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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE:
by Charles L. Papp, M.D.
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BUILDING BRIDGES
In 1990, when I first came to Lexington, I remember several physicians recalling a time when nearly the entire medical community knew each other on a first-name basis whether they practiced in the community or at the University of Kentucky. Even at the beginning of my practice, this camaraderie was palpable. Most physicians rounded in the hospitals, shared patients, and caught up with each other in the doctors' lounges. Many university physicians practiced and operated in the community hospitals. Both groups were more likely to take advantage of the opportunities to interact at the Medical Society, specialty societies, grand rounds and conferences. This interaction created a friendly environment that benefited all. Over the years, fewer doctors now round in the hospital. Our practices have become busier and more complicated. In addition, policy decisions have enlarged the gulf between the university and the community. I believe this separation has led to lost opportunities that can be recaptured.
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 To Register call (859) 278-0569, email Chris Hickey or CLICK HERE |
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Thank You to our May Dinner Meeting Sponsors:
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Medical Student Emergency Relief Capital Campaign
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Help those University of Kentucky medical students, who otherwise don't have a means of support, with life's unexpected financial emergencies. Please consider contributing $100 or $50 to this program to show our medical students we have their back.
The Lexington Medical Society Foundation is establishing a new program called
"Medical Student Emergency Relief."
The purpose of this program is to provide grants to University of Kentucky medical students, who otherwise don't have a means of support, that face unplanned, unbudgeted life emergencies.
TO READ MORE ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND/OR TO DONATE CLICK HERE
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LMS Featured Physician
Khalil U. Rahman, MD, MBA
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Why did you become a Physician
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My inspiration came from home. My father was a Family Physician who migrated during the partition of India and Pakistan. He opened a charitable clinic close to a mostly refugee area. He had a regular job working for a multi-national running an employee clinic. In the evenings, he would provide medical services to underprivileged patients. His patients would sometimes show up at our home in the middle of the night because they knew he would take care of them. His patients and their families considered him a Saint. As a child I wanted to be that person, to love and care for my patients. My choice of Nephrology during medical training came close to my dream. We, as nephrologists, are very close to our very complicated, underprivileged patients. We develop a patient-physician bond, a trust gained over a long period and usually preserved for the long term.
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The LMS Senior Luncheon is changing to the Bistro at Joseph Beth in Lexington Green.
Please join us on Friday, May 10th at noon at our new location.
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We're pleased to announce our Second
UK Bioethics Conference
- Friday, May 10, 2019, at the Griffin Gate Marriott Resort & Spa, 1800 Newtown Pike, Lexington, KY
Keynote Speaker:
Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
, Director, Health Law Institute; Professor, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St Paul, Minnesota
Topic:
"Death with Dignity: The Evolving Legal Status of Medical Aid in Dying".
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