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The Chairman's Message
The Three C's => Winter 2005
Hello and greetings! The triennial rotation of Florida Section ACOG officers took place at the Section IV Annual District Meeting and your new officers include myself as chairman (Tallahassee), Jay Trabin as vice-chairman (West Palm Beach) and Karen Harris as treasurer (Gainesville). The Florida Section also has a 14-member advisory council whose names and contact information are listed on the back cover of this newsletter. If you don't know who represents your district on the advisory council, please look them up and give them a call or e-mail to say hello.
The annual district meeting in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, was really special. I regret that hurricane airport closings caused many of you to miss this meeting. We presented our project on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women, which will be submitted to national representing District IV for the Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Section Award. Thank all of you who helped with this project. The combined meeting with District IX (California) and District III (Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware) broadened the experience significantly. The accommodations and venue were spectacular. Our District Chair Dr. Ramon Suarez continues to outdo himself with our meeting sites and educational opportunities. It is not too early to plan for the 2006 ADM, which will be held at The Breakers Palm Beach Resort on October 27–30, 2006. Of course, as the host Section we want a good turnout.
My goals for the coming year involve three topics— Communication, Collegiality, and Citizenship.
I'll outline these subjects further in subsequent issues of this newsletter, but here are a few initial thoughts: We now have more than 2,400 members in the Florida Section, but the intensity of practice keeps the circle of Fellows quite small for most of us. Many of the answers we seek are available in another city, hospital, or even a practice in our own town. Information technology is available that can aid us greatly in the area of Communication. I look forward to exploring applications to help us in this regard.
I graduated from Medical School in 1969 and completed my residency in1974. These years have brought lots of grey hair and the sad loss of many aspects of Collegiality due to economically generated pressures. Professional courtesy is a concept for the history books and Medical Society programs are driven primarily by the wishes of pharmaceutical houses. We need to find better ways to support one another and our families.
With over 500 Life Members, we have great examples and opportunities to help our communities with their many needs. I call these activities Citizenship and would ask all our Fellows to examine opportunities to work with churches, synagogues, non-profits, school boards, etc. We also have opportunities and obligations to help with our students, residents, and Junior Fellows. As we meet this challenge, I would like to see us measure these hours and our success to share this information with our patients to let them better understand the heart of our profession.