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President’s Letter

I needed to talk when I would leave a note on her desk, “Val, I me from time to time and, in reality, is just bolstering a typical
quit” (this was way before texting). After a while, this became frail male ego. And lest you think this is all blind infatuation, her
our inside joke. I could talk to her about anything in my life, and family medicine partners and residents at CHS for years have
I recall a lot of conversations about family heritage, baseball and expressed to me their admiration for the above qualities.
classic rock music.
There is one more person I would like to mention. (Those of
That is not to say I didn’t learn medicine from her. A great deal of you who know me know I am never done even when I say I am).
the neonatal medicine she taught me translated effortlessly into the To Teresa Flippo Morton, MD — thank you for teaching me about
newborn nursery. Yet, what I most remember to this day is this: When courage. I hope I have at least some of what you possessed. I never
debating care about a preemie, she always would bring us back to the can step onto the first tee anywhere without thinking of you.
central point, “Do what is right for the patient.” I try to live that mantra
every day. As we celebrate Women in Medicine Month, reach out to those
women who have played a vital role in your career.
It has been 13 years since we lost Dr. Visser (in July, no less).
I have moved past my anger at the unfairness of life and am “Restraint and discipline are examples of virtue and justice.
thankful for our time together, especially near the end. These are the things that form the education of the world.”

I have been blessed to have one more female physician be a — Edmund Burke
constant influence in my life. I speak, of course, of my wife.
While people periodically meet others who make them want to be Trivia question: Who was Dr. James Barry? Answer on page 12.
better persons just by knowing them, if fortune smiles down, they
perhaps will fall in love and discover a soul mate and best friend.

So it was with me. Once I got past the fact that she is much
smarter than me, I began to absorb her professionalism, altruism
and numerous acts of kindness — although I am way behind in all
categories. I also greatly appreciate how she consistently tells me
what a good person and physician I am. However, I’m pretty sure
she already knows the answer to the pediatric questions she asks

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