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SSV Medical Society News - 2020 - Volume 9 - Issue 07

Medical Society News
 
Volume 9, Issue 7
 
July 2020
 

Dear Colleagues,
 

To say 2020 has been a year we'll all remember is probably a huge understatement, and we're only halfway through it. What will be most important is not that we remember, but what we remember and how we move forward with what we've learned.
 

One step I have taken, as president of SSVMS, is to appoint a Health Equity Advisory Committee whose first task will be to listen. They will then discuss what they learn and make recommendations to the Board of Directors on ways the medical community can do more to address systemic racism. Our goal is to find ways we can contribute, both as a medical society and as individuals, to confront disparities in health care and improve outcomes in minority communities.
 

SSVMS and I are committed to working toward eliminating racial inequities in our profession and society as a whole. The equality all Americans deserve may not come quickly, but with compassion and awareness it will come. If we fail to make a commitment in our personal and professional lives to ensure good health and opportunity for all Americans, if we are passive, more lives and futures will be lost. We take an oath to do no harm; doing nothing will lead to exactly the opposite result.
 

SSVMS and I are committed to working toward eliminating racial inequities in our profession and society as a whole. The equality all Americans deserve may not come quickly, but with compassion and awareness it will come. If we fail to make a commitment in our personal and professional lives to ensure good health and opportunity for all Americans, if we are passive, more lives and futures will be lost. We take an oath to do no harm; doing nothing will lead to exactly the opposite result.
 

Please don't hesitate to contact me at drjohn@winfirst.com with any comments or questions. I welcome your thoughts on this important issue.
 

John Wiesenfarth, MD
 

President, Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society

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Upcoming Events | Webinars and Virtual Events
Museum of Medical History Virtual Lecture Series: Third World Medicine - Two Decades with the Batwa Pygmies
Presented by Scott Kellermann, MD, California Northstate University
 
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 - 7pm
Webinar: Human Trafficking: Integrating Techniques to Identify and Provide Care for Victims in a Clinical Setting
Presented by Children Now
 
Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 9:30-11am
SSVMS Alliance Virtual Event: Meditation:
The "Menu" and the Meal
Presented by Ian Koebner, Ph.D, UC Davis School of Medicine
 
Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 12-1pm
Joy of Medicine | Preventing Burnout
Join a physician peer group
Empathy and Data: A Path Toward Healing
Megan Babb, DO
 
Family practice physician and regular SSV Medicine contributor, Dr. Megan Babb joins host Dr. Peter Yellowlees for a discussion about the two pandemics facing our country; one viral, the other social. A powerful voice for social change, Dr. Babb discusses the importance of using data to move us toward a better tomorrow. 
 
Clinical Case Exploration to Better Understand the Clinician-Patient Relationship 
 
Facilitated by Balint trained leaders, members present clinical cases for an in-depth group discussion. Balint is not psychotherapy or treatment. Balint is an opportunity to discover new insights of the patient's and clinician's perspectives and experiences with each other. This confidential and closed group will meet for five, one-hour virtual sessions. Sessions take place the first Tuesday of each month and begin on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 6:30pm.
 
Registrants must commit to all five sessions. CME accreditation pending.
 
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Vetted Vendor Highlight | Financial Services
 
First Citizens Bank
 
First Citizens provides more than basic business services. With a team of bankers specializing in banking for medical practices, we provide the resources, expertise and services of a big bank while giving you the one-on-one experience you would expect from a smaller bank.
We will help you:
 
  • Finance the growth and development of your practice
  • Reduce your operating costs
  • Increase the efficiency of your business office
  • Maximize you cash flow
  • Manage your business risks
  • Enhance your benefits package
 
All SSVMS members who join First Citizens Bank will receive a free simple swipe terminal, a free remote image deposit (RID) scanner, all hardware fees will be waived and 50% reduction on real estate loan origination fee.
 
For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Lynn Lizarraga, Vice President, Business Banking Specialist, 916-329-6302 or  lynn.lizarraga@firstcitizens.com
 
Lynn is the relationship banker for California Medical Association, Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons of California, and CalHIPSO.
 
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