Events – Feb 2017

(l-r) Heart Ball Honoree Darby Turner and wife Charlotte with Rev. Larry Gaither, who gave the invocation

Dr. Frederick deBeer, dean emeritus, UK College of Medicine, and wife Marcielle

Dr. Andy Henderson, president, Lexington Clinic, and wife Peggy

Gil Dunn; MD-Update, with Bill Sisson, present, Baptist Health Lexington

Kay and Tucker Ballinger, CEO/president, Forcht Bank

William Houck, CEO, Georgetown Community Hospital, and wife Brittany

Cassondra and Dan Koett, VP, community relations, Central Kentucky YMCA

Chantel & Mark Stoops, UK head football coach

Dr. Ted Wright, UK cardiothoracic surgeon, and wife Saskia

Ben Kauffman and Bill Lear, partner, Stoll Keenon Park, LLP

(l-r) Dr. Jeremiah Cerel, KentuckyOne Health, Dr. Sylvia Cerel-Suhl, and Laura and Bob Babbage

Kristy and Dr. Robert Sallee, director of cardiac surgery, KentuckyOne Health

Jim Elliott, VP, Kentucky Bank, and wife Suzanne

Gil Dunn, MD-Update, with Dr. Magdalene Karon and husband Dr. John Stewart, medical director, Stewart Home & School in Frankfort

Noted landscape architect Bill Henkel and wife Dr. Mary Henkel with Gil Dunn, MD-Update

Seventeen past presidents of the Lexington Medical Society gathered for the annual group photo.

Past Presidents Dr. John Collins and Dr. Michael Moore with wife Diana (middle).

Past presidents Dr. Emory Wilson (far left) and Dr. David Bensema (far right) with Lorna G. Patchen, director UK-U of L Executive MBA Education Center (middle).

LMS Executive Director Chris Hickey and Past President Dr. Thomas Waid spoke at the Past Presidents’ dinner on the night’s agenda.

Cory Meadows, KMA, gave an update and forecast on bills affecting health and patient care in the current Kentucky legislative session.

Current LMS President Robert Granacher Jr., MD, MBA, congratulates immediate past president Dr. Thomas Slaybaugh Jr. at the completion of his term.

Gil Dunn, MD-Update, with Rona and Steve Kay, Lexington vice mayor, came to the preview party to support the arts in Lexington and catch up with friends.

Dr. Robert Baker and wife Dr. Sharon Napier

Physicians from Saint Joseph London gathered at the Foundation’s Mardi Gras Gala. Pictured (l-r) are: Dr. Oluwole John Abe, cardiologist; Dr. Aqeel Mandviwala, pulmonologist and 2017 Physician of the Year; Dr. Don Morning, general surgeon; Dr. Krista Preston, OB/GYN; Dr. Shelley Stanko, chief medical officer; Dr. Nancy Morris, chief of staff; and Dr. David Keedy, cardiologist.

Physician of the Year Dr. Aqeel Mandviwala with wife Shanaz

Ed and Dr. Shelley Stanko, chief medical officer, Saint Joseph London

Steve Klipp, president of PremierTox Laboratory, and wife Christy

Heart Ball 2017 Brings Out Business and Community Leaders and Physicians

LEXINGTON A sell-out crowd of 500+ turned out for the 29th annual Central Kentucky Heart Ball presented by the American Heart Association (AHA) at the Lexington Center on Friday, February 3, 2017. The guest of honor was Darby Turner, philanthropist and attorney with the firm of Bingham Greenebaum Doll, LLP.

All proceeds from the Heart Ball support the AHA, which funds public and professional education, advocacy, and scientific research. Research funded by the Association has yielded important discoveries such as CPR, life-extending drugs, pacemakers, bypass surgery, surgical techniques to repair heart defects, and more. Advocacy efforts have also resulted in the passage of a CPR in schools law this past year.

Lexington Medical Society Past Presidents’ Dinner

LEXINGTON The annual Past Presidents’ Dinner on January 17, 2017 featured a gathering of 17 former presidents of the Lexington Medical Society, including David Stevens, MD, who passed away February 7, 2017.

Robert P. Granacher, MD, began serving his term as president and presented a full agenda of goals for the LMS in 2017 including supporting the KMA effort to enact tort reform through the Kentucky legislature, protecting the confidentiality of peer review, and pursuing judgment interest rate and medical collateral service rule reforms. Granacher also cheered the KMA goal of smoking cessation.

Cory Meadows, KMA director of advocacy and legal affairs gave an overview of healthcare topics scheduled for the February legislative short session and asked that all physicians support the efforts of their societies and association.

DEMOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING

A figurative exhibition draws a crowd to Lexington Art League

LEXINGTON The annual exhibit at the Lexington Art League that celebrates and explores the human body had its preview party on Jan. 13, 2017. The exhibit posed the question, “Whose stories are being told in the art world?” and included the human figure in various evocative poses and situations. The exhibit ran January 27’February 24, 2017. MD-Update was a sponsor of the preview party.

Mardi Gras Gala in London Raises Money and Awareness

LONDON, KY Saturday, February 3, 2017 was the night for the Saint Joseph London Foundation to celebrate and honor Dr. Aqeel Mandviwala as the Physician of the Year. Hundreds of London area business and community leaders enjoyed a Mardi Gras themed festive event. The gala raised over $26,000 through sponsorships, contributions and 68 silent auction items.

Mandviwala has practiced in London and the surrounding counties of southeastern Kentucky for over 20 years. He immigrated to London, Ky., from his birthplace in Karachi, Pakistan, and was the first pulmonologist to practice in that part of the state.

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