VOL 176 | ISSUE 1 | FALL 2024 CONTENTS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Jeff Williams
JOURNAL BOARD K. Barton Farris, MD Secretary/Treasurer, Richard Paddock, MD Anthony Blalock, MD
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2024 LSMS ANNUAL MEETING: FAMILIES, FUN, EDUCATION, POLICIES, AND SMORES, OH MY!
L.W. Johnson, MD Fred A. Lopez, MD
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PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH
8 PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE: A CLUE TO POLY-VASCULAR DISEASE IN NEED OF FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE RECONSIDERATION 11 2024 LSMS LEADERSHIP 12 VANISHING PALPABLE MASS IN A YOUNG FEMALE PATIENT 15 SEBACEOUS CARCINOMA OF THE EYELID: A CASE REPORT OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH 18 PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES, 143RD ANNUAL MEETING 26 143RD ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES 26 LOUISIANA STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARTER ARTICLE VI
BOARD OF GOVERNORS President, Roderick Clark, MD Immediate Past President, Richard Paddock, MD President-Elect, Steen Trawick, MD Secretary - Treasurer, Amberly Nunez, MD Speaker, R. Reece Newsome, MD Vice Speaker, Katherine Williams, MD Col, Chair, Matthew Giglia, MD Ex Officio, Lampac, Chair, Susan Bankston, MD
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BOARD OF COUNCILORS District One, Myra Kleinpeter, MD District Two, Luis Arencibia, MD District Three, Allan Vander, MD District Four, Randall White, MD District Five, Gwenn Jackson, MD District Six, Michael Roppolo, MD District Seven, Brian Gamborg, MD District Eight, VACANT District Nine, Andy Blalock, MD District Ten, Michele Cooper, MD
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6. You want to make
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7. You want to simply practice medicine. 8. You want to send a message that your profession matters. 9. You want your rights as a physician to be protected. 10. Because in Louisiana, if
SECTION REPRESENTATIVES Medical Student Section Member, Gregory Laborde 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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