October 25, 2024
Please note, GLMS Staff will be off Wednesday, January 1.
If you know a physician who has been an exemplary role model in our community, made an impact on you or has gone out of their way to serve and advocate for their colleagues and patients, we’d love to hear about them! Nominate them for one of the following awards for the 2025 Doctors’ Ball.
  • Baptist Health Physician of the Year
  • Norton Healthcare Physician of the Year
  • UofL Health Physician of the Year
  • The Community Based Physician of the Year
  • Paragon Award
We are now accepting nominations through December 31st. You may nominate a physician today by simply clicking this link.
As a reminder, tickets are on sale now, so make sure to get yours today and save the date for March 8, 2025!
Paying your dues is now more convenient than ever!
Once you have scanned the QR code provided on your dues statement, you will click the “Renew” button. From there, you will have the option to make a one-time payment or set up auto-renew on a yearly or monthly basis. Please note, the county is listed under “GLMS (Jefferson County).”
If you have any questions about this process or about your membership dues in general, please reach to Onvia McDaniel at onvia.mcdaniel@glms.org. Thank you for being a GLMS member!
The 2025 GLMS Nominating Committee will meet in January to develop the slate of members to be included on the 2025 Ballot. We are looking for names of potential candidates for the following offices up for election this year:
  • President-Elect (3-year term: President-Elect, President & Board Chair)
  • Vice President
  • Treasurer (2-year term)
  • At-Large Member (2-year term)
  • At-Large Member (2-year term)
  • KMA Delegates
  • Nominating Committee
Any nominations for yourself or a colleague must be presented to Kathryn Vance at kathryn.vance@glms.org no later than Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Please include the physician’s full name and email address. Those members whose names are to be added to the proposed ballot will be notified by email in January. An official proposed ballot will be sent to all members via email in February.
Please note, nominations do not guarantee placement on the ballot by the Nominating Committee. To be considered for nomination, a member must have paid their 2025 dues.
For a full list of your current Board of Governors, please visit glms.org/about/glms-board-of-governors.
The 2025 Richard Spear, MD, Memorial Essay Contest is here!
"My Medical Influencer" – For more information on this year’s topic, check out the January issue of Louisville Medicine!
CONTEST GUIDELINES: To enter, you must be a GLMS physician member (practicing or retired), GLMS in-training member (resident or fellow) or a University of Louisville medical student.
THEMED ESSAY CONTEST: All entries must be original, unpublished writing intended solely for publishing in Louisville Medicine. Essays must be pertinent to the above theme.
LENGTH: 800 to 2,000 words
DEADLINE: Saturday, March 1, 2025
PRIZE: $1,125 for practicing and retired; $1,125 for physicians-in-training
FORMAT: Microsoft Word or Pages document. Please include your name, entry category, essay title and contact information (judges are blinded to authors).
SUBMISSION: Send via email to Kathryn Vance at kathryn.vance@glms.org.
It’s not too late to support your GLMS Foundation with year-end giving! Together, let’s continue to build a stronger, healthier and more-connected Louisville. To make a donation, visit www.glms.org/foundation/giving.
GLMS Foundation Senior Physicians Speaker Series
There will be no GLMS Foundation Senior Physicians Speaker Series in January. The series will resume on February 4. Catch up on previous presentations by emailing foundation@glms.org for a link!
Being a physician is so much more than simply diagnosing illnesses and prescribing treatments. It’s building a relationship with a patient and empowering them to take control of their own health and wellness. This month, we asked our members what it means to them to be a physician and why that role is important to them. Read more here.
Dr. Jeffrey Bumpous, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the University of Louisville School of Medicine, is dedicated to his role and the profession of medicine in our community and Commonwealth. “We have a commitment to something beyond ourselves, we have individu­al commitments to the patient and societal commitments to the population. We want to help the people in this region, and I don’t ever want to lose sight of that.” Read more in this month’s Dr. Who.
Get plugged in!
Want more info or have questions? Click the link to connect with the GLMS staff liaison in each area listed below. We are happy to help!
Advocacy – Help influence health care policy and legislation
Medical Student Mentorship – Give back to the next generation
Louisville Medicine – Write articles, share opinions and develop themes for our monthly magazine
Practice Support – Let us manage the pain of your insurance provider enrollment/credentialing and hassle reporting
Foundation – Help improve health and wellness for the underserved communities of Greater Louisville
Engage – Join one of our open committees to serve and get to know your colleagues across all specialties, health systems and independent practices.
Membership – For any questions about your membership
If you have any ideas, suggestions or ways that we can continue to improve in service to members and the community, please reach out to info@glms.org.
Louisville Medicine upcoming themes:
March – Embracing Change in Modern Health Care – due 2/1
The doctors’ lounge of 50 years ago is unrecognizable today. EMRs are the rule, paper records the exception. Telehealth and AI are present in most practices in some form. While not always the most popular, these changes to modern health care are the standard. How do you adapt to these changes to ensure that you are providing quality patient care?
April – Answering the Call to Medicine – due 3/1
A question that’s posed to physicians all the time: if you could do it over, would you do it all again? Would you restart from the day you applied to medical school? Handle residency differently? Through all the challenging years of training, a pandemic and everything in between, would you choose this path again and again?
Please reach out to Kathryn Vance at kathryn.vance@glms.org if you’d like to share your thoughts in an upcoming issue.
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