The Wyoming Medical Society publishes Wyoming Medicine twice a year. Below are a number of archived editions of the magazine.
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Spring 2024 Edition
In this issue:
- Prioritizing Mental Health and Well-Being by SHEILA BUSH
- Mental Health Care and the Ability to Practice Safe Medicine by KEVIN BOHNENBLUST, JD
- Gun Free Zone: What almost was and what remains after the veto of HB125 by NICK HEALEY, JD AND CLAIRE POSTMAN, JD
- Gaining Ground: Wyoming combats high suicide rate, but there’s still a big climb ahead – by ELIZABETH SAMPSON
- The City and the Psychiatric Hospital by Byron Glathar
- WWAMI Student Profiles
Fall 2023 Edition
In this issue:
- Not Just Politics: Wyoming Medical Society offers members connections and support BY KRISTOPHER SCHAMBER, MD
- A Higher Power: Physician obligations to report another physician’s conduct under Wyoming law BY NICK HEALEY
- Dr. James F. Bush: Retired Medicaid medical director recognized by Wyoming Medical Society as 2023 Physician of the Year BY GAYLE M. IRWIN
- Important Oversight or Delay Tactics? Doctors push back against prior authorization complications BY ELIZABETH SAMPSON
- Rodeo Medicine: Even the toughest cowboys need doctors BY WHITNEY HARMON
- Support for Ukraine: Wyoming doctors find a way to help kids in a country at war BY RACHEL GIRT
- University of Wyoming Family Medicine Residency Program 2023-2024
Spring 2023 Edition
In this issue:
- Violence Against Healthcare Workers BY JOSH HANNES
- Wyoming Medical Society Mission: Advocating for doctors and their patients since 1903 BY KRISTOPHER SCHAMBER, MD
- The Shield Becomes a Sword: Wyoming’s constitutional right to make healthcare decisions BY NICK HEALEY and TEDDY BOYER
- Gender-Affirming Care: Providers and advocates navigate the needs of a small community BY KELLY ETZEL DOUGLAS
- WWAMI I Student Profiles
- Dr. Susanne Levene: Prison doctor trained as a surgeon finds opportunities to use skills and learn new ones BY GAYLE M. IRWIN
- A Culture of Community: Doctors spend 10 days working in Uganda BY KAYLA RUNKEL
Winter 2022 Edition
In this issue:
- Primary Care Perspectives: Bringing more primary care providers to Wyoming BY KRISTOPHER SCHAMBER, MD
- Wyoming is the place to be: New WHRN director wants to recruit and support the best healthcare providers BY CAROLINE HICKERSON
- Starting the Conversation Doctors urge treatment, not criminal charges, for pregnant people with substance use disorder BY ELIZABETH SAMPSON
- Dr. Sodienye Tetenta: Wyoming Medical Society Physician of the Year saw hospital ICU through COVID-19 pandemic BY KELLY ETZEL DOUGLAS
- 2022 Wyoming Medical Society Annual Meeting & WWAMI 25th Anniversary Gala
- Peter McCullough: (Not exactly) a gold digger BY JOANNE MAI
- Cowboy Medics: Family Medicine residents increase ability to care for rodeo competitors and the crowd BY EVAN NORBY, DO
- University of Wyoming Family Medicine Residency Program 2022-2023
2022 Annual Meeting Special Edition
Spring 2022 Edition
In this issue:
- Being a WWAMI grad: Expectations are high for doctors who trained in program BY JASPER JAMES “JJ” CHEN, MD
- New Faces and Old Favorites BY ROBERT MONGER, MD
- The Power of Political Action: WYOPAC advocates for the interests of physicians and patients at the state level BY STEPHEN BROWN, MD
- WWAMI’s New Director: Veterinarian and epidemiologist excited to lead Wyoming’s medical school BY BRANT SCHUMAKER DVM, MPVM, PHD
- Collecting the Stories of County Health Officers BY KELLY ETZEL DOUGLAS
- Longtime Legislator Reflects on Journey of Medicine in Wyoming: The Wyoming Medical Society sat down with Sen. Charles Scott at the Capitol in March COMPILED BY GAYLE M. IRWIN
