Bruce Scott, M.D., Installed as 2018-2019 KMA President

September 4, 2018 Issue 64

Bruce Scott, M.D. Installed As 2018-2019 KMA President

2018 KMA Annual Meeting Also Honors Award Recipients, Program Graduates

Bruce Scott, M.D., a Louisville otolaryngologist, was installed as the 168 ^th President of the KMA on Aug. 25 during the Association’s Annual Meeting in Louisville.

KMA members also elected two other officers during the 2018 Annual Meeting. R. Brent Wright, M.D., of Glasgow, was elected president-elect and Dale E. Toney, M.D., of Lexington was elected vice president.

Dr. Scott completing undergraduate school at Vanderbilt University, medical school and residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch and fellowship training at the University of Texas Health Science Center. He returned to Kentucky in 1993 and has been practicing otolaryngology in his hometown of Louisville ever since. He maintains an active clinical practice as a Partner and President of Kentuckiana Ear, Nose and Throat, serves as medical director of a multispecialty ambulatory surgery center, and holds a clinical appointment at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Dr. Scott is board-certified in both otolaryngology and facial plastic reconstructive surgery.

Photo: Bruce Scott, M.D., left, takes the oath of office from KMA Board Chair Dale Toney, M.D., to become the 2018-2019 KMA President.

Doctor Couch Nominated for KMA President-Elect

The Greater Louisville Medical Society (GLMS) has nominated Robert Couch, M.D., MBA for the office of 2019 KMA President-Elect. Dr. Couch is an emergency medicine physician from Louisville. He is the Emergency Department Medical Director at Norton Audubon Hospital and is the Founder of Southern Emergency Medical Specialists, PSC. He currently serves as KMA Secretary-Treasurer.

Dr. Couch served as President of GLMS in 2016 and Chair in 2017. He is a graduate of KMA’s Community Connector Leadership Program (CCLP) and served as chair of the Kentucky Physicians Political Action Committee (KPPAC) in 2017. Dr. Couch has practiced emergency medicine for more than 30 years, and has been a vocal advocate for public health issues, including the current opioid epidemic.

Charles Shofner Motivated by Grandmother’s Health Problems to Become Physician

Growing up, Charles Shofner spent a lot of time at Jewish Hospital vising his grandmother who had heart problems and multiple surgeries. Her health started to decline when he was in middle school.

“That’s really when I became captivated by medicine and the power that it has to bring second chances and bring people together,” he said. “I knew I wanted to be a part of the medical world, but I didn’t know until my last year of high school that I wanted to be a physician. I wanted to take on more responsibility of the patient care. I wanted to have more of a say rather than following other people’s recommendations.”