July 24, 2018 Issue 61

Focusing On What We Can Do Together Through KMA

As an ophthalmologist, I spend a lot of my day telling patients to “focus.”

Focus on the screen. Focus on my finger. Focus on the letters and read them left to right.

When you focus on something, you’re attempting to concentrate solely on that item, and block out whatever noise or background that may be a distraction around it. Focusing makes things clearer and helps you to identify problems.

Focusing also helps you to turn your attention to the positive.

KMA Welcomes New Residents at UK, UofL
Newly minted M.D.s joined residency programs at the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville. KMA, Lexington Medical Society and Greater Louisville Medical Society leaders were on hand at orientations to welcome them to the family of medicine.

Both UK and UofL are paying KMA dues for new residents this year.

Kurt Mosley to Present: The Problem is Poverty
at KMA Physicians' Leadership Academy
The U.S. spends $3 trillion a year on health care. Half of this amount can be traced back to just five percent of the population, who, according to Kurt Mosley, Vice President of Strategic Alliances for Merritt Hawkins and its parent company, AMN Healthcare, are mostly chronic care patients. 

Mosley is scheduled to present The Problem is Poverty: Why Poverty and Income Inequality Are at the Core of America’s High Health Care Spending at KMA’s Physicians’ Leadership Academy, Aug. 25 at Louisville Marriott East. 

MEMBER NEWS
Brees Helps Expecting Moms

KMA member Carol Brees, M.D. , OB/GYN & Women’s Health, University of Louisville Physicians, was featured in MD-Update for her work bringing women of similar gestation stages together for group appointments and support.
Mian Recognized for Psychiatry Work

KMA member Mohammad Mian, M.D. , has been practicing psychiatry for nearly 40 years. MD-Update magazine featured him and his work at Wellstone Regional Hospital in Jeffersonville, Ind.
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