Waring Library Society 2021 Fall Newsletter
Fall 2021 Newsletter
The good and bad sides of inflammation
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College of Medicine Resident Diversity – Featuring Dr. James H. Tolley
Dr. James H. Tolley speaks in support of MUSC Diversity training. Watch Dr. Tolley Here. Watch the Entire Video Here
CON Repeal ACTION NEEDED from Physicians
Email Holly Pisarik, the SCMA Senior VP of Advocacy and Policy Counsel, at holly@scmedical.org , or if more convenient, by calling her directly at 803-543-4894.
Signature Sponsor – Speciality Blood Center
An extra special thanks to Tony Bas, our generous Signature Sponsor. We look forward to seeing what the future holds for Specialty Blood Center. Without your referrals, we would not be able to provide the important biological material that is needed by the in vitro diagnostic market to develop new, more accurate, faster, and cheaper diagnostic tests.
Premiere Sponsors – Annual Meeting 2021
Thank you to our generous sponsors. We couldn't have done it without you!
Benefactors – Annual Meeting 2021
Thank you to our generous sponsors. We couldn't have done it without you!
Annual Meeting 2021
Thank you, Dr. Marcelo Hochman, for your three years of dedicated leadership. Welcome to our new President, Dr. Cleave Ham, and welcome, Dr. Kay Durst as President-Elect. Thank you Rabbi Yossi Refson for the inspiring invocation. Thank you, Mr. Michael F. Cannon, Cato Institute's Director of Health Policy Studies, for your engaging presentation. And, as always, thank you, Dr. Biemann Othersen for your CCMS service. Lastly, a big THANK YOU to our CCMS Members for attending the 2021 Annual Meeting. Rabbi Yossi Refson giving the CCMS Invocation Dr. Biemann Othersen [...]
Healthlinks November/December 2021
Check us out in the November/December 2021 issue of Healthlinks DID YOU KNOW? Each issue CCMS sponsors a topic. Let Dana know of your ideas for any upcoming articles. Dana@charlestonmedicalsociety.org
How to reduce your risk of post-operative delirium
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End of the Year 2020-2021 Financial Information
CCMS and CCMS Foundation Finanacial Information is Available to CCMS Members upon Request. Contact Dana at 843-577-3613 or dana@charlestonmedicalsociety.org for more information.
How vaccines work and how you can help them to work better
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A Letter From the Front Lines of Quarantining With Kids
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Inside the ICU with Dr. Kent Stock
Dr. Kent Stock, Infectious Disease Physician, recently interviewed by Roper St. Francis Healthcare Watch here
Healthlinks September/October 2021
Check us out in the September/October 2021 issue of Healthlinks DID YOU KNOW? Each issue CCMS sponsors a topic. Let Dana know of your ideas for any upcoming articles. Dana@charlestonmedicalsociety.org
Summer 2021 WLS Newsletter!
Summer 2021 Newsletter
North Charleston doctor offers vaccine facts and guiding hand
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Aging for Amateurs: Another COVID-19 column!
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South Carolina Physicians for the Protection of Children in Schools
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Listen to your doctor — mask up until all kids are protected
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Janice D. Key School Health Visionary Award
Ellen Nitz, CCSD Director of Nursing, won the 2021 Janice D. Key School Health Visionary from the SC School-Based Health Center Collaborative CONGRATULATIONS!
New location for East Cooper OB/GYN medical group
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Dr. Hochman quoted in Marketplace Morning Report
This affects health care workers, too, said South Carolina surgeon Marcelo Hochman. Noncompete agreements can restrict young physicians at the start of their careers. Read the Entire Article
Grand prize winner – James Island Elementary School (JIES)
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Healthlinks July/August 2021
Check us out in the July/August 2021 issue of Healthlinks DID YOU KNOW? Each issue CCMS sponsors a topic. Let Dana know of your ideas for any upcoming articles. Dana@charlestonmedicalsociety.org
THE 2021 LOWCOUNTRY JAZZ FESTIVAL
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Media Release – School Health Committee News!
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Yaffee and Dr. Marcelo Hochman Discuss Problems in Our Healthcare System
On June 11, 2021, Dr. Hochman was interviewed by Yaffee on WVNN. Listen here
2021 Summer Newsletter
Summertime - and the livin’ is getting’ easier! We’re all relieved that the pandemic is finally waning and our personal and professional lives are returning to normal. Thus, ActionPPE.org, the local effort by CCMS to procure and distribute PPE to keep Doctors’ practices open and which grew to a national effort supplying over 4 million units of PPE is winding down. We are incredibly proud of the project which showed, once again, that ‘bottom up’ solutions are the most effective in solving problems. CCMS has benefited financially and with great national recognition (take a look at all these [...]