- Recruiting by Training: 25 years after starting WWAMI, and 12 years after exploring Wyoming’s unique challenges in a 2010 Wyoming Medicine story titled “Growing Our Own,” Wyoming Medicine checks in with physician training programs in the state BY ELIZABETH SAMPSON
- Searching for Her Dream Job: Is there a surge in doctors with an emergency medicine specialty? A WWAMI graduate looks for placement. BY JOANNE MAI
- WWAMI I Student Profiles
Fall 2021 Edition
In this issue:
- Earning our Patients’ Trust: Rebuilding the physician community during a pandemic BY JASPER JAMES “JJ” CHEN, MD
- Gratitude: A feeling of appreciation or thanks; the state of being grateful BY SHEILA BUSH
- Dr. Alexia Harrist State health officer works for greater good BY ROBERT MONGER, MD, AND WHITNEY HARMON
- Legal Wrangling and Medical Responsibility: The changing role of physician assistants in Wyoming BY KEVIN BOHNENBLUST, JD
- Dr. Matthew Boyer’s Door is Always Open: UW Athletics Medical Director invests time and technology into every student athlete BY JOANNE MAI
- Dr. Megan Olson: Embraces Experience Blazing the trail for the resident rural training track in Thermopolis BY GAYLE M. IRWIN
Spring 2021 Edition
In this issue:
- Residency Programs Innovate for Wyoming BY ROBERT MONGER, MD
- Seeking to Understand: Working for positive change during the legislative session BY SHEILA BUSH
- Check the Box: Why your physician license application asks about your health BY KEVIN BOHNENBLUST, JD
- Lead Screening and Wyoming’s Children BY JAMES BUSH, MD
- The First Patient Medical students practice respect at WWAMI Anatomy Lab BY ELIZABETH SAMPSON
- WWAMI I Student Profiles
- Being Superhuman BY BETSY SPOMER, MD
- Community Gives Time, Treasure to Help the Most Needy BY RACHEL GIRT
- Dr. Tabitha Thrasher: Wyoming’s first UW-produced geriatrician practices in Casper BY GAYLE M. IRWIN
Fall 2020 Edition
In this issue:
- Virtual WWAMI BY ROBERT MONGER, MD
- Politics Should Not Dictate Public Health BY SHEILA BUSH
- The Legal Impact of the Doctor’s Note BY NICK HEALEY
- Fighting a Pandemic: State health officer looks back at changes since March 1 BY ILENE OLSON
- Science and Sacrifice: County health officers serve with selflessness BY ILENE OLSON
- Collaboration, Communication and Partnership: Wyoming Public Health Laboratory takes critical role in COVID fight BY GAYLE M. IRWIN
- Technology and Health Telehealth expands to meet COVID needs in Wyoming BY GINA SIGEL
- Dr. James Naramore: Physician of the Year practices in Gillette for 40 years … and counting BY RACHEL GIRT
Spring 2020 Edition
In this issue:
- Preventing Suicide in Wyoming BY ROBERT MONGER, MD
- You Make Us Proud BY SHEILA BUSH
- Leadership in the Midst of COVID-19 BY DAVID B. WHEELER, MD, PHD
- Legal Liability Protections for Wyoming Physicians BY NICK HEALEY, JD
- Dr. Carol Wright: Faced with a hard diagnosis, the doctor becomes the patient, and goes right back to work BY BECKY ORR
- Tobacco and Vaping: The Bad and the Ugly BY ILENE OLSON
- Doc of the Day: Family reunites on the first day of the legislative session BY RACHEL GIRT
- WWAMI I Student Profiles
- Dr. Larry Kirven: WYOMING’S WWAMI DEAN HELPS STUDENTS ACHIEVE DREAM BY GAYLE M. IRWIN
- WWAMI II BY GAYLE M. IRWIN
- Veterinary Medicine Meets Public Health: ONE HEALTH COMMITTEE SEEKS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AND RESPONSE TO ZOONOTIC DISEASES BY AVERY STRAIT, DVM, MPH
Fall 2019 Edition
In this issue:
- University of Wyoming’s Nurse Practitioner Program BY ROBERT MONGER, MD
- Painting the Picture of Health Care Delivery Costs in Wyoming BY SHEILA BUSH
- Stroke Care in Wyoming BY DAVID B. WHEELER, MD, PHD
- Family Practice of a Different Kind BY DAVE SHELLES
