JOURNAL BOARD K. Barton Farris, MD Secretary/Treasurer, Richard Paddock, MD Anthony Blalock, MD
VOL 175 | ISSUE 1 | SUMMER 2023 CONTENTS 4 LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2023 10 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION BY THE NUMBERS, APRIL 10 - JUNE 8 11 2023 LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS SINE DIE 12 LSMS ADVOCACY IN ACTION 14 LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION 15 WHITE COAT WEDNESDAY 16 ADNEXAL TORSION CAUSING A LARGE BOWEL OBSTRUCTION 20 CORONARY EMBOLISM: A CAUSE OF NON-ST- ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 24 COMPARING PERFORMANCE OF THIRD-YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS PRE- AND POST-PANDEMIC
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BOARD OF GOVERNORS President, John Noble, Jr., MD President-Elect, Richard Paddock, MD Immediate Past President, William Freeman, MD Speaker, House of Delegates, Thomas Trawick, Jr., MD Vice Speaker, House of Delegates, Robert Newsome, MD Secretary-Treasurer, Amberly Nunez, MD Chair, Council on Legislation, David Broussard, MD Ex Officio, LAMPAC, Acting Chair, Susan Bankston, MD BOARD OF COUNCILORS
District One, Myra Kleinpeter, MD District Two, Luis Arencibia, MD District Three, Allan Vander, MD District Four, Richard Michael, MD District Five, Gwenn Jackson, MD District Six, Michael Roppolo, MD District Seven, Brian Gamborg, MD District Eight, Lance Templeton, MD District Nine, Anthony Blalock, MD District Ten, Nicholas Viviano, MD SECTION REPRESENTATIVES
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LAMPAC needs your help to ensure that the LSMS advocacy efforts have the support they need at the capitol. Our friends in the legislature need to know that we appreciate the efforts they have made, and will continue to make, on behalf of the LSMS. Contributions start at $50. For more information, please visit www.Isms.org.
Disclaimer: The author(s) of each scientific article appearing in this Journal is/are solely responsible for the content thereof; the publication of an article shall not constitute or be deemed to constitute any representation by the Louisiana State Medical Society that the data presented therein are correct or sufficient to support the conclusions reached or that the experiment design or methodology is adequate.
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