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Mamata Majumndar, MD
LMS President 2020
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Encourage Getting the Flu Vaccine
Mamata Majmundar, MD
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The fall season is rapidly approaching with schools reopening and our Covid-19 pandemic will be colliding with influenza. The total impact these two viruses will have is unknown except these illnesses affect our most vulnerable citizens. I encourage you to educate your patients, friends, and family to receive flu vaccine coverage in addition to the preventive measures for our current pandemic with social distancing, hand washing, and facial coverings.
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Jacqueline Noonan, MD passed away July 23, 2020. Dr. Noonan was a beloved pediatric cardiologist for over a half century. She earned her medical degree from the University of Vermont and was a Professor Emeritus & former Chair of the Dept of Pediatrics at UK where she discovered a congenital heart condition known as Noonan Syndrome.
Donations can be made to Bluegrass Care Navigators, 1733 Harrodsburg Rd, Lexington, KY 40504, Kentucky Children’s Hospital, https://uky.networkforgood.com/causes/5412-kentucky-children-s-hospital-fund or to the charity of one’s choice.
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Thank You to our Physican Mentors: |
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2020-21 Physician Mentors:
David Bensema, MD
Marian Bensema, MD
Sarah Borders, MD
Andrew Chacko, MD
Thomas Chavez, MD
Nicole Everman, MD
Justin Gorski, MD
Robert Granacher, MD
Vinayak Gupta, MD
Tripp Hines, MD
Tad Hughes, MD
Mary Lloyd Ireland, MD
Boshen Liu, MD
Mamata Majmundar, MD
Danesh Mazloomdoost, MD
Erin McAtee, DO
William Newton, MD
Khalil Rahman, MD
John Riley, MD
John Roth, MD
Justin Saunders, MD
David Schweer, MD
Matt Shane, MD
Ryan Smith, MD
Kimberly Stigers, MD
Jennifer Torres Yee, MD
Tuyen Tran, MD
Karolina Viquez, MD
Victoria Wagner, MD
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Dale Toney, MD Elected KMA President 2020-21 |
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KMA Delegates, KMA Members, friends, and honored guests, I want to welcome you to the 2020 KMA annual meeting via this virtual platform. I also want to humbly thank each of you for electing me as your KMA President for 2020 and tell you that this is one of the biggest honors and biggest thrills in my life.
I want to say at the beginning of my comments that this was not supposed to be me this year. This was supposed to Bob Couch’s presidency and inaugural address. As everyone knows, Bob tragically and sorrowfully passed last November. I had the great fortune of getting to know Bob through our mutual leadership roles in the KMA and I can say that he worked and advocated tirelessly for his patients, his fellow Kentuckians, and the KMA. If I can be half the KMA president that Bob would have been, then I will be a success. My own personal thoughts and prayers are with Bob’s family as I know are the thoughts and prayers of the entire KMA body.
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The Kentucky Medical Association (KMA), the Kentucky Foundation for Medical Care (KFMC), the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky have launched a new public health campaign aimed at encouraging Kentuckians to schedule well-visits with their physician and update their immunizations to maintain optimal health.
“Raise Your Guard, KY” was announced by Gov. Beshear during his 4pm press conference on Aug. 20 with a video that included incoming KMA President Dale Toney, M.D., Falls City Medical Society President Lewis Hargett, M.D., Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky Medical Director Jeff Reynolds, M.D., Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky President and CEO Ben Chandler, and Kentucky Public Health Department Director of Health Equity Vivian Lasley-Bibbs. The video also includes a message of support from Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman.
In addition to the video, Raise Your Guard, KY has created a website, www.RaiseYourGuardKY.org, with resources and information on vaccinations and a link to KMA’s Physician Finder tool. Information on the website is also available in Spanish. The statewide campaign coincides with Immunization Awareness Month and features billboards in Lexington and Louisville, advertisements on radio and streaming services such as Hulu and Crackle, as well as targeted social media ads in areas of the state where there has been a drop in vaccination rates due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
KMA members are encouraged to share the campaign on social media using “#RaiseYourGuardKY.”
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