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2012: Our first Town Meeting & Dinner of 2012 was held in Palm Beach Gardens on Jan. 14 and it was sponsored by Lundbeck. Our guest facilitator, Gilda Osborn, a former DON, and now a SNF administrator, did a great job discussing how her facility is coping with reimbursement cuts. The Town Meeting was followed by the CME/Education Committee and Board meetings the next morning.

2011: Here is a brief recap of the major FMDA events that have occurred in the past year: We hosted our first Town Meeting of 2011 on Feb. 5, in Gainesville. The dinner program sponsor was Boehringer Ingelheim and there were seven exhibitors and 50 guests in attendance. We held a 3.0 hour CME program titled, Long-Term Care Risk-Management Symposium on Falls, Accidents, & Wound Assessments which was joint-sponsored by FMDA and AMDA on July 9-10 in Jacksonville. b. This was followed by a Town Meeting and Dinner sponsored by Avanir where we had eight exhibitors and 30 dinner guests. c. The following morning, we hosted a CME/Education Committee and FMDA Board Meeting. FMDA celebrated its 20th Anniversary during Best Care Practices in the Geriatrics Continuum 2011, which was held at the beautiful Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort; there were 289 attendees.

2010: Town Meeting and Dinner in Lake Worth, FL & Safety Harbor, FL were very successful.

On Jan. 30, 2009, we hosted our first Town Meeting in Tallahassee. The Town Meeting Dinner was sponsored by Abbott Laboratories held in Pensacola for the very first time. In June, we held another Town Meeting in Lake Worth
and the dinner was sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim. The Town Meeting dinner was sponsored by Abbott Laboratories along with meeting co-sponsor American Health Associates, an independent laboratory servicing private physician's offices as well as nursing facilities.

For more information, contact Matt Reese at the business office.

Pensacola Hosts FMDA Town Meeting

Another FMDA Town Meeting was held in Pensacola on January 19, 2007. There were almost 40 attendees present to hear Dana Saffel, PharmD, discuss F-Tag 329 and its implications in long-term care. 

F-Tag 329 deals with unnecessary drugs. Specifically, this tag involves excessive doses, excessive duration, adequate indications, adequate monitoring and adverse consequences. Dr. Saffel's presentation was very informative and was just an example of the education and services F.M.DA  brings to its members across the state. 

The Town Meeting dinner was sponsored by Abbott Laboratories along with meeting co-sponsor American Health Associates, an independent laboratory servicing private physician's offices as well as nursing facilities.  

Earlier in the day, the CME/Education Committee met for several hours developing this year's annual symposium. The Board of Directors met after that for a regular business meeting.

Town Meeting Photos (Click for larger images)

Jim Jackson, Director, Business Development (from left); Debbie Martin, President; and Chris Gregg, Account Executive - all with American Health Associates - are joined by FMDA President Dr. Carl Suchar (second from the left). 
FMDA President Dr. Carl Suchar, from left, with Michel DeRousse with Abbott Laboratories, the Town Meeting dinner sponsor, and Dr. Hugh Thomas, Chair, FMDA Membership Committee

FMDA member Dr. Michael Foley (from left); Duane Gallagher, chair, Florida’s Board of Nursing Home Administrators; and Bonnie Cruz, the new president of the Florida Association Directors of Nursing Administration/LTC

           


FMDA held a Town Meeting & Dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steak House on June 17, 2005 in Jacksonville. This was held with the generous support of Bonnie Lopiccolo with AstraZeneca. Shown above (from left to right): FMDA President Dr. Victor Gambone, FL-ASCP, President-Elect Dr. Toni Harrison and FMDA Vice President Dr. Carl Suchar 

FMDA Hosts Mid-Year CME Program and Town Meeting in 
Saint Petersburg

FMDA hosted its first mid-year CME program titled, “Strategies for Successful Medical Direction in Long-Term Care,” on June 4. Presented jointly by FMDA and AMDA, and supported by Evercare, more than 35 physicians, nurse practitioners and nurses heard from Dr. Howard Tuch on “The Role of Medical Directors in Developing Best Care Practices” and health care attorney Karen Goldsmith with, “A Primer on Liability, Risk Management, and Asset Protection for Physicians.”

That evening, FMDA hosted a Town Meeting with the support of AstraZeneca.

FMDA Town Meeting Held in Coral Gables

In January 2003, physicians and nurse practitioners in long-term care attended FMDA’s Town Meeting at Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Coral Gables. The Executive Board of FMDA was present along with its executive director and special guest Kelley Rice-Schild, president of the Florida Health Care Association.

The benefits of FMDA membership was discussed and an interesting presenting on asset protection was provided by Scott Wells, 
a certified financial planner with SingerXenos.


FMDA thanks David Milani with Pfizer for financial support of this Town Meeting.

 




FMDA Gathers at Town Hall Meeting
(L-R:) John Potomski, DO, CMD, Chairman of the Board; Carl Suchar, DO, CMD, Membership Chairman; 
Kelley Rice-Schild, President, Florida Health Care Association; Board member Donna Jacobi, MD, CMD; 
Morris Kutner, MD, CMD, Immediate Past-President; and Victor Gambone, MD, CMD, Vice President

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FMDA Town Meeting Held in Fort Lauderdale
In July, more than 40 physicians and nurse practitioners attended FMDA’s Town Meeting at Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Fort Lauderdale. The entire executive Board of FMDA was present along with its executive director. Association membership was discussed as was information about the annual conference. In the future, the Board hopes to be able to offer more local programs for members around the state. FMDA thanks both Pfizer and Universal Health Management for their financial support of this Town Meeting.
 


FMDA Gathers at Town Hall Meeting
(L-R:)Carl Suchar, DO, CMD, FMDA Membership Chairman; 
Mike Lajeunesse, Pfizer; Sherry King, MD, CMD, FMDA President-Elect; 
Dave Milani, Pfizer; and Morris Kutner, MD, CMD, FMDA President

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FMDA’s Town Meeting Hosts 55 in Jacksonville

— Eli Lilly & Company supports event with educational grant
 

 


(L–R): FMDA Membership Chairman Carl Suchar, DO, CMD; 
Bob Shew, District Manager Long-Term Care, Eli Lilly & Company; 
FMDA President Sherry King, MD, CMD; and Matt Ward, Eli Lilly & Company


 

FMDA would like to thank Bob Shew and Matt Ward from Eli Lilly & Company for their support of its January 11, 2002, Town Meeting in Jacksonville, Fla.



FMDA Board member and Florida Geriatric Society President, 
Donna Jacobi, MD, CMD, says a few words.


 

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FMDA’s Town Meeting:  June 28, 2002 in Tampa, FL

(from left): Victor Gambone, MD, CMD, vice president; Town Meeting 
guest speaker Frank Murphy, President/CEO, BayCare Health System; 
and Carl Suchar, DO, CMD, FMDA Membership chair


FMDA Board and Town Meeting sponsor Abbott Laboratories (from left): 
Morris Kutner, immediate past president, FMDA; John Potomski, Chairman of the Board; (to follow), 
Abbott Laboratories; Carl Suchar, Membership Chair; (to follow), Abbott Laboratories; 
Sherry King, president, FMDA; and Oscar Gonzales, Abbott Laboratories