The Kentucky Medical Association recognized several physicians and an Appalachian health activist for their work to improve the health of the community during the KMA 2015 Annual Meeting. KMA members also installed a new president and elected officers during the meeting.
Dr. Theodore Miller, an Edgewood otolaryngologist, was installed as President of the Kentucky Medical Association. Dr. Nancy Swikert, a Florence family physician, was elected president-elect; Dr. R. Brent Wright, a Glasgow family physician, was elected vice president; and Dr. G. Randolph Schrodt, a Louisville psychiatrist, was elected chair of the KMA Board of Trustees.
Appalachian community health activist Eula Hall, 87, of Floyd County, received the KMA Debra K. Best Outstanding Layperson Award during the KMA’s 2015 Annual Meeting in Louisville. She is best known as founder of the Mud Creek Clinic in rural Floyd County in 1973.
Dr. Linda H. Gleis, of Louisville, a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist who serves as secretary-treasurer of the KMA Board of Trustees, received the KMA Distinguished Service Award during the KMA’s 2015 Annual Meeting in Louisville. Since 1945, the KMA Distinguished Service Award has been presented to a Kentucky physician who has made outstanding contributions to organized medicine and individual medical service.
Dr. Monica Ann Shaw, of Louisville, senior associate dean for the University of Louisville School of Medicine, who practices internal medicine, received the KMA Educational Achievement Award during the KMA’s 2015 Annual Meeting in Louisville. The award is presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions and achievements in the area of continuing medical education.
KMA also recognized seven physicians from across Kentucky for completing the KMA Community Connector Leadership Program. To qualify as a Community Connector, a physician must participate in the Kentucky Physician Leadership Academy, held during the KMA 2015 Annual Meeting Aug. 28-31, and volunteer in a leadership capacity for a nonprofit organization and within the medical profession. Nine physicians from across the state participated in the inaugural class in 2014. The Community Connector Leadership Program prepares and supports physicians in leadership roles and offers grants to nonprofit organizations.
The 2015 Class of KMA Community Connectors are:
• Dr. Nancy Swikert, a Florence family physician,
• Dr. Donald Swikert, a Florence family physician,
• Dr. Theodore Miller, an Edgewood otolaryngologist,
• Dr. Mary Helen Davis, a Louisville psychiatrist,
• Dr. John Johnstone, a Richmond cardiologist,
• Dr. Benjamin Kutnicki, a Warsaw family physician, and
• Dr. James Patrick Murphy, a Louisville anesthesiologist.
The Kentucky Medical Association is a non-profit 501(c)(6) organization that supports physician members and their patients with a variety of services. The KMA, established in 1851, represents and supports nearly 7,000 physicians, physician residents, and medical students across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Learn more about the KMA and its programs at www.kyma.org.
From the Kentucky Medical Association