GLMS Update
GLMS Update
October 25, 2024
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! 
Please note, GLMS Staff will be off Tuesday, December 24 - Wednesday, December 25.
A Call for Nominations
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.
Now accepting nominations for the 2025 Doctors’ Ball!
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!
Invest in our community with a year-end gift to the GLMS Foundation
So far this year, your GLMS Foundation has raised an incredible $145,179.31. Every dollar goes toward making a difference in the lives of our community, but we need your continued generous support to expand our reach and create more meaningful programs. Together, let’s continue to build a stronger, healthier and more-connected Louisville. Every donation counts, and we’re grateful for any support you can provide.
Make a Donation
11th Annual Wear the White Coat Experience
This year’s Wear the White Coat program was a resounding success! Lifetime connections were made, and both our physicians and community leaders had a great time with the shadowing process, helping to bridge the gap in understanding health care from both sides. To view photos from the “Pre-Op” breakfast and “Post-Op” dinner, click here. If you would like to volunteer to be a physician preceptor next year, please contact kathryn.vance@glms.org.
The DeWeese Medical Student Advocacy Fund
The GLMS Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of a new charitable fund aimed at assisting UofL medical students to engage in advocacy. This fund is named in loving memory of Dr. Bob DeWeese who highly valued advocacy and dutifully served the 48th district as a legislator for 24 years in the Kentucky House of Representatives.
The DeWeese Family made a donation of $10,000 to begin this fund to help defray travel and accommodation costs for attending advocacy meetings in cities outside of the Louisville area such as the AMA Annual Meeting in Chicago and the AMA Medical Student Advocacy Conference in Washington D.C. The Foundation will begin providing financial assistance for advocacy students for UofL medical students beginning in 2025.
Donate to this Medical Student Advocacy fund
We know that you’re busy, but you still find time to do a lot for and in our community. If you’ve captured photos throughout 2024 and are willing to help us show what you’re doing, would you share your photos with us?
GLMS Foundation Senior Physicians Speaker Series
Dean Donohue, MBA - Encore Wealth Management/Ameriprise Financial Services
“What you did not know that you did not know”
Tuesday, October 1, at noon via Zoom
Join link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81523391345
Meeting ID: 815 2339 1345 #
Call In: 1-646-931-3860 (Use the Meeting ID and press pound (#) after entering)

RSVP by replying to this email or calling 502-736-6366.
Read our November Board of Governors highlights here.
Technology is revolutionizing medicine, giving us the ability to diagnose and treat like never before and tech like AI has found its way into clinics, ERs and ORs across the country. This month, our members are looking at how they’ve integrated new tech into their practices and what changes they see on the horizon. Read more in this month’s Louisville Medicine.
Kindness and compassion are guiding principles for Dr. Zubi Suleman. She is an Assistant Professor in the UofL Department of Psychiatry and works at the Robley Rex VA Medical Center, where she is the Site Director for the UofL residency program. One of her greatest passions is advocacy for awareness and treatment of eating disorders. Read more about the work she’s doing to help her patients and our community at large 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:
January – Beyond Borders: Health Care Around the World – due 12/1
If you’ve trained, practiced or served on a medical mission in another country, what similarities and differences do you see between our health care system and those overseas? What can we learn to better understand complex factors including quality, access, cost and regulatory standards?
February – Prescribing Change: Your Personal Journey with Advocacy – due 1/1
Physicians have a unique opportunity and responsibility to advocate for policies that advance patient care, improve public health and strengthen the health care system. What has been your personal journey with advocacy and how has it shaped your perspective on practicing medicine?
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?
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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