As the year comes to a close, it's time to take a look back at a busy year for the Columbus Medical Association and our affiliate organizations.
✍️ Top Blogs
Meet Nicholas
Member and physician profiles were popular on our blog this year and none more than this blog featuring medical student Nicholas Kudlapur. Read the profile to learn how he's taking full advantage of the opportunities from CMA and elsewhere while he plans for his future career.
Legislative advocacy has been on many minds all year. This update on the healthcare-related issues being considered by the Ohio General Assembly was the second most popular blog of 2025.
As a physician community, we need one another now more than ever. That was evident in the popularity of this message from Board President Kanny Grewal, MD, calling on central Ohio physicians to join together to meet the challenges that lie ahead.
Helpful financial information from the CMA Foundation was appreciated by our members and partners! You still have time to take advantage of tax savings with year-end giving. Read the blog to learn more.
Celebrating a huge accolade was our top Facebook post of the year! BJ Hicks, MD, was named the 2025 Physician of the Year by the American Heart Association in June. Dr. Hicks is a CMA member, graduate of the Physicians Leadership Academy, and serves on the faculty for Made for Medicine.
The CMA Foundation's Youth Advisory Council is making an incredible impact in our community. This post about their grant recipients was our top Instagram post of the year.
Celebration was also the theme on LinkedIn, where our top post congratulated PLA coach, podcast host, and COPC Physician Well-being and Leadership Coach Stephanie Costa, MD. Dr. Costa and COPC were awarded bronze level recognition from the American Medical Association’s Joy in Medicine program!
Our annual celebration in October at the Columbus Museum of Art was our biggest event of the year! We gathered physicians and partners from across our organization to honor those who shaped the organization’s past and to celebrate the next generation leading its future.
Spain and Portugal were on the menu at the final Women in Medicine"Women in Spanish Wine" event in early December. Open to women physicians and their guests, it was the best attended Women in Medicine event ever!
A number of dedicated physicians and advocates were honored at the Columbus Medical Association’s annual celebration on October 23, 2025:
Eleven 50 Years in Medicine Honorees
Physician Advocate Award: Sen. Beth Liston, MD
Physicians CareConnection Distinguished Service Award: Francis X. Blais, DO, and Heather Slattery Woods
Made for Medicine Impact Award: Reversa Joseph, MD
CMA Foundation Marc L. Parnes, MD Service Award: Robert Lowe, MD
COTS Mission Champion Award: William Cotton, MD, and Medard Lutmerding, MD
The Physicians Leadership Academy alumni in attendance were also recognized, who are among the 204 physicians who have now taken part of the transformational program.
CMA Board Member Chelsea Mooreland, MD, discussed measles and the MMR vaccine in a news interview in April after local health officials announced a measles outbreak.
10TV invited Dr. Mooreland back to take part in their back-to-school series in August, sharing expertise in a number of areas including anxiety, vaccination, and back pack safety.
Made for Medicine White Coat Ceremony
10TV covered Made for Medicine's White Coat ceremony in April as the middle school students graduated the second cohort of the program.
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