TRAINING/AWARDS

Dr. Ed Masters of Cape Girardeau Family Physicians Group had an article entitled "Erythema Migrans Rash as a Key to Early Diagnosis of Lyme Disease" published in the July 1993 issue of Postgraduate Medicine, a national peer-reviewed medical journal with circulation of 160,000.

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Dr. Richard L. Kies, 1819 Broadway, is now performing a new procedure called radial keratotomy to correct nearsightedness (myopia) and astigmatism.

Kies recently attended a symposium with approximately 150 other ophthalmologists and shared the techniques and successes that radial keratotomy has to offer patients.

"Radial keratotomy is a procedure which was developed to help myopic and astigmatic people," Kies said. "The procedure we are doing here affects approximately 25 percent of the people in America.

"This procedure allows the surgeon to sculpt or redesign the curvature of the eye by making several small incisions in the cornea. After the procedure, glasses may not be necessary or may only be needed for specific instances. It may also benefit patients who are unable to wear contact lenses."

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Kevin J. Essner, vice president of Tamms State Bank in Tamms, Ill., recently was named to the Illinois Bankers Association's 1993 Committee on Agricultural Credit.

As a member of the committee, he will assist the association staff in planning and marketing the IBA's annual Ag Lending Conference, which is scheduled for Oct. 7 and 8, in Decatur.

The Illinois Bankers Association is a full-service association representing nearly 90 percent of the Commercial banks in Illinois.

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Noel Botsch of Cape Girardeau recently attended the annual meeting of the Missouri Home Infusion Association at Osage Beach.

Home infusion health-care professionals specialize in intravenous delivery of medicines and nutrition, allowing many patients to be at home instead of in the hospital or nursing homes. The meeting provided continuing education programs on new drugs and treatment methods available for home infusion therapy.

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Kevin J. Essner, vice president of Tamms State Bank in Tamms, Ill., recently was named to the Illinois Bankers Association's 1993 Committee on Agricultural Credit.

As a member of the committee, he will assist the association staff in planning and marketing the IBA's annual Ag Lending Conference, which is scheduled for Oct. 7 and 8, in Decatur.

The Illinois Bankers Association is a full-service association representing nearly 90 percent of the Commercial banks in Illinois.