY
WHAT’S INSIDE
Page 1 - Wear the White
Coat
Page 2 - Cure for the
Common
Leader
GLMS CLOSES WEAR THE
WHITE COAT WITH TOUCHING
DINNER
Doctors and community leaders share stories at the
Wear the White Coat Post-Op dinner.
Page 5 - Private Payer
Roundtable
Page 5 - Needle
Exchange
Update
Fifty of Louisville’s leading physicians and community leaders sat down for a heartwarming Wear
the White Coat (WWC) Post-Op Dinner at the Old
Medical School Building on Wednesday, November
9. The versatile group came together to celebrate
one-of-a-kind memories and friendships formed
by the WWC experience, created by GLMS and
powered by a grant from the GLMS Foundation.
our community, to step inside and have a look at
the inner sanctum of the patient-physician relationship. It’s a very special place. Our patients give
us their trust and we have extended that trus to
you in the hopes of exchanging ideas for improving the health and well-being of the community
and exploring any real and perceived barriers,”
Dr. Roberts said.
Over the past four weeks, physicians and community representatives including politicians, business
leaders and media outlets to name a few, split into
pairs of two to share a day in the life of the GLMS
physician. As a special end to this year’s event,
the entire group gathered for a meal catered by
The Bristol to share stories of their time together.
Once dinner concluded, Wear the White Coat participants were invited to share what they had observed. The results were overwhelmingly positive
with many having their eyes opened for the first
time to the challenges physicians face each day.
GLMS President John Roberts, MD, welcomed
participants as the evening began.
“This is our favorite part of the program, because
we have allowed you, as very important leaders in
Kendall Merrick, General Manager of the Oxmoor
Center, was partnered with Dr. Alex Cravanas, an
anesthesiologist. Recalling his shadowing, Merrick
said, “I was welcomed into the surgery room, and
luckily I stayed vertical the whole time. It was an
outstanding experience. Since that day, I’ve told
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