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VOL 177 | ISSUE 2 | FALL 2025 CONTENTS

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Je Williams

BOARD OF GOVERNORS President, Thomas Trawick, Jr., MD President-Elect, Allen Vander, MD Immediate Past President, Roderick Clark, MD Secretary-Treasurer, Amberly Nunez, MD

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CENTURY CLUB

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PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH, THOMAS TRAWICK, JR., MD

Speaker, R. Reece Newsome, MD Vice Speaker, William Freeman, MD Council on Legislation, Chair, Matthew Giglia, MD Ex Ocio, Physicians PAC of Louisiana, Chair, Susan Bankston, MD

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INAUGURATION LUNCHEON

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TRAWICK INSTALLED LSMS PRESIDENT 2025

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INAUGURATION PARTY

BOARD OF COUNCILORS District One, Myra Kleinpeter, MD District Two, Luis Arencibia, MD District Three, VACANT District Four, Randall White, MD District Five, VACANT District Six, Michael Roppolo, MD District Seven, Donald Higgins, MD District Eight, VACANT District Nine, VACANT District Ten, Michele Cooper, MD

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LSMS HALL OF FAME

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SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON FOR LSMS

BOARD OF GOVERNORS  OFFICERS

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MIDDLE EAR MIXED EPITHELIAL AND NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR MEMENET STATUSPOST MASTOIDECTOMY WITH METASTASIS TO THE LIVER

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50YEAR PHYSICIANS

SECTION REPRESENTATIVES Medical Student Section Member, VACANT

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HOD 2025 ANNUAL MEETING

Resident/Fellow Section Member, Omar Leonards, MD Young Physician Section Member, Ken Ehrhardt, MD Employed Physician Section Member, Clay Runfalo, MD Private Practice Physician Section Member, Lance Templeton, MD

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FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF LOUISIANA’S MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACT

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IN MEMORIAM: WILLIAM OSLER HUCKABAY, JR. CAPT USN RET.

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