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Contents

Summer 2017

2016-2018
MCMS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kathie M. Allen
Practice Manager

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Stanley Askin, MD

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Frederic Becker, MD
Sherry Blumenthal, MD
Charles Cutler, MD

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LYME DISEASE

James A. Goodyear, MD
George R. Green, MD
Joseph Grisafi, MD
Vice President

the Team that Brings
18 Meet
You MACRA

Walter Klein, MD
President-Elect
Mark Lopatin, MD
Chairman, Board of Directors
Jennifer Lorine, DO
Secretary
Cheri L. Matthews
Practice Manager
Robert M. McNamara, MD
Mark F. Pyfer, MD
Jay E. Rothkopf, MD
President and Treasurer
Scott E. Shapiro, MD
Immediate Past Chairman, Board of Directors
Steven A. Shapiro, DO
James W. Thomas, MD
Immediate Past President
Martin D. Trichtinger, MD
Chairman, Political Committee
MCMS Staff
Schenley Kent
Executive Director

montmedsoc@verizon.net

Editorial Board
Jay E. Rothkopf, MD, Editor
George Green, MD
Mark F. Pyfer, MD
Scott E. Shapiro, MD
Toyca D. Williams, CAE, Deputy Editor

MCMS Physician is a publication of the Montgomery
County Medical Society of Pennsylvania (MCMS).
The Montgomery County Medical Society's mission
has evolved to represent and serve all physicians of
Montgomery County and their patients in order to
preserve the doctor-patient relationship, maintain
safe and quality care, advance the practice of
medicine and enhance the role of medicine and
healthcare within the community, Montgomery
County and Pennsylvania.

Features

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11 Preventing Tick Bites
12 LifeGuard and KSTAR Collaborate
A Prescription for
to Offer CMEs
Summer Fun: Take the
13 Ardmore Physician Named First
Montco Trail Challenge
Recipient of Award That Honors
Legacy of a Bryn Mawr Hospital
Pioneer in Family Medicine
14 MCMS Annual Membership Dinner
21 MACRA
22 PA Medical Society in Action
4 Chairman's Remarks
24 Legislative Update
6 Editor's Comments
25 Before You Get Started
30 MCMS Happenings
in Telemedicine
30 News & Announcements
28 Frontline Groups
29 Meet Your County Medical
Society Leaders

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