NCMS Voice | September 2021 | e-news from your Northern Colorado Medical Society |
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President’s letter: Important updates for all NCMS members
NCMS President Ted Norman, MD, discusses the importance of COMPAC, the new grant program available to primary care practices who are giving the COVID-19 vaccine and this year's now-virtual Legislative Night. Click here to read more.
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Executive update: New strategic plan on the horizon
In this quarter's executive update, Paige Brophy encourages members to check out the newly unveiled project apart of the NCMS STEM Pipeline and previews the exciting strategic planning process that will involve you later this year. Read more here!
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NCMS unveils STEM Pipeline project in collaboration with the Northern Colorado Health Sector Partnership, Poudre School District and Fort Collins Family Medicine
Currently, the NCMS community stewardship strategic planning pillar focuses on the mission of not only making sure we are creating a healthier medical profession, but we are creating a healthier community in Larimer and Weld County. This new initiative allows NCMS to work with the Greeley/Evans, Thompson and Poudre Valley School districts on giving students the opportunity to learn about a career in health, specifically giving them a path to be a physician if they are interested. NCMS’s work in this arena is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Check out our latest digital project in partnership with the NOCO Health Sector, Poudre School District and Fort Collins Family Medicine! This video is only part one in a two-part series of the health care pathway we are proud to be part of and bring exposure to for our community! Watch the video below!
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Friday, Sept. 17 is Physician Suicide Awareness Day
With struggles and stressors facing the medical profession more than ever before, it is important to check in with yourself, your family and your colleagues regularly. Suicide is preventable and support is available for you and your loved ones. Don't hesitate to reach out to Colorado Physician Health Program or SummitStone Community Health.
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2021 Physician of the Year Nominations now open!
Do you know a northern Colorado physician who goes above and beyond? Who provides our community with compassionate and caring medical service in practice, education or research; enhances the quality of his or her community; and/or serves as a credible role model to others?
The NCMS Board of Directors seeks nominations for the 2021 Northern Colorado Medical Society Physician of the Year, the society’s highest honor. Deadline: Dec. 1, 2021. The award will be presented at the NCMS Annual Meeting in February 2022. The awardee has the opportunity to be prominently featured in the 2022 NCMS Physician Directory and Patient Resource Guide.
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Spread the word: Medical students from northern Colorado can apply for two $5,000 scholarships
NCMS once again is placing the call for applications for the Legacy Scholarship. Spread the word to any local students who have gone on to medical school: Two $5,000 scholarships are available and will be awarded to one student in Larimer County and one student in Weld County. Deadline: Dec. 1, 2021. Learn more here.
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Latest NCMS stethoSCOPE podcast episode: Tech Talk - Hear About IT Services Available To You
Learn more about cloud solutions, HIPAA compliance integration into all of your technology, AND the questions YOU should be asking when it comes to finding the right technology service/IT company for you and your practice. Listen to the episode now!
A big thank you to RainTech for their annual support, making the NCMS mission possible! Check out all episodes of stethoSCOPE on our website, and subscribe on Apple, Google and Spotify.
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You may be eligible for funds for your practice
Governor announces COPCPVax grant
On Sept. 1, Gov. Jared Polis announced a new grant program that you may be eligible for. The COPCPVax grant program allows practices that are approved COVID-19 providers to apply for eligible grant funds. Your practice could receive up to $60,000-$120,000 to assist in acquiring new equipment, technology, and/or staffing to be used to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to your patients.
Interested in learning more?
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Click here to access the official CDPHE website
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Click here to view a recorded webinar hosted by the Colorado Medical Society, Colorado Academy of Family Physicians and the Colorado Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics
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Oct. 6 - NCMS VIRTUAL Legislative Night
Registration is open
Join us for "not just another" Zoom meeting -- our reimagined 2021 Virtual Legislative Night. This evening will feature some amazing raffle prizes you can win (pictured below), discussion and analysis of two bills that passed in the 2019 session, and your opportunity to interface with your local legislators as we continue to build better health care legislation, together.
When: Wed. Oct 6, 6-8 p.m.
Where: Zoom
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Tomorrow, Sept. 16 - NCMS Virtual Education Series: Women in Medicine, What EVERYONE Needs to Know
Gain valuable skills and earn up to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Join us for a live panel discussion with Cathy Ow, MD, and Christie Reimer, MD, on women in medicine. This is not just for our amazing women in the profession, it is for everyone! After this event you will be able to identify barriers to gender equity in medicine, develop new strategies to recognize and address micro-aggressions, and more.
Even if you cannot attend live, all registrants will receive the recording. CME credit is available for those that attend live or watch the recording. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Full accreditation statement and objectives on the registration page.
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View all programs in the Virtual Education Series and earn CME |
If you missed any of the programs in the Virtual Education Series, watch the recordings on the NCMS website. Enduring CME credit is available for physicians who participate in the recorded activity! Accreditation information available on each event page, linked below.
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Welcome, new members!
We welcome our new members to NCMS, the largest component chapter of the Colorado Medical Society. Your membership connects you to your colleagues and a host of benefits through NCMS and CMS. Go to www.nocomedsoc.org or www.cms.org to learn more. Encourage a non-member colleague to join at members.cms.org/join.
- Jacob Andres Azurdia, MD, Diagnostic Radiology
- Barash A Black, DO, Emergency Medicine
- Stephanie A Chalifour, MD, Ob & Gynecology
- David J Ciesla, MD, General Surgery
- Blaine Evans, DO, Emergency Medicine
- Jennifer Cheng Evans, DO, Diagnostic Radiology
- Kristen S Fahrner, MD, Allergy & Immunology
- Michael J Flais, MD, Allergy & Immunology
- Danielle Renae Gallegos, MD, Diagnostic Radiology
- Narina Grove, MD, Pathology
- Sanjay K Gupta, MD, Otorhinolaryngology
- Daniel D Hampton, MD, Internal Medicine
- Alec R Hermanson, MD, Anesthesiology
- Blake J Hyde, MD, FACS, Otorhinolaryngology
- John Kierstead, MD, Emergency Medicine
- Jacob A Lebin, MD, Emergency Medicine
- Mahalia M Marcotte, MD, Anesthesiology
- Thomas A Mcknight, MD, Otorhinolaryngology
- Nathan A Miller, MD, Diagnostic Radiology
- Esther M Mizrachi, MD, Emergency Medicine
- Michael O'Neil, MD, Anesthesiology
- Joshua Pelnar, MD, Anesthesiology
- Branden M Petrun, MD, General Surgery
- Kate M Petty, MD, Ob & Gynecology
- Andrew E Pugh, MD, Emergency Medicine
- Nicholas Quinn, MD, Otorhinolaryngology
- Asa F Ware, MD, Family Medicine
- Chelsea Weiland, DO, Family Medicine
- Andrew Z Xu, MD Family Medicine
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Thank you to our 2021 "Friends of NCMS" annual sponsors!
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Connect with other NCMS members: Join NCMS Social Groups!
NCMS Social Groups enables NoCO physicians to connect with one another and tag along on activities they may already be doing in northern Colorado such as hiking, checking out a brewery, skiing, cycling and more. Fill out this form to be added to the Social Groups discussion board!
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