November 19, 2019 Issue 93
A Season of Thanks

Thanksgiving is a time to reflect and give thanks for the many blessings we enjoy in our life. As members of the KMA, we have a lot to be thankful for, as well as a lot to look forward to in the coming months. Over the last few weeks, I have had the privilege of meeting with physicians from various parts of our state, and it has made me more thankful for the strength that comes from being part of a team. Not every profession has the opportunity to impact change and improve the lives of others. Physicians, through the KMA, care for patients and help make decisions whose implications reach far beyond our individual practices.

Christian Furman, M.D., MSPH, AGSF, Medical Director of the University of Louisville Trager Institute, Seeks to Provide Optimal Aging Options for Kentuckians 
More than 16 percent of Kentuckians are 65 years of age or older, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And this number is growing. From 2000 – 2010, the elderly population grew in all but seven counties in Kentucky, based on a report by the Kentucky State Data Center.

“There’s never going to be enough geriatricians to take care of all these older people in the whole state,” said KMA member Christian Davis Furman, M.D., MSPH, AGSF, the medical director of the University of Louisville Trager Institute and Interim Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, Palliative Medicine and Medical Education at UofL.

KMA Mourns the Loss of Past President Wally Montgomery, M.D.
KMA mourns the loss of Wally Montgomery, M.D., KMA president from 1985-86. While serving as president, he received a Presidential Citation from President Ronald Reagan for his work on developing the Kentucky Physician’s Care Program. He also served as chairman of the KMA Board of Trustees and was chairman of the Committee on State Legislative Activities for 15 years. He was on Kentucky’s American Medical Association delegation for 24 years, leading the delegation for eight years. He received the KMA Distinguished Service Award in 1990.

Spanish Opens Doors for MSOL Grad Jerome Soldo 
Jerome Soldo has spent hundreds of hours volunteering as a medical interpreter at the Kentucky Racing Health Services Center, a health clinic for people who work on the backside of Churchill Downs, many who are migrant workers from Latin America.

“I saw how much of a difference providers made in the lives of the people at the clinic and thought how awesome it would be if I could do that too,” he said.

Currently a third-year medical student at the University of Louisville, Soldo is interested in specializing in family medicine and wants to become a primary care provider. 

MEMBER NEWS
Cancer Care Pioneer to Retire

KMA member Thomas Woodcock, M.D. , a co-founder of what is now Norton Cancer Institute, plans to retire this fall after almost 40 years as a medical oncologist.
Jones Featured in MD-Update

KMA member Whitney Jones, M.D. , a gastroenterologist at Gastroenterology Health Partners in Louisville, was featured in MD-Update magazine for his preventative approach to colon cancer.
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