After COVID: 3 things that states can do now to fix health care
To improve health care, there are a number of steps that states should be taking, including tax reforms and getting rid of CON laws. By Dr. Marcelo Hochman and Daryl James (Opinion contributors) Policymakers talk about comprehensive health care reform. They see a broken system and want to fix everything at once. Emergency room workers can relate, but they take a more strategic approach when patients arrive with multiple injuries. Through triage, they prioritize problems and apply isolated but related interventions to save lives. Fixing the health care system can work the same way. COVID-19 has exposed a range [...]
Parent Workshop – Tough Conversations – Session 7
The CCMS School Health Committee and the Charleston County School District are excited to announce Parent Workshop - Session 7 Topics to be Discussed: Stress and African American Children & Adolescents Approaching Anxiety in Youth Tough Conversations For More Information contact Linda Ballinger at linda_ballinger@charleston.k12.sc.us
Healthlinks May/June 2021
Check us out in the May/June 2021 issue of Healthlinks DID YOU KNOW? Each issue CCMS sponsors a topic. Let Dana know of your ideas for any upcoming articles. Dana@charlestonmedicalsociety.org
Waring Library Society Spring 2021 Newletter
Spring 2021 Newsletter
SCMA Firearm Safety Resolution
Congratulations to Dr. Annie Andrews, Dr. Jan Key, and the entire CCMS School Health Committee! Their resolution regarding firearm safe storage counseling, which was sponsored by CCMS and submitted to the SCMA House of Delegates at the 2021 SCMA Annual Meeting, was adopted by the SCMA delegates on April 25. This resolution encourages practicing physicians in South Carolina to use patient encounters as an opportunity to discuss firearm safety and safe storage practices and supports efforts to inform the public about safe storage of firearms.
Initiative to Encourage Vaccination in Communities of Color
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Anti-competitive, outdated laws must be repealed!
Research confirms that CON laws lead to higher costs and less access for patients. Both sides of the aisle agree! Tell your lawmaker that these anti-competitive, outdated laws must be repealed by signing this petition today! View full info packet The Certificate of Need (CON) conversation is back up in the South Carolina Senate! Senator Wes Climer proposed a full repeal of CON on the Senate floor today (Tuesday) and now also receives support from Democratic Senator Dick Harpootlian. The issue is expected to resurface as soon as tomorrow in the Senate. The time to engage is today. Now is the time to contact members of the [...]
COVID-19 Exposes Pitfalls of SC Certificate of Need Program
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Message from the School Health Committee
The Vaccines for Children program (VFC) provides federally purchased vaccines to approximately 50% of children in the United States, including children who are enrolled in Medicaid or who are uninsured or underinsured. CCSD is able to provide vaccines to students through VFC (thanks to Dr. Key), so that they can be up to date and eligible to attend school each year. The VFC was created in 1993, though, so it needs some updating. There’s a new federal bill called The Strengthening Vaccines for Children Program Act of 2021 (just introduced in the House as H.R. 2347, about to be introduced in the Senate) [...]
Parent Workshop – Tough Conversations – Session 6
The CCMS School Health Committee and the Charleston County School District are excited to announce Parent Workshop - Session 6 Topics to be Discussed: Medication Misuse in Teens Recognizing Depression in Adolescence Tough Conversations For More Information contact Linda Ballinger at linda_ballinger@charleston.k12.sc.us
“I Got It!” campaign
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Statewide Virtual Be SMART Presentation
Dr. Annie Andrews, CCMS School Health Committee Member, to volunteer at statewide BeSMART Presentation on April 13th at 8pm Be SMART is a national AAP-aligned program that aims to reduce pediatric firearm injuries and deaths through adult-directed education on responsible firearm storage. You will learn how you can incorporate the Be SMART program into your practice or how to share this life-saving information with your neighbors. RSVP Here
Vaccine hesitancy not just for the needle-phobic
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The Roots of Racism and Ethical Bias in American Medicine
Time: 8:00 a.m. Thursday, March 25 Location: Zoom Livestream Only **Please Do Not Come to 300 CSB- Online Only**Streaming: www.musc.edu/gr/dom “An Introduction and Difficult Discussion. The Roots of Racism and Ethical Bias in American Medicine” Presenter: Richard D. deShazo, MD MACP Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and Billy S, Guytom Distinguished Professor University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson; Adjunct Professor of Medical Education, Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, University of Alabama in Birmingham Learning Objectives: To familiarize physicians with the history of institutional racism in America. To familiarize physicians with the history of institutional racism in American Medicine. To [...]
