CDC’s Kroger Offers Immunization Updates At WMS Annual Meeting

Andrew Kroger, M.D., M.P.H., will offer updates in immunizations during the Wyoming Medical Society’s Annual Meeting in Grand Teton National Park June 2-4. Dr. Kroger is a medical officer for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As one of the traveling trainers in the Education, Information […]


Wyoming Diabetes Expert To Present in Jackson

It is possible that few in Wyoming better understand diabetes as well as Jackson physician Dr. Hayley Miller. Miller, the director of St. John’s Diabetes and Metabolism in Jackson, will be at the Wyoming Medical Society’s Annual Meeting on June 3 to present on Intensification after Basal Insulin and Weight Management. Miller grew up in Buffalo, Wyoming, and received […]


WMS Makes Changes to 2017 Annual Meeting Format

Before the Wyoming Medical Society renovated its basement at 122 East 17th Street in Cheyenne last year, staff shuffled through 40 years of meeting notes, business transactions and other assorted memories. One box stood out – it contained photos, scrapbooks, and even hand puppets used in plays by the wives of WMS doctors used during […]


Speaker Schedule for 2017 WMS Annual Meeting

The 2017 WMS-WAPA Annual Meeting was a success! Below are the presentations from this year’s meeting:   Deanna Kepka – HPV Vaccinations Andrew Kroger, MD – Vaccination Update James Bush, MD – Wyoming’s Health Information Exchange Donald Leung – Dermatitis Betsy Spomer – Lessons in Physician Burnout Physician Burnout Well-Being Index mentioned by Liselotte Dyrbye, […]


Title XXV Committee Reviews new Payment Model Proposal

By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Subcommittee To Review Title 25 Issues met in Cheyenne on Tuesday with a new payment model for Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers highlighting the debate. Stefan Johansson, Administrator of the Wyoming Department of Health’s Policy, Research, and Evaluation Division presented the […]


2016 Centennial Scholarship Award Winners

First-year WWAMI Student Janelle Strampe reacts to Dr. Larry Kirven telling a story about her after being recognized as a WMS Centennial Scholarship Award winner during the WMS Annual Meeting in Jackson last week. Strampe, Morrison, and Richards Honored with Scholarships at Annual Meeting CHEYENNE – Two first-year medical students and a recent WWAMI graduate were […]


2017 WMS Annual Meeting Recap

Outgoing WMS President Sigsbee Duck, MD, RPh performs an original song about his year as the president of the WMS during the 2016 WMS Annual Meeting at Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton Park.  Annual Meeting Features, Singing, CME, and Astronaut CHEYENNE – Over 60 physicians, 30 vendors, 22 presenters, a handful of WWAMI students, and […]


WMS Annual Meeting Just a Week Away

CHEYENNE – There is just one week left before the Wyoming Medical Society’s Annual Meeting at Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park. This year, 25 presenters will take their time in front of WMS membership discussing everything from Proton Pump Inhibitors to a session on how to work as a medical consultant on […]