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Election 2020 Q&A With Candidates for U.S. House, Missouri Governor, County Executive – Page 10 Inside Features 2 p Mask Up: The Right Thing to Do 4 p Nominees for 2021 SLMMS Leadership 16 p Racial Disparities in Medical Education 24 p The FDA Drug Approval Process B:8.75" T:8" S:7" See what PNC can do for your practice. _ Get banking solutions that help you make each moment matter. S:9.625" B:11.25" T:10.5" As a healthcare provider and practice owner, you know how important it is to make each moment matter. At PNC, our dedicated team of Healthcare Business Bankers understands your business challenges. That’s why we offer a range of solutions to help your practice run more effi ciently. Whether you’re looking to expand, optimize cash fl ow, or simplify your patient payment process, we are here to help make banking easier. Visit pnc.com/hcprofessionals or call 877-566-1355 to learn more. ©2020 The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. All rights reserved. PNC Bank, National Association. 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Nowak, Executive Editor Election 2020 [email protected] 10 Q&A with Candidates for U.S. Congress, James Braibish, Managing Editor Missouri Governor, St. Louis County Executive Braibish Communications p [email protected] Graphic design by Lisa Troehler Graphic Design, LLC Features Election 2020 Publications Committee Samer W. Cabbabe, MD 4 SLMMS Officer and Councilor Nominees for 2021 Emily D. Doucette, MD Arthur H. Gale, MD 15 Private School Directory Richard J. Gimpelson, MD Special Advertising Section Erin S. Gardner, MD Harry L.S. Knopf, MD 16 Addressing Racial Disparities in Medical Education Jennifer L. 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Columns Printed by Messenger Print Group, Saint Louis, MO 63122. 2 President’s Page: Mask Up … Because It’s the Right Thing to Do By Jason Skyles, MD, President, St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society 2020 18 MGMA: Who Moved the Magazines? By Julie Guethler www.slmms.org Facebook: saint.louis.metropolitan.medical.society Twitter: STLMedSociety Officers Jason K. Skyles, MD, President Jennifer L. Page, MD, President-Elect Erin S. Gardner, MD, Vice President Robert A. Brennan, Jr., MD, Secretary-Treasurer Ramona Behshad, MD, Immediate Past President 24 Councilors Parting Shots: The FDA Drug Approval Process Christopher C. Bowe, MD By Richard J. Gimpelson, MD M. Laurin Council, MD 25 Emily D. Doucette, MD Harry’s Homilies: On Voting Kirsten F. Dunn, MD By Harry L.S. Knopf, MD Luis A. Giuffra, MD Mark C. Gunby, DO Mark S. Pelikan, DO David L. Pohl, MD News Damien L. Ricklis, MD Pearl F. 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St. Louis Metropolitan Medicine 1 f PRESIDENT’S PAGE p Mask Up … Because It’s the Right Thing to Do The following article by SLMMS President Jason Skyles, MD, originally appeared in the August 21 St. Louis Business Journal. he COVID-19 pandemic has most droplets generated during the surgical team’s Tcertainly upended our economy, our conversations or breathing. Face coverings community and our everyday way of life. do the same in blocking transmission of In medicine, it has changed how we deliver COVID-19. health care services and impacted all of Yes, there have been confusing messages our practices. Until there is an approved during the pandemic. Initially, face coverings medication to treat or a vaccine to prevent were only recommended for those who were Jason Skyles, MD COVID-19, our focus is on providing symptomatic prior to isolation or awaiting test necessary services while minimizing risk to results. But as data emerged that documented our patients, our co-workers and ourselves. transmission of COVID-19 from persons One of our One of our best prevention strategies without symptoms, the recommendation best prevention available now is simple and straightforward— was expanded to the general community. the wearing of face masks to help prevent Some people are carriers of the disease for strategies available the spread. The Centers for Disease Control a few days before becoming ill; others never now is simple and and Prevention has recommended that show symptoms at all. But no one is immune, people wear face coverings in public settings and older adults and those with chronic straightforward— when social distancing cannot be adequately conditions are the most vulnerable. achieved. Multiple studies published over the the wearing of last few months have concluded that mask The physicians of the St. Louis face masks to help wearing was associated with reduced risks of infection; further research indicates that states Metropolitan Medical Society prevent the spread. that imposed mask mandates saw declines are calling upon our business in new cases greater than those that did not. leaders to set the example in your Despite this evidence, why do we still have individuals refusing to wear face coverings organizations. We need to make during a pandemic? Why do we witness people wearing a mask to enter a business mask wearing more socially that requires them, but removing them once acceptable. they are inside? Perhaps it’s because mask fp wearing is simply not well understood. In my own medical practice, a health Covering your mouth and nose with filtering care worker recently tested positive for the materials serves two purposes—it protects coronavirus. But because of routine mask you from inhaling harmful materials, but wearing and other preventative measures, no more importantly it also helps prevent you other employees were infected. The media has from exposing others to infectious droplets widely reported the case of the two infected that might be expelled during normal stylists at a hair salon in Springfield, Mo. But conversation or respiration. Think of it this because both were wearing masks, none of way—if given the choice between having their clients tested positive. surgery performed by a team not wearing masks vs. a team that does, it’s safe to assume The physicians of the St. Louis Metropolitan all patients would prefer the team with masks. Medical Society are calling upon our It’s widely accepted that face coverings under business leaders to set the example in these circumstances reduce the risk of surgical your organizations. We need to make mask site infection that could be caused by wearing more socially acceptable.