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Doctor Groups Give Opinions on Obamacare

submitted by FOCM Member Mark Mickunas

Whether you are for or against Obama Care…
The American Medical Association has now weighed in on Obama’s new health care package:

The Allergists were in favor of scratching it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves.
The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it, but the Neurologists thought the Administration had a lot of nerve.
Meanwhile, Obstetricians felt certain everyone was laboring under a misconception, while the Ophthalmologists considered the idea shortsighted.
Pathologists yelled, “Over my dead body!” while the Pediatricians said, “Oh, grow up!”
The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness, while the Radiologists could see right through it.
Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing, and the Internists claimed it would indeed be a bitter pill to swallow.
The Plastic Surgeons opined that this proposal would “put a whole new face on the matter.”
The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward, but the Urologists were pissed off at the whole idea.
Anesthesiologists thought the whole idea was a gas, and those lofty Cardiologists didn’t have the heart to say no.
In the end, the Proctologists won out, leaving the entire decision up to the assholes in Washington.

FOCM Chairman Selected as GCSG Membership Officer

The Global Clinical Supply Group has selected Chris Matheus to join their Board as the Membership Officer. The primary responsibility of the role is to grow the membership through a variety of methods. One of the reasons he was selected was because of what has been accomplished at FOCM Networking.

The GCSG annual conference will take place April 27-30, 2014 in Savannah, GA at the Hyatt Regency Savannah.
You can see more about it and register at: http://mygcsg.com/conference/

FOCM Member Announces a Change in Employment

submitted by FOCM member Chris Diehl

Hello fellow FOCM members,

I hope that this note finds you doing well. I am pleased to announce that I have recently aligned myself with Babb McGrew, a full service Life Sciences executive search firm, servicing four practice areas:
Pharma/Biotech, Healthcare, Data Analytics and Marketing. Richard Babb, the firm’s President, and a personal friend, has been in the executive search/recruiting field for over 15 years. He has built quite a successful business, and I feel very fortunate that he has asked me to become a member of his team. Feel free to visit our website at www.babbmcgrew.com.

As we all know, by virtue of our membership in FOCM, relationships are at the core of many of our business dealings, and in my case, many of these relationships have become personal friends. You are receiving this notification because you and I have either worked together at one time, or our paths have crossed over the past few years, or just know each other from FOCM! Either way, I consider you a friend, and I sincerely
hope that we can work together again in the very near future. Feel free to contact me at any time, let me know what’s new with you, and let’s discuss how we may be able to help each other again in our work. Have a great week.

Best regards,
Chris
Christopher Diehl
Practice Leader
Babb McGrew
(910) 262-4047
chris@babbmcgrew.com
www.babbmcgrew.com

2 jokes for Monday

seen in Readers Digest (www.readersdigest.com) September issue

A wife asked her husband to go to the grocery. He said he would and asked what was needed.
She replied, “get a gallon of milk and if they have avocados, get 6.”
The husband came home and put 6 gallons of milk on the counter.
His wife said, “I don’t understand, why did you get 6 gallons of milk?”
He replied, “they had avocados” and walked back to the den.

Two women went into a photo studio to have their portrait taken. The photographer’s very young and very naive assistant asked, “Are you two sisters?”
“No,” said one of the women. “We’re partners.
“Oooohhh…” said the assistant. “So how long have you ladies been cops?”