Dr. Brookhouser hopes to continue the work of preventing such behaviors in teenagers. As an association, he hopes the NMA will take a more proactive role to improve maternal and infant care. This is especially important in light of the elevated fetal and infant death rates in the state. He also hopes to focus on legislative lobbying for reforms surrounding the managed care issues. He believes many of these adversely affect the care doctors are allowed to give their patients.
Today there are so many dual professional families.
When they are not working, they want to spend time with their families. I think we need to offer more opportunities where they can do both. A case in point would be the inauguration dinner. Physicians and their families attended the function, held at the Mahoney State Park. The family-style activities afforded by the park provided a good mix of business and a fun mix organizers hope to use as a recruiting tool.