HISTORY OF THE JOURNAL For 174 years, the Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society has been providing valuable scientific articles and information to physicians. E stablished in 1844, the Journal is one of the oldest periodicals of its kind in the country, featuring scientific information on clinical trials and treatments. Originally founded as the New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal , the publication was “devoted to the cultivation of medicine and the associated sciences.” In 1953, the name was changed to the Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society . No matter what the name, the Journal is not only true to its original cause, but it has adapted to meet the needs of today’s physician. Continuing a proud tradition, the purposes of the Journal have been to serve as a repository of articles of interest to physicians and to serve as a means of communication among the members of the Louisiana State Medical Society. In keeping with the mission of the Journal to meet the needs of today’s physician, in 2019 and beyond, the Journal will transition to a membership publication for member news and information to keep LSMS members informed with the ongoing issues facing the practice of medicine in Louisiana and away from publishing scientific peer-reviewed medical manuscripts indexed in PubMed. Through its 174-year history, the Journal has published some truly remarkable works in the field of medicine. Keeping with trends of other state medical societies, the Journal is no longer indexed in PubMed and will only occasionally publish medical manuscripts from section editors without a PubMed ID number. The Journal transitioned to an electronic-only format in 2013 to strive to retain its status as one of the oldest medical journals in the country. Since then, there has been a shift in trends with respect to medical society publishing and indexing in the PubMed database. As of today, only four medical societies are indexed in PubMed, including the New England Journal of Medicine . Thank you for helpingmake the Journal of theLouisianaStateMedical Society oneof the longest running medical journals in the country. We look forward to providing the LSMS membership with a printed publication again in 2019. The cost of a printed Journal has dictated that we shorten each issue, thus, the decrease in the number of manuscripts published. The medical disciplines covered and the responsible section editors will be internal medicine, Fred A. Lopez, MD of LSU-New Orleans ; history of medicine, Hector Ventura, MD; pathology, Susan D. Veillon, MD, of LSU-Shreveport; imaging, Jeremy Nguyen, MD of Tulane; general surgery, John Hunt, MD of LSU-New Orleans; and cardiology, D. Luke Glancy, MD of LSU-New Orleans . The printed articles will rotate among the five disciplines and will be published online as well. The striking decrease in the number of articles published has made an editorial board obsolete. This, of course, was not always the case. For decades the Journal could not have functioned without a dedicated editorial board. We thank all of you. Please visit lsms.org for a list of those who have served on the Journal editorial board.
JOURNAL EDITORIAL STAFF
EDITOR D. LUKE GLANCY, MD
ASSOCIATE EDITOR L.W. JOHNSON, MD
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER JEFF WILLIAMS
MANAGING EDITOR/ ADVERTISING & SALES CHRISTOPHER LEBOUEF
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT GINA GARNER
JOURNAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR, GEOFFREY W. GARRETT, MD VICE CHAIR, K. BARTON FARRIS, MD SECRETARY/TREASURER, RICHARD PADDOCK, MD ANTHONY P. BLALOCK, MD D. LUKE GLANCY, MD LESTER W. JOHNSON, MD FRED A. LOPEZ, MD LSMS 2019 BOARD OF GOVERNORS OFFICERS PRESIDENT, LEE STEVENS, MD PAST PRESIDENT, SUSAN BANKSTON, MD VICE PRESIDENT, R. REECE NEWSOME, MD SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, PAUL PERKOWSKI, MD VICE SPEAKER, T. STEEN TRAWICK, MD SECRETARY/TREASURER, RICHARD PADDOCK, MD CHAIR, COL, DAVID BROUSSARD, MD COUNCILORS DISTRICT 1 MEMBER, GEORGE ELLIS, JR., MD DISTRICT 1 ALTERNATE, JUAN GERSHANIK, MD DISTRICT 2 MEMBER, ROBERT CHUGDEN, MD DISTRICT 2 ALTERNATE, VACANT DISTRICT 3 MEMBER, ALLEN VANDER, MD DISTRICT 3 ALTERNATE, MARK HEBERT, MD DISTRICT 4 MEMBER, F. JEFF WHITE, MD DISTRICT 4 ALTERNATE, SUSAN VEILLON, MD DISTRICT 5 MEMBER, ADRIENNE WILLIAMS, MD DISTRICT 5 ALTERNATE, GWEN JACKSON, MD DISTRICT 6 MEMBER, MICHAEL ROPPOLO, MD DISTRICT 6 ALTERNATE, AZEEN SADEGHIAN, MD DISTRICT 7 MEMBER, BRIAN GAMBORG, MD DISTRICT 7 ALTERNATE, YOKO BROUSSARD, MD DISTRICT 8 MEMBER, LANCE TEMPLETON, MD DISTRICT 8 ALTERNATE, VACANT DISTRICT 9 MEMBER, ANDY BLALOCK, MD DISTRICT 9 ALTERNATE, RODERICK CLARK, MD DISTRICT 10 MEMBER, NICHOLAS VIVIANA, MD DISTRICT 10 ALTERNATE, JEREMY HENDERSON, MD SENIOR PHYSICIAN MEMBER, ROBERT MCCORD, MD SENIOR PHYSICIAN ALTERNATE, IRVING BLATT, MD YOUNG PHYSICIAN MEMBER, AMBERLY NUNEZ, MD YOUNG PHYSICIAN ALTERNATE, VACANT RESIDENT/FELLOW MEMBER, KEN EHRHARDT, MD RES./FELLOW ALTERNATE, TRINATH KURUVELLA, MD MEDICAL STUDENT MEMBER, BLAKE DENLEY MEDICAL STUDENT ALTERNATE, BRYCE CHRISTENSEN
Christopher LeBouef, Managing Editor D. Luke Glancy, MD, Editor-in-Chief
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