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