Thank You from East Cooper Community Outreach
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What to expect when you’re expecting your 2nd COVID-19 vaccine
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2021 W. Curtis Worthington, Jr. Essay Contest Application
Essay Contest Application James H. Tolley, MD, MAT President, Waring Library Society Board
The Waring Historical Library-March 2021 Event Calendar
WLS 2021 March Events James H. Tolley, MD, MAT President, Waring Library Society Board
Parent workshop – Session 5 – Rescheduled
The CCMS School Health Committee and the Charleston County School District are excited to announce Parent Workshop - Session 5 Teen Anxiety and Youth Vaping will be Discussed Tough Conversations For More Information contact Linda Ballinger at linda_ballinger@charleston.k12.sc.us
Healthlinks March/April 2021
Check us out in the March/April 2021 issue of Healthlinks DID YOU KNOW? Each issue CCMS sponsors a topic. Let Dana know of your ideas for any upcoming articles. Dana@charlestonmedicalsociety.org
Mental Health Resource slides from Mayor’s Wellness Committee
Annie Lintzenich Andrews MD, MSCR CCMS Liaison with the City of Charleston Wellness Committee Due to COVID-19, more individuals are seeking mental health services. Click the link below for mental health resources available throughout the tri-county area.
Commentary: Take it from pediatricians, open-carry gun law will endanger SC children
Dr. Betsy Oddo is a Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellow and a member of the CCMS School Health Committee. Read the Article
Parent workshop – Session 4
The CCMS School Health Committee and the Charleston County School District are excited to announce Parent Workshop - Session Four Tough Conversations For More Information contact Linda Ballinger at linda_ballinger@charleston.k12.sc.us
Black History Month Lecture Featuring Dr. Rana Hogarth
REGISTER HERE “Professional Pursuits and the Making of Race: Medicalizing Blackness in the American Atlantic.” Dr. Rana Hogarth focuses on the medical and scientific constructions of race during the era of slavery and beyond. She is the author of Medicalizing Blackness: Making Racial Difference in the Atlantic World (University of North Carolina Press, 2017). She received her PhD from Yale University and currently is an associate professor at the University of Illinois in the Department of History.
Gun locks soon to be distributed to Charleston County School District nurses
Dr. Annie Andrews, CCMS, School Health Committee Member, in the News View Story
PRESS RELEASE Black and Hispanic/Latino faculty urge communities of color to take the COVID-19 vaccine
IMPORTANT Reminder from MUSC PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES
CCMS in the News
An SC doctors’ group banded together to crack its PPE problem. The idea caught on. Amid ongoing PPE crisis, doctor-led efforts focus on needs of smaller healthcare entities Charleston County Medical Society Forms Buying Group to Help Doctors Get Essential PPE DOCTOR-LED COLLECTIVE BUYING GROUP ACTIONPPE GIVES DENTAL PROFESSIONALS ACCESS TO NEEDED PPE
Parent workshop – Session 3
The CCMS School Health Committee and the Charleston County School District are excited to announce Parent Workshop - Session Three Tough Conversations For More Information contact Linda Ballinger at linda_ballinger@charleston.k12.sc.us
ANNOUNCEMENT: Waring Library Society Spring 2021 Events!
WLS 2021 SPRING EVENTS James H. Tolley, MD, MAT President, Waring Library Society Board
URGENT: COVID Vax for All Phase 1a HEALTHCARE WORKERS
Click the link below to schedule directly: https://mychart.musc.edu/mychart/openscheduling/SignupAndSchedule/EmbeddedSchedule?vt=11353&id=38335 Reason for visit: COVID VAX Insurance info - This is not a hard stop on the form. Enter something. Use your mobile phone number as the contact number Take a screenshot of the appointment confirmation for your records. Bring some sort of identification that shows you are a healthcare worker (employment badge, a letter from medical practice, healthcare license), etc. This is an honor system. -- Marcelo Hochman, MD President, CCMS
