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VOLUME 65, NUMBER 5
January/February 2020
Executive Director
Debbie Zorian
Editor
David Lubin, MD
Managing Editor
Elke Lubin
Editorial Board
Erfan Albakri, MD William Davison, MD Rodolfo Eichberg, MD Michael Foley, MD Richard Lockey, MD Husain Nagamia, MD Barry Verkauf, MD
January/February 2020
CONTENTS ABOUT THE COVER
The cover was shot by Dr. David Lubin with an old Canon A2000IS point & shoot from the back (aft) of the cruise ship as they entered (strangely on the left) the Panama Canal. The suspension bridge in the distance is the recently constructed Atlantic Bridge.
Departments
6 President’s Message 8 Editor’s Page 10 Executive Director’s Desk 28 New Members 30 Personal News
Features
Your HCMA Hard at Work 11 A Few Highlights of 2019
Debbie Zorian, Executive Director
Committee Update 12 Government Affairs Committee
Michael Cromer, MD, Chairman
Reflections 18 VIVE LA DIFFÉRENCE
Barry Verkauf, MD
Viewpoint 20 Fragmentation of Healthcare Services
Erfan Albakri, MD
Poet’s Corner 22 Digital Disaster
Richard England, MD
Alliance News 23 Post Valentine’s Day Event
Michael Kelly, HCMAA Secretary/Treasurer
Practitioners’ Corner 26 Evolution of Treatment for Liver
Metastasis from Colorectal Cancer
Iswanto Sucandy, MD, FACS
Photo Gallery
Legislative Luncheon – December 2019 13 November 2019 Membership Dinner 16-17
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