Kansas City Medical Society 2022 Year-in-Review Publication

December 14, 2022

The Kansas City Medical Society year-end publication features our annual impact on health care in Kansas City communities, profiles of each of this year’s Kansas City Medical Society Award winners, and more. Download the PDF to read more, and get ready for even more meaningful moments in 2023!

 

A letter from the Kansas City Medical Society president Scott W. Kujath, MD, FSVS, FACS:

2022 Publication


As my second year as President of the Kansas City Medical Society wraps up, I am pleased with the achievements made regarding the future of KCMS. We held two in-person annual meetings and celebrated physicians in the Kansas City metro area, hosted a book club for physician leadership training, exerted our physician voice on masking in schools during the peak of the pandemic, the opioid crisis and recreational marijuana clinical concerns. The work we have done with our Foundation included physician education, community health programs and over $8 million in donated health care for the uninsured.


While we have many amazing and active physicians in the community on our Board of Directors and Leadership Council, we need more! This Society is over 140 years old and the mission is to improve the health of all in greater Kansas City through leadership, advocacy and innovation. It takes all of us to carry this mission forward for generations to come. We are excited to engage new physicians, physicians young in their careers as well as retired physicians to elevate involvement in the Society and continue the tradition of serving greater Kansas City.


Please consider reaching out to your peers, administrators, vendors, health systems and other contacts to encourage their engagement of time and treasure to promote the ongoing mission of the Kansas City Medical Society.

Best to All,


Scott W. Kujath, MD, FSVS, FACS

President, Kansas City Medical Society

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.
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