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Personal News (continued)
Highlands Humane Society. A graveside service was held at the Highlands Memorial Park Cemetery in Highlands, NC on Satur- day, August 15th. A Celebration of Life will be held in Tampa at a later date.
Giving our input
HCMA members Drs. Nishit Patel, Mark Moseley, Charles Lockwood, Eva Crooke, and Chris Pittman, participated in a roundtable discussion coordinated by US Representative Ross Spano (third from left). The medical forum, held June 2nd, fo- cused on “How Telemedicine can help with COVID-19.”
Book donations needed
Since 2012 donated books are given to local schools and read- ing programs for children and adults. Books and book cases are also needed for this literacy and book donation program. For more information, contact Dr. Rob Norman at his office 813-880- 7546 or via drrobertnorman@gmail.com.
Happy Birthday HCMA!
On September 3, 1895, in a second floor office at 217 Franklin Street, over the Bay Pharmacy, the Hillsborough County Medical Society (HCMS) was founded. Dr. B. G. Abernathy served as the HCMS’s first President, alongside Dr. L. W. Weeden, Vice President, Dr. L. S. Oppenheimer, Secretary & Treasurer, and Dr. U. S. Bird serving as Cor- responding Secretary.
Physicians have been working hard since 1895 to practice medicine in our community at the highest standards. This was accomplished by elevating the criteria for what deter- mined the quality of patient care. Our medical forefathers persisted for those ideals: continue to fight as the patients’ advocate, accept nothing less than the highest standard of care, and continue to promote the practice of medicine and professionalism.
Advocating for physicians and the health of the commu- nities we serve was a vital objective in 1895 and remains our vision today.
New Members
USF Residents
Benjamin Berthet, DO
Antoniya Marinova-Doynova, MD Sarah Moore, MD
Fatimat Shontande, MD
Katherine Woo, MD
Anthony Wood, MD
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