JOURNAL EDITORIAL STAFF
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
EDITOR D. LUKE GLANCY, MD
ASSOCIATE EDITOR L.W. JOHNSON, MD
Dear LSMS Members:
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER JEFF WILLIAMS
I would like to take this opportunity to extend my appreciation to LSMS staff, our volunteers, our members, strategic partners, service providers, and many others whose combined efforts have made my year as your president better than I ever imagined. In 2019, we experienced membership growth of 10%; had enormous legislative victories; helped friends of medicine win successful election campaigns; and we got back to our core mission, which is being the trusted advocate for physicians in the state of Louisiana. As we transition towards 2020, I believe the LSMS is poised for even more success and greater victories. We are currently performing our due diligence as we: 1) review and enhance core programs, 2) evaluate new product and service offerings, and 3) prepare to launch new campaigns to pursue multiple large and potentially groundbreaking new business opportunities. However, none of this would be possible without the contribution of our talented and dedicated staff who, as always, are tightly aligned to both LSMS’ Core Values and important Mission. Since making significant organizational changes to the Society in January 2017, we have remained focused on our growth strategy and are working diligently to evolve LSMS in a manner that will benefit our members and their patients who place their trust in us to protect the practice of medicine. Again, looking to 2020, I will reaffirm our commitment to our members, our business, and our staff as I anticipate another successful and rewarding year. I wish my successor, Dr. Katherine Williams who will serve as the 140th president of the Society all of the success and joy I’ve experienced during my term. I was told it would go by fast, but I was not prepared for the whirlwind that it has been. Please be safe over the holiday season, take time to relax and re-energize in the company of family and friends and know that we appreciate all you have contributed, and will continue to contribute, to the LSMS. I look forward to working with all of you in the New Year.
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
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
Lee Stevens, MD President
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