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June 21, 2018

WVSMA & PMI Announce 1st Time Ever Offered All-New Certification

Certified Medical Chart Auditor - E/M

Charleston, WV

July 26 - 27 | 8am-5pm

If your practice, group of practices or institution is interested in scheduling any PMI course for 10 or more attendees, please contact Angie Brown at 304-925-0342, ext. 200 or angie@wvsma.org .

WVSMA & PMI are dedicated to bringing educational opportunities to you!

WE WILL MISS YOU

Mona could twirl fire!

Mona Thevenin

Mona Thevenin, WVSMA Membership

Director and Executive Secretary of the

Kanawha County Medical Society passed

away unexpectedly Saturday, June 9.

Mona touched so many lives with her

love, support, smiles and a listening ear.

She will be missed terribly here at

WVSMA by her friends and colleagues

as well as the many WVSMA members

she has served and befriended over the

years.

West Virginia State Medical Association is hiring!

APPLY TODAY

DATES TO REMEMBER

KMS PICNIC/WVSMA OPEN HOUSE/Celebration of Mona's Life

LOCATION
WVSMAHeadquarters, 2018 Kanawha Blvd., E., Charleston, WV

Please let us know if you are coming. We want to be sure and have plenty of food and drink!

I'll be there!

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WV Pain Care Meetings

Huntington, WV – July 14, 2018

Beckley/Lewisburg, WV – October 20, 2018

Morgantown, WV – December 1, 2018

AGENDA FOR JULY 14

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2018 Healthcare Summit & Annual Business Meeting

August 24-26

Greenbrier Resort, White Sulphur Springs, WV.

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Appalachian Addiction & Prescription Drug Abuse Conference

October 18-20, 2018

at the Embassy Suites, Charleston, WV

19.25 HRS. CME AVAILABLE

a young surgeon's debt

Adapted from: Young surgeons face high debt, financial instability. Published by Reuters health on June 11, 2018 / 12:58 PM

As the costs of medical school and residency training continue to rise, young surgeons often face increasing debt burdens that make it difficult for them to start their careers.

A study just published by the American College of Surgeons showed that 38 percent of surgical residents reported more than $200,000 in educational debt, and 82 had moderate- or high-risk debt-to-asset ratios. In an interview with the director of Johns Hopkins' Pillars of Wealth financial literacy initiative, he opined that "Young physicians are relentlessly pursued by financial product salespeople who often don’t have doctors’ best interests at heart."

For further reading, please visit: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-surgeons-debt/young-surgeons-face-high-debt-financial-instability-idUSKBN1J7248?il=0

If you are a member, the original JACS article can be accessed at https://www.journalacs.org/article/S1072-7515(18)30344-2/fulltext

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Our Docs in the News

Native West Virginian to serve as American Medical Association president

Patrice Harris grew up in Bluefield, went to high school there, attended West Virginia University and did her residency in Charleston. She is now a psychiatrist in Atlanta and will serve as the 174th president of the AMA next year– not to mention the first female African-American president.

‘Another tool to fight opioid abuse’: New law aims to protect doctors from pressures to prescribe opioids

“Having the right to refuse will empower physicians to do the right thing and use their conscience,” said Dr. Bradley Henry, president of the West Virginia State Medical Association. “There’s going to be a learning curve in the medical field, but all in all it’s a good thing and a step in the right direction.”

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