LOUISVILLE — The 16th Annual GLMS Foundation Doctor’s Cup Golf Scramble brought a record-breaking field to Hurstbourne Country Club on September 28, as 30 teams of golfers came together to support the next generation of physicians.
The UofL Health Marketing & Communications team was on hand to greet doctors and players in the tournament: Mike Bowman, Lani VanderToll, Amanda Gooch, Bridget Gronotte, and Keith Zirbel.
The event awarded scholarships to ten medical students, each receiving $12,500 toward their education. The 2026 recipients were Elizabeth Baier, Tyson Davies, Addison Johnson-Hernandez, Nada Kassieh, Shelby Lands, Emma Olmstead, Tanner Adams, Seth Drey, Michaela Reinhart, and Zoe Lung. Since the Doctor’s Cup began in 2010, 108 students have received scholarships, totaling $858,000 in support.
Pictured are UofL School of Medicine students and family members who received scholarships from the GLMS Doctor’s Cup Golf Tournament: (Front row l-r) Colleen Reinhart for daughter Michaela Reinhart, Tanner Adams, Seth Drey, Addison Johnson-Hernandez. (Back row l-r) Nada Kassieh, Emma Davies for husband Tyson Davies, Shelby Lands, Elizabeth Baier, Emma Olmstead, Zoe Lung.
The tournament also featured some friendly competition, with UofL Health Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology taking third place and Pinnacle Financial Partners finishing second. UofL Health Sports Medicine claimed the 2026 Doctor’s Cup championship with the team of Neil Patil, MD, Alex Carrasquer, MD, Andy Swiergosz, MD, and Alaina Schmitt.
The first place team from UofL Health Sports & Orthopedics was Neil Patil, MD, Alex Carrasquer, MD, Andy Swiegosz, MD, and Lainey Schmitt.
“With its largest field in event history and a lasting impact on medical education, this year’s Doctor’s Cup demonstrated what is possible when Louisville’s medical and business communities come together to invest in future physicians,” said Dr. Jeremy Clark, GLMS Foundation Golf Tournament chair.
Dr. Jeremy Clark, GLMS Foundation Doctor’s Cup golf tournament chair with Tournament cofounder Linda Gleis, MD, and Kim Risinger, GLMS Foundation program coordinator.Playing for Stock Yards Bank & Trust, the tournament sponsor, were Tracie Frist, Bill Cheatham, Drew Hillebrand, and Bob Frank.Stock Yards Bank & Trust Team 3 were Dylan Wagner, Ryan Bowling, Damon Thurman, and Jordan Knotts.Playing for the Stock Yards Bank team were Jennifer Knific, Jay Henning, Jimmy Johnson, and Seth Blann.Playing for Merrick Printing were Bryant Merrick, Omar Elayan, John Berry, and Scott Merrick.Playing for Blue Print Principle were Dylan Cole, Adam Reynolds, Matt Williams, and Brian Lindroth.Playing for Professional Insurance Agency were John DeWeese, Craig DeWeese, MD, Mark Wilson, and Silas Boyle.UofL 1Y medical student Hannah Talbot teamed up with Mike Curtis, and Beef O Brady’s Bryan Anderson and Gerick Greenwell.Playing for Norton King’s Daughter Orthopedic Surgery team were Nathan Polley, MD, Nick Johnston, MD, Brandon Parsons, MD, and Heidi Kraft.Teaming up from Republic Bank & Trust were Alex Campbell and Braxton Flacker with Mathew Allen and Preston Smiley from Panoptic Planning Partners.Playing for the Norton Orthopedic Institute team were Drew Harston, MD, Ryan Modlinski, MD, Samuel Carter, MD, and Sam Bhimani.Playing for Advantum Health were Venkat Sharma, Rose Howard, Nicholas Nonos, and Chris Taft.Playing for Restorative Pain Institute were Timothy Beechman, MD, Clarence Benboe, George Demaree, and Damon Jackson.Playing for UofL Health ENT were Travis Shutt, MD, Kevin Potts, MD, Mark Severtsen, MD, and David Zimmer, MD.Playing for Dean Dorton CPAs were Jim Tencza, JJ Lancaster, Tommy Gift, and Joe Frederick.Playing for the Nelco Inc. team were Alex Davis, Steve Parman, Ken Karl, and Seth Meyers.Playing for UofL Health Cardiothoracic Surgery were Keith Zirbel, Bhagwan Bhimani, MD, Jimmy Byrnes, and Jason Brown.Playing for UofL Health Ophthalmology were Mark Ihnen, MD, Aaron Young, Jeremy Clark, MD, and Chris Compton, MD.Playing for RH Clarkson were Campbell Brewer, David Clarkson, Brad Coo, and Connor Knight.Playing for the UofL School of Medicine team were Glenn Gittinsgs, MD, Dwayne Compton, MD, Joe Elliott, and Jarrod Young.Playing for Norton Healthcare team were Jim Frazier, MD, Joe Flynn, MD, Matt Iles, MD, and Thomas Cunningham, MD.Doctor’s Cup cofounder Dr. Linda Gleis got her team together with David Bottom, Tim wood, and Steve Fackler.The Middletown Eye Care team was Pete Morris, Rob Condo, Jim Welton, and Frank Burns, MD.Playing for Scion Health were Bill Madeya, Tim Phoenix, Jason Schembari, and Brian Booth.Playing together were Tom Gregory, Ron Stambaugh, Charlie Baker, and Doctor’s Cup cofounder Dave Watkins, MD.Playing for Baptist Health Biomed were Will Stewart, Josh Newton, Glenn Bridgewater, and Jerry Riley.Playing for Barlow Wealth Partners were Barry Barlow, Mac Barlow, and Chris McIntosh. Not pictured was Frank Barlow.Playing for Pinnacle Financial Partners were David Domine, David Krebs, Rick Tobe, and Allie Crulo-Rood.Playing for the UofL Health – Marketing team were Abraham Gage, Kirk Strack, Daniel Rivera, and Josh Abecassis, MD.Playing for UofL Sports Medicine & Orthopedics were Brenton Bohlig, MD, Ellis Thompson, MD, and Daniel Glenn, MD. Not pictured was Andrew Duffee, MD.Beverly Games with SVMIC, a Doctor’s Cup tournament sponsor, practiced her putting. Beverly was a Division I student athlete golfer at EKU. She donated an extra putt to each team.MD-Update was a hole sponsor of the GLMS Foundation’s Doctor’s Cup Golf Tournament. Photos by Gil Dunn.