- Opioid Law Changes: Wyoming Opioid Legislation BY NATALIE WINTER, MD
- Wyoming Women in Medicine
- Psychiatrist Profile: A View from Inside the Safety Net BY DAVID W. CARRINGTON, MD
- Ceballos Takes Helm for Health BY JULIETTE K. RULE
- Meet Stephen Brown, MD: Wyoming Physician of the Year BY ELIZABETH SAMPSON
- UW Residency Program Profiles
Summer 2019 Edition
In this issue:
- Pharmacy Partnerships Expand Care BY ROBERT MONGER, MD
- Fighting for What’s Right for Our Members BY SHEILA BUSH
- Human Papillomavirus in Wyoming BY ALEXIA HARRIST, MD, PHD
- Looking Forward: Societies Continue Work in Key Focus Areas BY ELIZABETH SAMPSON
- Bucklew v. Precythe: Supreme Court May Weigh Medical Ethics, the Death Penalty BY ERIN SUTTON, LLM
- International Mission Services: Helping Around the World
- WWAMI I Student Profiles
Winter 2018 Edition
In this issue:
- Telemedicine Services Expanding BY ROBERT MONGER, MD
- Everything is Relative BY SHEILA BUSH
- Exciting Opportunities in Telemedicine BY LISA FINKELSTEIN, DO
- Dr. Howard Willson is the WMS 2018 Physician of the Year BY ELIZABETH SAMPSON
- Governor Matt Mead: A Friend of Wyoming Medicine for Eight Years BY MIKE TRACY, MD
- Telemedicine in Wyoming Provides Quick and Easy Access BY JULIETTE K. RULE
- Telehealth in Wyoming: Not Ancient History BY JULIETTE K. RULE
- Putting Out the Welcome Mat for Telemedicine BY KEVIN BOHNENBLUST, JD
- UW Residency Program Profiles
Summer 2018 Edition
In this issue:
- Get Involved with WWAMI BY ROBERT MONGER, MD
- We Are Stronger When We Are Together BY SHEILA BUSH
- Gubernatorial Candidates on Healthcare Issues BY JULIETTE K. RULE
- Wyoming’s State Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force BY ELIZABETH SAMPSON
- Turning the Tide of the OPIOID CRISIS: Legislative and Litigation Responses BY DALLAS LAIN, JD
- Preparing for the Next Step BY TY STOCKTON
- Telehealth in Wyoming: Easier Than You Think! BY JAMES BUSH, MD
- Advantageous Alliances BY TY STOCKTON
- WWAMI I Student Profiles
- Elder Abuse in Wyoming: The Physicians’ Role BY JAMES BUSH, MD
Winter 2017 Edition
In this issue:
- Raising the State Tobacco Tax BY ROBERT MONGER, MD
- Exciting Changes Within WMS Foster Statewide Physician Growth and Connection BY SHEILA BUSH
- Physician Leadership: Our Wyoming Challenge BY WENDY SAMSON
- Physician Leadership: Medical Leadership In an Unconventional Setting BY TY STOCKTON
- A Close Up of Agencies: Fostering Physician Leadership in Wyoming BY KANDICE HANSEN
- Prepare for the Next Step BY TY STOCKTON
- Doctors as Leaders BY TY STOCKTON
- From YouTube™ to Your Local Emergency Department: Implied Consent for Law Enforcement, Blood Draws in DUI Cases BY NICK HEALEY, JD
- 2017 Wyoming Physician of the Year: Sigsbee Duck, M.D., RPh BY KANDICE HANSEN
- University of Wyoming Family Medicine Resident Profiles
Summer 2017 Edition
- Wyoming Medicine’s Summer 2017 Complete Edition
- Monger column: When Did Burnout Become a Thing?
- Bush column: Physician Leadership Program Coming to Wyoming
- Physician Burnout Now the Norm
- From Doc to Coach
- Wyoming Residencies Work to Address Burnout Early
- Wyoming Medicaid Offers Provider Incentives for Program Participation
- Medicaid to Pay Telehealth Visits Originating from Home
- WMS Develops Physician Leadership Program
- First Year WWAMI Student Profiles, E-2016
2017 Legislative Preview
- Wyoming Medicine’s Healthcare Policy Guide
- Wanted: More Physicians to Join the Legislature
- Joint Labor, Health, and Social Services Committee Offers Experience, and Fresh Perspective
- New Faces Coming En Mass To The Legislature
- Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Sees New Members Learning New Subjects
