Fourth Quarter Kansas City Medicine Highlights Need for Advocacy, Recaps Annual Meeting

The fourth quarter issue of Kansas City Medicine, the Medical Society’s award-winning journal, is here. Watch for your copy in the mail later this month.

Read the current issue. Featured in this issue:

Advocacy

– Profiles of former Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer, MD ; Kansas State Sen. Barbara Bollier, MD ; and Missouri State Rep. Jonathan Patterson, MD . How these three physicians are making a difference by serving in elected office.

– Advocacy tips: How physicians can build relationships with the legislators representing the districts where they live and practice. Important decisions are being made that will shape the environment and rules under which physicians will practice in the future. Find out how to keep informed about legislative issues and make the physician voice heard!

Annual Meeting Recap

– Summary of remarks by keynote speaker Vanila Singh, MD, MACM, Stanford University professor who served for two years as a chief medical officer in the Department of Health & Human Services. She discussed the findings of the federal inter-agency task force on pain management that she chaired.

– Photos from the Annual Meeting. See who was there!

– Expanded profiles of the 2019 KCMS Award recipients, including former Kansas City Mayor Charles B. Wheeler, Jr., MD, JD, the Lifetime Achievement Award honoree. Also profiled are Friend of Medicine honoree Patrick “Rusty” Ryan, PharmD, as well as the five Member Award recipients

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Letter from the President 2025

January 6, 2025

I consider it a sincere honor to serve as president of the Kansas City Medical Society this year. As we look forward to this new year, we celebrate our previous accomplishments and look for new ways to meet the challenges of our ever-changing healthcare environment. As we recognize our recent successes, I want to take the opportunity to thank Dr. Greg Unruh, our immediate past president, for his excellent leadership, and I look forward to his continued partnership, providing much-needed wisdom and experience to our board of directors as well as a leadership council. I am also deeply appreciative of Micah Flint, our executive director, now in his third year with the Society. As a board, we are prioritizing key areas where we believe the Society can make a difference for physicians and the communities we serve. With this in mind, we will continue our focus on wellness, advocacy, and expand our opportunities for in person social and educational gatherings. Our journal connects us in a variety of valuable ways, and we will continue its publication and expand its distribution. Under the directorship of Karole Bradford, the Society’s Foundation continues to do invaluable work. We celebrate those accomplishments and the charitable care they provide to our community’s vulnerable population. We are grateful for our individual members and corporate sponsors and welcome your suggestions of how the Society can best serve physicians and our community. Please mark your calendar for the Society’s upcoming events and consider inviting physician colleagues to join you as we gather to learn and support one another.